We’re still digging out the decorations for our holiday cheer. These are my Christmas Trolls that I put out every year. Click on the image to enlarge.
Holidays
Christmas Courtyard Sentries
I’ll be getting the Christmas decorations up a little at a time as the holidays approach. Today, I placed the traditional Christmas “nutcracker” sentries and a wreath at the entrance to the courtyard. Click on the image to enlarge.
Christmas Wreath
Now that the Thanksgiving holiday has passed, it’s time to begin decorating for the Christmas holiday. This is my chili pepper wreath, now hanging on the bedroom door facing the great room. Click on the image to enlarge.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Nobody can say Happy Thanksgiving better than Norman Rockwell . . .
Notice Rockwell’s self-portrait in the lower right. Click on the image to enlarge.
Happy Easter
We’re still full from a delicious Easter dinner, so please enjoy this back lighted Easter lily. Click on the image to enlarge.
A Cardinal in a Mesquite Tree
No, it’s not the first day of Christmas nor spring and neither is this a partridge in a pear tree. However, the red and green complimentary colors make this photo of a cardinal in the mesquite tree look very festive.
We put out the seed bell for the birds a couple of days ago and since they are attracted to it, we get lots of photo ops like this. Click on the image to enlarge.
To all of our Christian friends, Happy Easter and to all of our Jewish friends, Happy Passover.
A Tale of Two Mountains
Mount Rushmore’s faces took fourteen years to carve in the sandstone of the Black Hills of South Dakota. Mount Obama took less than three years to build (admittedly with a head start from previous administrations). Ramirez notes this in his cartoon today:
p.s. Happy (actual) Washington’s Birthday!