Good Heavens! I missed a day; not at all surprising, at this point in the calendar. In fact I've missed quite a few days, with this bug I've been fighting; so today, we bundled up and fared forth in some welcome sunshine at noon, to face the madding crowds at the Safeway grocery. But first, we stopped for sustenance at Heavenly Cafe, on the way to the shopping center; they served up a celestial hot potato soup and real home-roasted turkey sandwiches. Thus prepared, we barged our way into the supermarket and got everything anyone could possibly need in the way of holiday foodstuffs – in only an hour of concerted effort on both our parts. ("You tackle the produce department, I'll find the Latkes mix and the whipping cream.")
Now safely home, we can see that the puffy little white clouds are developing some muscle, and the rains that have been promised again for tonight through Christmas should be coming soon.
But all is well, really; we have warmth and light, so far – and lovely music in the evenings. We bought a full recording of "Die Fledermaus" with the great Kiri Te Kanawa singing Rosalinde; and a fine fruitcake from Gethsemani Abbey Farm. Those are our Christmas gifts to ourselves.
Our crazy neighbor and good friend Peter has outdone himself in decorating the outside and roof of his funky house; you could even say it glows! We knew we had a myriad of tiny white lights strung around our oak trees in the front yard, so didn't think about getting anything else for outside; but alas, it turns out none of the strings will light up. (However, there's plenty of warmth and light inside this cottage; and at night our tree lights are visible far and wide.) Next year we will do something about exterior decorating for the holidays – no inflatable Santas or Disney Pooh characters, we promise.
Is everybody ready for Christmas Eve?
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