Looking together in the same direction.

Looking together in the same direction.
Sea otters hold hands while they sleep so they don't drift apart.

by my favorite poet, Mary Oliver

"Instructions for living a life.

Pay attention.

Be astonished.

Tell about it."

Mary Oliver


Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen.

       We were very fortunate people this Christmas.   Dean and I, and our kids and grandchildren were all together, and in the relative warmth of Austin, TX.   We are lucky people.  Not everyone is as fortunate to have family near, or even far.  But as the saying goes, "There are no strangers on Christmas Eve."  We hope everyone found companionship and comaraderie, warmth, and love for the holiday.  Even our foster doggie, Rin, was with another foster home, the same one she was with over Thanksgiving.  It is a time to be thankful for all of our blessings.


"The best of all gifts around any Christmas tree:  the presence of a happy family all wrapped up in each other."  Burton Hillis.
Hiking in Austin
Our Grandson loves legos.

Tack room for the horses.

Our Granddaughter LOVES horses.





This Christmas cactus is from a plant given to Dean's Grandma by her aunt.  It is old!

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