Beauty and sadness.

     I hope your Christmas was merry.  Mine was wonderful....as a friend of mine put it, "beautiful and sad."   Alex told a few electric jokes, but the "undercurrent" was of their absence.  Who knew we'd miss electric jokes?
     My family and I were all together in Austin this year. Thanks J and Kuldeep for hosting all of us.  We enjoyed the beautiful weather; such a contrast to home.  It was a crisp but sunny 9 degrees when I arrived at my home airport yesterday. My car actually started right up, but I had to do a fair amount of scraping of windows. This morning it was 7 degrees when I arose.  Austinites.....appreciate your weather.
     While in Austin we saw the Texas Capital and the Trail of Lights, ate out at food carts (a picnic in December), and hiked. I loved the sounds of children's laughter.
     Charleigh was absolutely wild to see me when I picked her up.  She was all over me for at least 10 minutes of jumping and pawing.  We still have a lot of work to do on her behavior, but at least she was happy I was back.
   
     
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