MERRY CHRISTMAS!

 

Couldn't resist asking this Whole Foods grocery store employee if I could take his photo. He was all too pleased to oblige.

ALL TUCKERED OUT

 My little dog and my daughter's dog, who have become best friends this trip.

SERENDIPITY AGAIN

 Another pearl from the "take-one, leave-one" little lending libraries stands that pop up here and there on neighborhood streets around Seattle.

Golden Book Guides were a staple of my childhood. I had Rocks and Minerals, Trees, and Reptiles and Amphibians, among others. This is a vintage one and I had to Gorilla Glue the binding, but it is basically still up-to-date.

CREATIVE CHRISTMAS TREE

My friend went for a mammogram today and this is the office Christmas tree! Quite clever. Click to enlarge it and read the little sign toward the top of the tree.

Thanks for the photo, J.W.!

 

CHRISTMAS COOKIES 2023

 

Made these the other day with my Seattle granddaughter. They are pretty and indeed a far cry from the sand tarts and gingerbread men with just cinnamon sugar topping, walnuts, and raisins that my grandmother used to make!

YOGA SANTAS

 Couldn't resist snapping these yoga Santas.....and I bought two of them. 😊

SERENDIPITY

 It's not the first time I browse through yard sales and thift shops. Every now and then there is something that just 'speaks to me' like this dainty Chinese tea cup. 

PENSIVE

 

Here and there around Seattle are pieces of oversized artwork. I wonder if she's thinking of a New Year's resolution.

MONDAY MURALS- YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL

 

A mural full of positivity from the Ballard neighborhood of Seattle.

See other murals on MONDAY MURALS.

A CHRISTMAS MOVIE LAWN

 

Someone is a movie buff!

PEEKING IN ANTICIPATION

 

Last evening was the annual holiday concert at the school my grandson here in Seattle attends. I was so impressed....most of the players in the orchestra (he plays the trumpet) had only begun to learn an instrument in September and did a smashing job.  And hats off of course to the instructors as well!  These girls were peeking before the performance out to see how big the audience was....and it was a full house.