Light through our east Texas front room window earlier this week.
Photo above from the North Pole of Texas.
What the pillow says!!
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Little Drummer Boy from for King & country
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Christmas Eve day. Three presents still to wrap and it is just her and me for the evening and Christmas Day tomorrow. Her sister was diagnosed with strep throat just hours before she was due to board a plane up near the caprock in the panhandle. Best laid plans for many months - poof!!
But sister is on the mend and doing fine. That is much more important and a wonderful gift in and of itself. We can visit at the push of a button and the visit is now pushed back to early in the coming year. Life so often gets in the way.
Son sent pictures yesterday of a Christmas present he recently finished for the son of a good friend of his. A toy box for all of boy's baseball equipment and collections of other toys. An oil finish is applied making it easy to repair some of the dings and dents this box will endure over the years.
His work is impeccable with absolute attention to detail in the build. The kid has skills. This is not something you can find on the net. This is a homemade gift from the heart. Good things me thinks!
He said he made this from scraps of wood left over from other projects and some pieces warped and bent; all needing TLC from a craftsman's hands.
How would you like to receive a handmade gift like this? My bet is you would keep and cherish it for life.
High 70's today and forecasted to be 80 tomorrow. Joints do not ache and her is talking of weed-eating around the sidewalk today. Imagine that. And no, we do not miss the snow below. Memories are just fine.
Thanks for the visits this year. A very Merry Christmas to you and yours, God Bless and have a Happy New Year.
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