AND IT WAS GOOD - SILVER WEDDING ANNIVERSARY - DEER LIVES WITH CATTLE - I SKIED DOWN MOUNT EVEREST - JIBBER JABBER

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Full turkey dinner formal table setting for her and me. Her idea to set a third plate for reasons from her heart for one who could not attend our dinner. This gesture is typical of her caring for others in her circle of life.

We have missed two Thanksgiving meals due to sickness and this Christmas we finally caught up.

Turkey parts and pieces along with a half bottle of Pinot Grigio and put on simmer several hours. Strained and leftover mashed potatoes, dressing, gravy, turkey and vegetables were added to complete the soup. Add a turkey sandwich and the feasting continued for a couple days.

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SILVER WEDDING ANNIVERSARY

 

We married just after Christmas Day 25 years ago. Our wedding anniversaries come with this holiday season.We celebrated with a quiet day to ourselves in appreciation of good years together gone by so quickly. The figurine above says everything we both had to say to each other. A lunch out at our favorite Mexican restaurant was in keeping with just being together.

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The hustle and bustle leading up to Christmas is over now and we are enjoying some cold Texas weather, quiet naps and leftovers. New Years will be a large pot of family recipe homemade clam chowder. We will splurge and add a few slices of buttered homemade bread to round out this year and then peek into next year. 

Eating healthy will return, days at the gym improving on health and day trips as needed and or wanted. Spring will come fast and along with that, planting, mowing and working outside to keep up. Cats are fat and eating like horses. "The beat goes on."

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"THINKS HE IS A COW" 

Quite awhile ago, I head a story of a buck living with a local herd of cattle. Chance encounter with this herd near one of our back roads was a good photo opportunity. When I looked at the photo later that night, there was the buck blending in with the herd. Apparently the deer has been with the herd for a few years. It walks with a limp and has only one antler set. The thinking here is that this animal may have been hit by a car and injured. It has survived and doing just fine among his new found family.

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I SKIED DOWN MOUNT EVEREST 

Absolutely a team effort, but he gets to add photos and "being the first" to his wall of life accomplishments. All without the assist of oxygen. Yea!!

Watch on a big screen if you can. 

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FLIPPING SWITCHES

Sunrise and on the job getting power turned back on.

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JIBBER JABBER

Last post of this year. 

I have little desire to look back at this year in review and plan to enter the new year cautiously. This seems to have become a norm for me over the past decade. 

Thanks for all the visits and time spent here. May the new year bring all of us good health and great opportunities.