Christmas Dog

Lest you all think I have only cats for children, I decided to get a picture of another one of my children with the Christmas tree. Rolf is usually not particularly difficult to photograph as he is pretty laid back but today he wasn't having it. So, this is not the grand photo I had hoped for, but it is a photo of one of my canine children rather than a feline one...in front of the tree.

Kitten Helper (part 2)

The rest of the tree decorating today was helped again by the kittens, of course! This time, Dottie grabs the beads and drug them into the other room. We played a bit of tug of war and they tried to tug them off the tree once I finally got them up. In the end, I did get all the beads and other decorations up...though it did take some time.

Kitten helper

Today as I was trimming the tree, Sophie decided to help...again. She attacked the branches and laid down in the pile and rearranged the cut branches, among other fun. I finally picked up some branches and played along with her. I got this photo of her jumping up to grab a piece as we were playing. I actually got all the cats out to the same place at the same time for the decorating today. The next fun of course came when we pulled out the lights...

Rainbow

I followed a rainbow to work today. I first noticed one end just a couple miles from the house and watched it all the way. As I got within a couple of miles of work, I saw the other end as well. Neither were very large or clear but I attempted to get a few images. This one was best shows the colors, although some of the others I got are nice visually but the actual rainbow does not show up as well. This photo was taken at the corner of Dixon and FM 2499 in Flower Mound. The bad news is that there was no pot of gold or leprechaun at the end, I got to work and suddenly both sides of the rainbow were gone...need I say more?

Winter moonlight

This December has already given us some unusual weather, but mostly it has been quite cold. One of the things that is so nice about the winter weather is that the skies tend to be mainly clear with some nice wispy clouds. I saw the moon shining through a few clouds, creating a halo effect in the sky. Then as I stepped down a bit farther, I saw this view through the trees and loved it! I didn't have a tripod, but I was able to brace myself enough to get a decent photo despite having to shorten the exposure more than I would have liked.

Snow!

It snowed this morning! So, the question is not what to photograph today but which one of many to post. I have quite a few photos which show the quantity of snow that was coming down.  There are others that give some perspective of how much started to collect on the ground and a few of our kittens in the snow, all taken at home. However on the way to work, I stopped to get several photos I felt were more unique or telling. This first photo shows the mix of trees in their fall colors laced with snow and I like the combination of fall and winter in one image.

Crochet

While this isn't the greatest photo, it is a good picture of my recent projects. I had gotten out of the habit of working on crochet, time and motivation were lacking, but I decided to make a couple small items for Christmas. That gives me a deadline and small items are fast, and portable and that keeps me going. These are a couple hot pads I finished up. I also started on some coasters in the same color scheme, those are super fast and I am flying along on those when time permits me to sit down with nothing else to work on.