Day 343, Friday, December 9

This is my favorite time of day...sunset.  The sky was really bright orange...or rather the clouds were.

Day, 342, Thursday, December 8

I was trying to get a picture of the flowers that I bought at Krogers and I sat them on the floor.  Of course, Winston had to come along to see what I was doing and just had to stick his nose in the flowers.  He backed up and gave me a big "snort"!

Day 341, Wednesday, December 7

The moon was especially bright tonight.  I have been playing with my camera in manual mode since I went to Vegas in October.  I am still not comfortable just "shooting" in "M" mode...but I am trying to take some time to play.  The moon isn't as sharp as I would have liked it to be...but I liked the way the trees were in silhouette.

Day 340, Tuesday, December 6

I have driven by this Charlie Brown tree on Parkway Drive many times in the past few days!  I stopped today to take a picture of it.  There are two trees on this street within about 2 blocks that are decorated this way.  I can't believe there are two evergreens doing this badly :( !

Day 339, Monday, December 5

We had our Christmas party at Linda Moore's house.  The annual cookie and recipe exchange was awesome as usual.  Lots of candy this year, too!  We ate pizza and had our gift exchange.  I ended up with Jennifer's gift...which I love...another Martha Stewart punch and some brads!

Day 338, Sunday, December 4

December 1 is the beginning of the "12 Tags of Christmas" by Tim Holtz.  This is the fifth year he has created the tags.  I am such a big fan of his work!  I created all of the tags from the past two years (and want to finish the other 2 years).  I stayed up late last night after the hockey game and created these two tags.  You can see his tags on his blog at timholtz.typepad.com.

Day 337, Saturday, December 3

We went to the hockey game tonight!  It was the first one we have been able to go to all season.  All of these stuffed animals were tossed to the ice after the Rivermen scored the first goal...which wasn't until the 3rd period!  They collected the toys for kids in our area who have contact with emergency personnel (fire or police) to help calm the kids down when there is an emergency in their home or family.  Jim and Eric threw them to the lower bowl and then other fans tossed them to the ice!