In fact, the photo jmags loaded of the tree was captured long before we were done dolling it up.  I’ve never chopped down a ten foot tall tree before, you know?  I only have so many origami birds to hang.

Granted, this photo was taken during the daytime, in the blinding reflected light of the snow pack, but it still looks festive, don’t you think?

We have been indoors for several days now.  For the most part, we’re all being well behaved, but today we all got punchy during our late morning/early afternoon pancake breakfast.  It’s too bad I was giggling so much that the shot ended up more than a little blurry.

That’s whipped cream cascading off of the pancake and onto the adolescent.

I’ve been very busy with cooking and holiday projects, and also some new developments with clay that I plan to share soon.