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Dec. 27th, 2009 @ 10:45 pm Almost round the Lake . . .
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I have some more thank yous--what fun going to the mailbox has been this holiday season! Thank you to [info]melyanna_65 for the fabulous card of our favorite plastic hobbits in their wee santa hats, and the trading cards, and the very cute fic. Thank you to dear [info]mews1945 for the pretty sparkly card. And thank you to [info]frodosweetstuff for the adorable F/S manip card, which was riches enough, but also the wonderful doll clothes--Bingo and Sam are so delighted--and the gaydar--about time I had some, too. (-; Gosh!

Back to the lake--I want to get us to the end of this set of fall pics this week before the year ends. I walked around the lake today since this weekend's rain washed most of the snow away. There's just so much green underbrush still not willing to relinquish this Rainy Year of Yay for Green Things. There are more kinds and shades of lush, gleeful moss covering the trees sending up luxuriant spikes of spores. And the holly trees are more full of berries than I remember seeing any year before--folk wisdom says that means we can expect lots more snow and cold this winter. At the end of it, I'm still hoping for an early, sunny, and riotous spring in reward for this dark, dreary year. But back to 2 months ago:


Here's a sweet gum tree cascading over the lake. I think that's willow oak still green in the foreground. At this point, that camera was picking up more light than my eyes were in the dusk.
( And another pic of the cascading sweet gum . . .  )

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Dec. 22nd, 2009 @ 11:22 pm Sungold Snow Clouds
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Here's an interesting special effect nature produces that I hadn't noticed before. Sunday, the day after the big storm, it was sunny, cold, and windy. In the early afternoon, I watched wisps of snow blowing off branches and through the trees out my window, and as they'd pick up sunlight, they looked like someone took a handful of gold glitter and tossed it into the wind.


That spot of light in this pic is not the sun, which is higher in the sky above the confines of this pic, but a sungold snow cloud. Specially ordered for Philip Pullman fans. There's a couple more pics of the effect under the cut.
( Follow the billows of gold dust above the silver white blanket . . .  )

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Dec. 21st, 2009 @ 11:03 pm Chanukah Chobbits!!!
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Snowed in for a 3 day weekend is full of win, even if I have to take my only leave day for snow days. Today, I got out to the metro garage to check on the strays and was greeted by Ostra. A. had been there, but I cleared more of their feeding area and then dug out their shelter, which was snowed in, but dry inside. I'm well exercised and well slept. And I finally got a chance to do a hobbit photo shoot--yay!

Some of my holiday cards--most of the international ones--are in the mail, but most will go out this week and will hopefully make it before the new year. If you'd still like one, please leave me your address on the screened post here or send to my inbox.

Thank you [info]frolijah_fan_54 for the pretty sparkly card, [info]hildigard_brown for the card and shiny S/E love, [info]jan_u_wine for the pretty card, cute oliphant, and wee hay bushel (which can be spotted in the pic below), and [info]lbilover for the pretty, cool card, the wonderful Frodo stats card, the fic I'm looking forward to reading, and the most exquisite little Fro box, sweet on the outside and in--eeee, so beautiful! <3 *sknishes you all* :-D

Chanukah chobbits wish you a happy solstice! A little late, but they finally got a chance to sit down and celebrate Chanukah. [info]belleferret, this one's for you! :-D

CHOBBITS PRELUDE TO A CHANUKAH CHISS


"If you keep looking at me like that, we're never going to get this one lit before sundown . . ."

Below the fake cut are 8 pics of the moment from different angles--let me know your favorite. Candle 1 would be mine, but there's one thing the light does that I'm not happy with there.

Follow the shamash candle to light the other 8 . . .

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Dec. 17th, 2009 @ 10:42 pm Saki and Holiday Thank yous!
Thank you [info]aliensouldream, [info]claudia608, and [info]timwb for the beautiful cards, and [info]verangel for the gorgeous angel card, Lijangel pic, and lovely beads.

And Saki wants to thank [info]claudia608 herself for her pretty little wool blankie:

As you can see, she loves it. :-D

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Dec. 15th, 2009 @ 10:47 pm Cascading Away

Swamp maples cascading over the lake in changing colors illuminated by the setting sun. What's not to love?
( Leaves ablaze before they fall . . . )
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Dec. 14th, 2009 @ 11:15 pm Project Kitty Smial
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A belated Happy Birthday to [info]aprilkat!!! And thank you to [info]rubynye for the terrific self-designed card and to [info]annwyn55 for the lovely card and bookmark I get to plant in the spring. (-:

I spent most of Saturday working on making the extra booda litter box into a kitty shelter for the garage strays, and brought it out there Caturday night, since it was supposed to rain all day Sunday. I wasn't sure if they would find where I put it, so I trailed treats from the garage to the shelter. When I turned back to the garage, I saw these 2 little faces watching me.

"WTF is the hoomin doing now?" So yeah, they definitely saw the new shelter. And keep in mind there is a trail of treats on the ground they haven't touched yet because the entertainment value I provide takes priority for these two. I couldn't tell this morning if they had used the shelter yet or not, but I can guarantee these two checked it out after I left. The blankets inside were dry, so it's working. Once they get used to it, I'll put some tarp over the entrance for better protection from the weather, but I don't want to make the entrance smaller yet until they've claimed it.
( Stray along here . . .  )
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