Christmas Shenanigans

 Gail and I had our own version of pandemic Christmas that gave us some laughs during these weird times.  A highlight was a Christmas Eve Zoom get together with Andria's family, Nick, and Nana.  Andria and the kids showed off their musical talents on trombone, trumpet, and xylophone.  It was good fun to see everyone, even if it was on a computer.

On Christmas Eve Day, I took Daisy to the beach where it was remarkably warmer than up river at our house (around 15 to 20 degrees warmer).  Gail was cooking up a storm back at River Song.

On the way down and back there was a herd of elk grazing, about a mile from our house.

Gail found a surprise gift in the mailbox from the Adlers, who spotted her doing road cleanup.  Gail, single-handedly, walked the whole road to town and back picking up trash and bagging it along the way.  That was 16 miles of walking in one day!  

Local hero!

Yesterday, Christmas, we kept the fire burning, roasted a free 19 pound turkey from Fred Meyer, and played our go to game, Hugger Mugger.  This is a good game that combines luck and skill of general knowledge, spelling, unscrambling letters, etc.  We each won a game, although my win is questionable as I accidentally played Gail's game piece in one of my turns - a Pinot or senior moment, or both.

What is this, you ask?  When it got dark, we had some fun doing a little long exposure photography.  That is Daisy wearing her glow collar, walking past the wood stove.

A little longer exposure (2' 43") with Yummy and Daisy briefly lit up.

We never get tired of looking at the big leaf maple across the river.

Happy Holidays Everyone!