“…stop pacing the aisles and counting the miles. Instead, climb more mountains, eat more ice cream, go barefoot oftener, swim more rivers, watch more sunsets, laugh more and cry less. Life must be lived as we go along.” Robert J. Hastings
We started the year off with a lazy morning, a family visit to the Alameda Flea Market (I collected images), lunch outside with the dogs, and dinner with friends.
A good life lived so far this year.
For curious historians, a Brief History of Santa:
And Share the Joy:
And to all a good night!
It’s been an unseasonably warm December in the Bay area. So much so that it doesn’t look like we’ll be skiing soon. Or snowball fighting.
I made some surrogate ‘snowballs’ to have around.
The bonus benefit is that they’re less icy, and I don’t have to worry as much about one being shoved down my back or pelted at me.
If you want to make some of your own, go to Rust and Sunshine’s site. I was going to create a pattern and write a tutorial, but I googled and found hers. Why redo a good thing?
For the larger one, I made a pattern on my own – the larger one has 6 sections as I was afraid Rust and Sunshine’s ball pattern with 4 sections might look too cube-ish expanded bigger. (Let me know in comments if you’re interested in that pattern and I’ll write something up)
The smaller ones feel more genuine, I think. Even though they’re not made of snow. Or ice. Or snow and ice mixed with rocks. And they’re not cold. And hard.
And they don’t leave you dazed and confused after being hit in the head.
Come to think of it, I like these a whole lot better than the real ones.
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