Dec. 28, 2011 - Day 656

An outdoor sectional chair set askew on the sidewalk catches some interesting shadows.

Dec. 27, 2011 - Day 655

Now that we're back at work, here's the blue sky.

Dec. 26, 2011 - Day 654

A gray day, but a holiday nonetheless. We had about five minutes of sun today.

Dec. 25, 2011 - Day 653

We made a mulled wine called "glogg" today. This image from the inside of a cup does a decent job of how the drink makes you feel: bright, warm and a bit fuzzy in the middle.

Dec. 24, 2011 - Day 652

This is what a cat does on a three-day weekend: the same thing as on any other weekend day.

Dec. 23, 2011 - Day 651

These flowers are  rather bright and festive.

Dec. 22, 2011 - Day 650

Wow. It's been a long time since I've seen one of these!

Dec. 21, 2011 - Day 649

Wispy clouds lately - on days we can see the sky.

Dec. 20, 2011 - Day 648

Two-story office building Christmas tree. Some of those ornaments are bigger than my head.

Dec. 19, 2011 - Day 647

A Charlie Brown Christmas tree at the neighborhood taco shop.

Dec. 18, 2011 - Day 646

This time of year there are almost as many leaves on the ground as in the trees.

Dec. 17, 2011 - Day 645

Stage makeup - a little scary.

Dec. 16, 2011 - Day 644

Clouds make for a lovely sunset.

Dec. 15, 2011 - Day 643

Rain drops on a blue car - pretty!

Dec. 14, 2011 - Day 642

Pretty way to cover lights!

Dec. 13, 2011 - Day 641

Creative themed white elephant give from a colleague: bubbly, Bublé and a Bobble. Some of my co-workers (who were kind enough not to steal the gift from me) will enjoy having the CD - not my style.

Dec. 12, 2011 - Day 640

Discovering that we have four pairs of very dull scissors led to a new pair.

Dec. 11, 2011 - Day 639

One corner of the coolest lights in our neighborhood. The house has a lot of peaks, so this looks awesome!

Dec. 10, 2011 - Day 638

"Some unnecessary damnify" is to be avoided at all costs.

Dec. 9, 2011 - Day 637

Christmas lights: bonus points for creativity.

Dec. 8, 2011 - Day 636

Changing leaves near work.

Dec. 7, 2011 - Day 635

I always forget that the flowers of cooler weather can be quite lovely.

Dec. 6, 2011 - Day 634

Stacking chairs look much more interesting when stacked.

Dec. 5, 2011 - Day 633

Of the plants I brought in from the cold Beryl seems most interested in the carrot foliage.

Dec. 4, 2011 - Day 632

I don't think it stopped raining for any more than a few minutes at a time today (if it did at all) and everything that's not covered is soaking wet.

Dec. 3, 2011 - Day 631

Mmm... gingersnaps!

Dec. 2, 2011 - Day 630

We enjoyed the performance of Michael's friend Arianne at at local music venue.

Dec. 1, 2011 - Day 629

The mountain cedars have begun their annual assault. On my next trip to the store I'll be stimulating the economy with purchases of more tissues, antihistamines, cough drops, tea...