Three Wise Men

I love this cartoon...

Merry Christmas!

Christmas Treats

Today I went with my sister and my nieces to a Cincinnati tradition, the Bonbonerie. These are some of the treats they make there.

More California

The sky was blue and the flags were flying. It was a gorgeous day in San Francisco!

Ah, palm trees!

Christmas was in full bloom, too.

Later that evening:

The cioppino was great!

The next day we headed to Sunnyvale. We visited a pet store.

We went to Palo Alto to see Santa:

They have an amazing chocolate store there...

And a very nice bakery, too.

It was a busy day; we also went to Ikea:

We had a very nice visit in California...

California

Union Square in San Francisco

Last week, we flew to California. My husband had business in San Francisco, and we spent two nights near Union Square. I took the photos below from our hotel.

After San Francisco we drove south to Sunnyvale to visit our daughter and granddaughter.

Fun was had by all!

I think I will post more pictures tomorrow. Right now I have holiday things to do!

Miscellany

My mother painted this portrait of me when I was twelve years old. It's the first one she ever painted, before she ever took an art class.

This is the sight that greeted me when I went to get into bed last night.

Molly, dancing on Thanksgiving.

Sarah, on stilts.

Spot, lounging on the deck.

Christmas lights in our neighborhood.

See those "fingers" of blue light on the left side of the tree? They made sparks flying down from the branches, like little fireworks... hard to describe, but it looked cool.