2017-12-24 - Sunday - Festive shrubbery

On Christmas Eve I was outside grilling and noticed that the Harbor Belle dwarf nandinas were fruiting. It made me think even the shrubs were in the Christmas season (even though Karen and I are spending Christmas alone and I was grilling).

It was odd without the kids. Stephanie and Brett spent Thanksgiving with us, so they spent Christmas with Brett's family. Meredith couldn't get time off for Christmas until the 29th. We will all meet up in Pennsylvania after Christmas. That will be nice.

I love Karen, and we love spending time together, but it was a strange Christmas without the kids here. Binkley isn't here either, and he always LOVED Christmas.

We discussed going someplace for Christmas next year, possibly a cruise.

We'll see.

.

2017-02-23 - Thursday - All kinds of stuff

Thursday I noticed that one of the five Harbor Belle Dwarf Nandinas had died. I'll have to look for a replacement.

At Clayworks I was taken by the large group of student pots on the table. Nice grouping.

I made another garlic pot.

The kiln was still at 713 when I left.

.