IN Carmel

 Another wonderful day in the neighborhood and around the town.  It started off easy with an early wake up with coffee and a banana.  I promised to meet Heidi at church to work on a few things like perking up all the angels, 10 to be exact in the west entrance.  So off to church making the 9:30 time.  She beat me there and started the work.  We added a few things like ribbon and gold eucalyptuses and the effect is pretty jazzy.  And of course, I took pictures but not of that area.  Cross my heart there will be some taken when I'm back at church.   Other places in the church have a fresh feel and that is what we needed.  There is a little tradition but not all tradition.  Something new makes one see in fresh ways.   The Stump of Jesse banner.  One of our favorite Advent banners with a new placement of the Advent Candles on the altar rather than on separate stands. Looks super to me.  I hate symmetry. So borin...

 Another great celebration with family with a few little twists as sometimes families can produce.  But celebrate we did with lots of food and lots of card games and just lots of everything that makes memories.  We're tired and glad to say the celebration as good as it was, is over for another year.  And we're looking forward to seeing what a year from now brings.  Today was a day of picking up the pieces to move into busy December. A bit of Christmas decorating happened at home.                                        The stockings were hung.  At least two you see and three you don't. Heidi carried on with the last-minute things that happen at a busy church when scheduling seems to flop over each other during our absence.  We've scheduled another work morning for tomorrow just to make sure that everything is covered for the rest of th...