I'm making a new year's resolution to post more often. So many (daily) adventures and tender moments never get captured in here. And catch-ups are long and ungainly.
But for now, I'm catching up.
Here are Christmas memories -- from my cell phone. I will add favorite shots from the better camera in a later post. Or so I resolve.
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| Tilden carousel at night. I have never managed, in years of coming to this magical place, to take a very good photo here. |
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| Catching the train to Truckee a week before Christmas. Just me and Lukie (Chris and Halina drove up the next afternoon). |
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| I love that he still has his baby face in this picture. |
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| But just a few minutes later, he's got more of a "big kid" look. That's how it is lately -- shifting. |
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| Let's go right out and play in the snow! |
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| Wearing a hat I knit during our stay at Truckee. My second completed project. (The first was also a hat). Yay! |
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| On Matthew: "That boy is going to play with me some more. He's wonderful!" |
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| In Grass Valley, making Christmas cookies at Grandma Mary's with Auntie Sue. |
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| Playing ball with Grandma while they bake. |
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| Cookies galore. |
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| Great presents everywhere we went. |
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| Sleep over at Grandma's! |
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| Nature walk, looking for treasures. |
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| Rainbow looming, lunching, and playing in Davis. |
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| I have a special love for Davis. The big leafy trees, the open spaces, the light. It's just right. |
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| Back home in time for Christmas! |
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| Post-Christmas recovery date: An old movie, lots of music videos, and all kinds of chocolate. |
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| Santa brought guitars and matryoshka dolls. Halina got them together for a lesson. |
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| Bringing me lilies from the garden. |
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| How I found Luke after hearing Halina tell him to wait 'til she got back. |
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| I taught myself to play two-handed Silent Night in two days (thanks, YouTube). This is the only song I know on the piano. Fun! Obsessive! |
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| Luke's first time solo on a carousel. |
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| Together. Winter break = lots of together. I love it. |
