Well this morning has been completely unplanned, and not a little frustrating. Despite deleting an app from my phone, it would not go away. That and a few other glitches. I’ve tried all sorts of methods, but am now resorting to a reset to factory settings and restore. 🤞
Being held by the stillness of the morning.
Between the ages of 8 and 10, so from about 1971 to 1973, my family lived in Jamaica. My father was a radiologist and worked for two years at the University Hospital in Kingston, Jamaica. As a child, I remember the time fondly. My sister and I went to a wonderful school there and made good friends both at our school and with kids who lived in our neighbourhood. I remember being allowed to stay up late when my parents had parties, standing at the gate of our house (for some reason), listening to music watching everyone chatting inside.
We took the Christmas tree down this morning as well as a few other remaining decorations. That’s the holidays officially over in this household for another year. 2022, here I come…
The rain and resultant humid weather that we have had over the last few days appears to have resulted in some interesting flowers growing amongst the mulch.
A homemade sushi meal set out and prepared by my wife. A evening email to welcome in the New Year.
Still just over six hours left here before 2022 arrives but to everyone, whether there or not, wishing you all a very Happy New Year.
We watched Don’t Look Up on Netflix last night. I enjoyed it and have come to appreciate it more since last night. Funny, sobering and a parody of so much that is wrong with the politicizing of issues in the world today. 🍿
And now it is flooding, flooding, flooding…
A wet, wet, wet, wet day…
This too shall pass…
I’ve just discovered that I can generate a RSS feed of my Pocket articles. This might change how I access them.
I just completed this jigsaw puzzle of Sea Anemones. My first for a long time. It was difficult because the puzzle was not made up of regular shapes. Even some of the edges were not clear. But it was fun to do. 🧩
Finished reading: The Gifts of Reading by Robert Macfarlane 📚
Current view.
Taking a post Christmas dinner snooze.
Completed. I haven’t put Lego together for a long time. This was satisfying. It was a little too much for my grandson.
A quiet moment before the day starts. In a couple of hours this room will be full of excited grandchildren and family sitting down for our Christmas brunch. For now the lights of the tree are on and silent expectation hangs the air.
All is quiet and still outside. Showers hanging in the air, but for now there’s a dark sky with stars in abundance. Looking across the valley, house lights and Christmas decorations twinkle. The night before Christmas in this little corner of the world.
The push and pull of the Holidays. I love seeing family and friends at this time of year, COVID allowing, but the introvert in me gets tired of the seemingly endless socializing.