Monthly Archives: December 2020

December 19 is the official day to have the Christmas lights go on up on the land, so we went up for a picnic supper. The red light on the lower right didn’t come on, so Andy checked it Sunday. … Continue reading →

Kaitlin and Torben picked a great place to live. The Carlisle Cheer Project publicized yesterday’s Holiday Cheer Parade: Hi Folks! Our Fire and Police Departments want to spread holiday cheer around Carlisle this season, so on Saturday, Dec 19 starting … Continue reading →

Torben gave me his old iPhone several years ago, and I love it for taking pictures. I couldn’t have taken pictures of Andy opening the package of sugar cookies nearly as fast with my Sony point-and-shoot. I don’t have a … Continue reading →

Do you remember the sugar cookies Kaitlin baked? She and Torben aren’t cookie eaters so she sent them to Andy. She told me he would be proud that she wrapped them his way — tons of shipping tape. We didn’t … Continue reading →

Andy took this picture Wednesday, when the outside temperature was in the low 20s. Notice the new blossoms on the tomatoes…we’ll have to see how long they continue to thrive. We’re getting spoiled having them every night. December 17, 2020

When Andy came home Monday evening he said the ground around the house looked like a barnyard. The deer had trampled the snow down to the bare earth. I asked him to take pictures yesterday. He also saw tracks on … Continue reading →

hygge (pronounced “hoo-guh”)—coziness, from a sixteenth-century Norwegian term, hugga, meaning “to comfort” or “to console,” which is related to the English word “hug” I’m for hugs in whatever form they come. Down here today it’s overcast and below freezing out. … Continue reading →

At Kaitlin’s workplace they did a virtual morale booster/bounding exercise of baking cookies together. I don’t know about the participants, but hearing about it brought back great memories of baking cookies together when when Kaitlin was young. Thanks, Kaitlin! December … Continue reading →

Kaitlin says she and Torben won’t cook anything special Christmas Day…there’s just the two of them and they’re not interested in a big dinner. They will take out the special Christmas Eve dinner at a local restaurant, which should be … Continue reading →

I decided I wanted a few more lights seen from the outside, so I bought a box of 120 LED mini lights. I wanted to put them in a recognizable shape, but I didn’t want to spend much time on … Continue reading →