Our World - Cold and windy

Thursday night the snow started and then it got cold. (That is about -15C).

Across the street (above) and our backyard (below)

Tonight is predicted to be 4 again with strong winds, so we are ready to keep warm in front of a nice fire. 

Sky Watch - New year first day

9:59 AM

Happy New Year to all sky watchers!

 

 1:55 PM

 4:50 PM

 4:58 PM

Header Challenge - It's all new

 

but not necessarily what it looks like!

 

A nice, big Canon lens for my Nikon?

 

No, but it does keep my morning coffee hot!

A new photography book published by my daughter and her friend. Gorgeous images from Norway, Iceland and the artic waters.

A new game from one of our granddaughters. Like Monopoly, except you buy cats instead of properties; litter boxes and fish instead of houses and hotels. We'll see how Buster and Zoey like the game.

 

And that tiny camera? At first I thought it was a key chain, but it is a thumb drive that will hold about 1,100 of my Nikon images. 

 



 

Just a few of thee new things we received at Christmas.

Thanks everyone!

Our World - The cats' views

Our new couch (a place to sleep)

 



Front yard (where the squirrels are)

 

Food and water (second only soft bed)

 

Back yard (more squirrels and birds)

 

And an occasional neighborhood visitor

 

Sky Watch - Christmas morning and before

Christmas morning

 and sunset December 23

Header Challenge - Boxes

 

The day after Christmas is know as "Boxing Day" in England and that or the more generic "boxes" is the header theme. I will leave it to Mac to give the official description of Boxing Day in the UK. But part of the tradition involves boxes of food and gifts for the less well off. The same happens here. The US Marines collect and distribute Toys for Tots. The Boy Scouts in our area do a food drive the week before Thanksgiving. We support these efforts and occasionally drop off food at the local community food bank. And so a box of boxes (and some cans) of food were dropped off at the food bank earlier this week in honor of the British tradition of Boxing Day!

 

Boxes also played a part in our own family tradition of exchanging gifts. We are not traveling this Christmas, so with the help of the US Postal Service boxes of gifts were sent to our family scattered across this USA. We also received some boxes from across the USA, which were put under the tree. They have now been open and we are enjoying the contents. Thanks all. The rest of the post is just having fun with camera and gift boxes we have to use on a future Christmas.
 

Karma Kitty and boxes

 

Shadow boxes

Nested boxes

Nested lids

Our World - Window shopping in Frederick

List is done - can you find the items?

A sleigh ride for penguins? 

A little chocolate ? 

 

An upscale kiddie car?

 

Or perhaps some inserts in your skin?