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     On Friday, the 18th, we enjoyed a break from all the rain.  We even saw blue sky.....
a great day to "deck the deck".  
      A few weeks back the painters managed to get one coat of paint on before the rainy season moved in.  (It will need another coat when the sunny season returns.) With the deck looking so nice I decided to fashion a winter outdoor living space.  I had found some attractive blue/white snowflake lights that can stay up till springtime.  It doesn't look like much work, but it took time to figure out the spacing and the re-spacing.....

There were old plants that had to be lugged away somewhere   .....and a dried out tree that will sit in the back corner until spring fix up.  

At one point two low flying flocks of squaking geese flew over. Something had startled them as they winter in the wetlands adjacent to the park. Folks say coyotes do that.    

Yep,  I have holly berries in the Hobbit garden....

Night view of decked deck.....

A Whole Lot of Decking Going on....

What is the Christmas season without cards to 19 grandkids and several cards to adult children and friends?  And a gift poinsettia from my church?

A PACIFIC NORTHWEST CHRISTMAS

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Monday we were blessed with a few hours of "sun break"... a great time for a 2 miles walk around the park to view some winter flowers and green grass.

      For the most part here in the Pacific Northwest we are in the throes of rain forest rain.....

     This is my 4th winter living here. And the most rain I have experienced so far.  The temperature is mild...high 40s.  Where I live I am alright.  The drainage is good, though Hobbit Village is in degrees of flooding.  It just sort of feels like living under a shower or waterfall.   

     There are areas suffering real floods, landslides, sink holes, dangerous driving conditions, power outages, avalanche threat and even a tornado.  Lots and lots of snow on Mt. Hood for winter sports!

     

The winds  picked up
Tuesday afternoon but my patio umbrella did not blow over.  (It did a few weeks back.  It would be in the garage but Gram G doesn't quite have the umph to hoist it up and out...) (No, those are NOT UFO lights....reflection from inside the house...But then, maybe they are.)

Hobbit yard did not get much decking because of flooding.  It did get new fake stepping stones.  They fit over the top of the crumbling plaster ones.  Also, they are suppose to glow in the dark when there is sunlight to shine on them...appropriate for a hobbit habitat.  Woo!  Woo!  We just need to wait for the sunshine to come back.   

Word is getting out among the avian folk that Gram G now serves 24 hour outdoor dining in the hobbit garden.

See his little black head to the lower left of the feeder?


Gram G is happy to be on the past side of the winter solstice.  We can look toward more daylight as the days go by...
It is a grand time to observe all the colorful lights that people display. 

This Christmas season has been a fun, pleasant one for me to be busy decking.  Last year I didn't even put up a tree.  Don't remember why.  I think I was cleaning house in preparation for Lou to come visit.  
Also have enjoyed listening a month of non-stop top 8 favorite Christmas CDs.   Merry Music to you all!!

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL!!

JESUS BLESS YOU THROUGH 2016!!

This has been a good 7 "deck the deck" days in the life of Grandma G.

"The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death a light has dawned." (Isaiah 9:2)