Obligatory shots Monday, Jan 2 2017 

Christmas tree, vertical perspective:

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From the second half of 2016 Friday, Dec 30 2016 

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From the first half of 2016 Thursday, Dec 29 2016 

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Amen Wednesday, Dec 28 2016 

Let’s be honest….

http://maggiesfarm.anotherdotcom.com/archives/29239-2017-Resolutions-to-keep.html

Merry Christmas! Sunday, Dec 25 2016 

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Also:
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-38431575

Birches Saturday, Dec 24 2016 

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(repost)

Of socks and stoplights Thursday, Dec 22 2016 

Following a shift of flat out hustle in a retail store, I was in a mood to reflect on the way home (either that or fall asleep). I suppose I am a hopeless optimist, but somehow there is joy in the oddest of things, from the littlest: catching every single light green on my commute home*, or when the laundry rolls around to the nice, comfy pair of socks for the day. To the big: the ‘new’ truck that I have; a wonderful man as a partner; really honest, decent bosses in all my jobs. To the wondrous: the glory of the sunrise and sunset; the trees and the fields; the rivers that flow ever down towards the sea.

So if there is a pair of socks under the tree**, that is no bad thing necessarily. It just might be the reason the day starts off well. Simple Gifts.

*For those who know where the store is, that qualifies as a miracle.

**Entirely hypothetical, I am not doing any gifts this year

And the Barnyard Tuesday, Dec 20 2016 

To go with the plow. Looking back to its location from the front steps of the house.

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Abandoned Monday, Dec 19 2016 

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Not terribly seasonal, and actually from a bit of work back in November. But the colors are gorgeous. As for what it is? The remains of a long abandoned plow, usually submerged in water. It was left, rather surprisingly, where it had likely been parked for years: in the outbuilding next to the dairy barn, west of the house and beneath the flank of the hill, looking out across the valley.

The Little Cottage Saturday, Dec 17 2016 

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