39°f/3.9°C, mostly cloudy with bursts of sunshine, high of 52. Nice day. The snow is gone.
Scenes from the past week.
Cracker Barrel for breakfast today! Yum. And enough calories for the whole day!
Last night at the open mic, my fiddling friend Jenny Allinder and her friends provided incredibly wonderful old-time music. Jenny has won many fiddling contests in West Virginia and other states.
There was an ugly sweater contest too. Since I wmown exactly one Christmas shirt, I did not compete. I did do a carol, though, one of my favorites: The Holly Bears a Berry, which has a refrain for audience singalong. And of course, I threw in some commentary on the melding of pagan and Christian beliefs in the song, and folklore and superstitions about holly.
Larry and the "old men's club" listening to one of the singers.
On the Ripley courthouse square:
Of course, we had booth work to do.
Ans a couple scenes along the way:
Oops, back to booth photos. These are in Ravenswood, the others above were in Ripley.
I sent each grandchild one of these Sasquatch ornaments, and Ally sent a photo of it on her tree
I think this is my favorite outdoor light.
One of the many, many pieces of glass we were given this week. Miss America pattern by Anchor Hocking, only made between 1935 and 1937.
These two amber pieces are in the pattern Willow Oak by Bryce Brothers Glass of Pittsburgh, circa 1891, and were a Secret Santa gift from a member of the Early American Pattern Glass group on Facebook. I joined in the fun, sending some of my Glass to two different group members. Fun!
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