Memories

29°f/-1.67C, partly cloudy and cold all day.

Thank you for all your kind wishes for Larry to feel better yesterday. He is much better today, thank goodness. He slept most of the day yesterday, ate little but drank lots of fluids. I think he is past the worst. Whew. I think it will be a day or two before he's back to his ornery self, though. I am not feeling so well either, running a little fever and upset tummy. But nothing like as sick as Larry.

It has been another quiet day here. I have most of the leftover turkey in the canner,  which I find to be a better option than freezing as it will keep better and not get fteezer-burn. 

I have been working on the tree too, and am almost finished. So many memories attached to the ornaments! It is a pleasure to recall them as i work. Balls with copper wire for hanging came from my parents' tree. Dad always salvaged copper wire, so these have his signature touch! Then there are my mother's beaded ornaments, and the one I made when I was 11 which has miraculously survived all these years.  I posted photos of it and other favorites last year, so click here to see that post.

Speaking of memories, some interesting ones popped up on Facebook today, like this one, sent by a friend who saw the article in the Charleston newspaper:

 And this:

Wish I could remember what I sold! I remember once selling a lamp to the Young Sheldon TV show, and a scarf to a New York Broadway company, but can't recall this one.

Then one day in Marietta, this sunset:

Of course, there were the snowy day photos. These from 2014:

And Thanksgiving that same year, 13 at the table.

The little church on the hill, just out the road from us, taken in 2017.

Kinda fun to look back at these. Today, just enjoying being cozy, watching the sun setting through my favorite window,

the fire,

the tree,

and the sparkles!