In general, my husband doesn’t like to have his picture taken. I usually have to coerce him to let me point and click in his direction. So not only was I pleased to capture Livia through the cylinder holes, I was happy to snap my husband’s visage as well.

I love this guy. And I really like the past two photos I’ve posted. They seem to capture the essence of my sweet family.

Even though we have no snow and my cookies turned out like dog biscuits, this Christmas season has really been quite lovely. I love our tree and all the decorations around the house and dread taking them all down, which means the return to a normal, un-festive house. Well, that’s not entirely true. We like the way some lights look (large round bulbs from Target), so I think they’ll be staying up. The fish in the above picture will be wrapped in tissue paper and placed back in a large Rubbermaid tub to await the Christmas season of 2005. He looks happy swimming in our tree, I think.

Not truly a Christmas wish (hey, I needed a rhyming word), this sunset was a bold and beautiful red a week ago. My camera ended up with ziggy lines, not the way I normally like photos, but the color more than makes up for it. I’m grateful for a house perched on a small hill in front of a park so we can see more of the skyline on nights like this.

Finally, a Christmas dish. This salad beautifully decorated the Lawton table on Christmas Day. I get hungry just looking at this dish that Andrew created. Every once in a while we get to see how his days as a cook have paid off… Mm, mm good.