Friday, December 26, 2025

THE DAY AFTER CHRISTMAS

 Merry Day After Christmas !

Believe it or not, the sun is shining again though there is the "promise" of rain this afternoon.

Dave and I had a so called quiet day yesterday as all of the family was at other family celebrations.  Since the weather was so crazy we were really ok with staying cozy at home.

Its been years since we had such wild weather ALL Day Long.  The thunderstorms were centered right over our town and it felt like they were right over our house.

The rain came down in buckets...

There was a break in the weather and the sun came out.  I sat out on our patio and so enjoyed the warmth.



I enjoyed the long shadows in our sloppy wet yard.



Then the next wave of storm clouds rolled in, so I went inside.


And ...

Crash Bang ... the heavens opened up 


This went on all day,  Sunshine then Storms moved in...


It got cold and miserable so I went in for good.


Fortunately we never lost power and our pumps did their job though it was hard for them to catch up.

The night was quiet and we both were so thankful to sleep well.
Many in other parts of Northern CA.  had serious problems.  I feel so sorry for the people especially down in SO.CA that had flooding and mudslides.

Since I shared the gift of our son and daughter in law buying all of our early Christmas dinner and cooking it and then doing all the clean up afterwards, I thought I would show you what our other son and daughter in law gave us for Christmas.


When we opened this we got tears in our eyes.  Kellie had made this for us.
The Golden Gate Bridge and the Fort beneath it hold such a special place in our hearts and it is part of our History.
Kellie put together this picture bead by bead.  It truly was a labor of love for us.
We can't wait to put it up on our wall.

Make sure to enlarge it so you can see the detail.

We have the BEST Kids EVER !!! 
Love them all to the Moon and Back !

Always be Grateful

Always be Kind



2 comments:

Jel said...

Glad ya both had a good Christmas, try to stay warm ☺️!💞🙏

Shug said...

Your Blessings flowed!! A fabulous meal and family fellowship and then, this gorgeous piece of Art. It is truly beautiful. I've been trying to keep up with the areas out there and praying that none of my dear CA friends have had any flooding. It's has been flooding out where my SIL works.. northern California! thank goodness he is home and will be at least another week. I've missed catching up, but hopefully can focus now on blogging.. big Texas hugs from me to you and Dave!!