Sunday, December 25, 2011

the eve, the day...

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Christmas Eve
dinner preparations...
rosemary from 'her garden' still beautiful
for the roasted beast
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Mary is found!
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the gift of Torrone
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sugar cookies...
somehow the dough gets made
but making them is always at the last minute
this year bim wrote us a merry message
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more cookies
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the mantle this year
with re-purposed candle sticks
from the wedding of mr and mrs leer...
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the tree at twilight
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the balls that hang over our table with care...
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last year little baby hands reached up there
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this year
this child wide eyed at night
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the new husband lighting her birthday week
'joy' candle {gaudete}
all is calm all is bright
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dinner together
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lemony goodness and chocolate for dessert
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toys are opened
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and found music serenades us
as we prepare to head off to church
and the little family heads home
to their very first Christmas
in their home of their own
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by the chimney with care
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and day follows night
Christmas day
first things first
in the morning
a kiss good-bye on Christmas morning
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presents and presence
surprises for us all!!!!
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then dash away...dash away
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trash away all!

2 comments:

S. Etole said...

You have a new Mac???!!!! Wow!

bernie said...

SOOOOO glad to hear about Mary, who "once was lost but now is found"!