Steph and Dan usually come to visit us, often arriving on Christmas Eve. Mother Nature knows this and greets them with the arrival of a norther that generally coincided with their arrival. The family joke: Steph brings on the crappy weather.
In this year of the virus, Steph and Dan wisely canceled their plans to visit us this year. Apparently, Mother Nature didn't get the memo... about 1:00 in the morning, this norther blew in with temperatures dropping and winds 30 to 35mph, gusting to 45. We planned for it, by putting everything away on the deck and rolling up the sun shades yesterday. That didn't stop the noise from the wind howling and palm branches from the neighbor's tree blowing off and banging into everything. I think we're going to need a nap this afternoon.
Happy Christmas Eve. This year will be different: the first time since Steph and Dan got married that the four of us aren't together for Christmas. It is usually games and prizes and family tradition food. Joan has a Christmas Day meal planned (turkey and all the fixin's). This evening it will be our traditional Christmas Eve lasagna. The joy and the love will still be there, even though we'll share it long distance.
My favorite Rufus photo to celebrate this day...
And, of course, sharing how Santa gets around here...
It probably won't get out of the 50s here today, with the gusty wind continuing. Into the upper 60s tomorrow, and back into the 70s after that. Mother Nature said, "Oh, she's not coming? Well, I can't just turn it off like a light switch."
Sending you warm wishes for joy, peace, and hope this Christmas.
Jim, Joan, and Rufus
2 comments:
Jim and Joan, take care and I look forward to your 2021 posts! Bob Jarrard
Thanks, Bob. Wishing you and yours a good holiday season and positive hope for 2021.
Jim, Joan, and Rufus
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