Black Mountain

The greening of the mountains from Blue Ridge Rd, Black Mountain, North Carolina.

Thursday, December 28, 2023

Home again, home again, jiggidy jig.

 Sort of sick by the time I finally got home yesterday. So no blog this morning (I usually write the night before). Slept fine though, and it probably was just fatigue from travel.

This morning there's heavy fog, but no rain. While I was gone, Black Mountain apparently got a lot of rain, which it needed. In Tampa FL we had off and on light showers a few days. There were many coastal floods from the previous weekend's deluge which hit...just heavy rain and wind, but some Gulfport boats were flung ashore and are now stranded.







Here's my daughter-in-law selling Moonlit Macarons in Gulfport the weekend after the storm.  All is well in the center of the little town.


And here I am with my own bunch. Doug (ex-hubby) me, William, Cayenne and my son Marty. Becker in front row is the service dog at Freedom Plaza, a senior apartment building in Sun City Center, FL

There are more photos to come...


Here's something I like...though of course the big celebration is over.

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—บ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜€.

"Santas" of Northern Russia: on very left, Yamal Iri, the "White Elder" of the Yamal Peninsula, belonging to the indigenous Nentsi people; Second from the left is Russian Ded Moroz himself; Third from the left Chyskhaan, the "Bull Man" of the Sakha people of Yakutia, in Northern Siberia; next one, the lady, is Tugeni Eneken, "Mother Winter", of the Evenki and other tundra nomads; after her is the visiting official Santa Claus of Finland; and then Pokkaine, the youngish "Santa" of the ethnic Karelian people.


Photo: Vladimir Sevrinovsk posted to Facebook Dec 25, 2020


Have a great day...in this mid-time between Christmas and New Years.

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    1. Glad to share. And of course I think of the needlework to make those costumes!

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  2. ...home is a special place tpbe.

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  3. Wow, the Santas are special. I hope you enjoyed your Christmas with the family. Take care, have a great day!

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    1. Thanks. Had a great time with family. THose Santa costumes are incredible.

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  4. I hope you feel better today. What a nice visit you had, though! Loving those Santas!

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    1. I have accomplished 2 things...went to lunch at the Senior Center, and bought a little bit of groceries. Feeling ok so far! Little steps at a time, my mantra these days.

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  5. I love those Santas, they are so special. Take care and I hope you feel better.

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    1. Thanks, me too, enjoyed seeing Russian Santas, and wonder if the costumes are worn every year! Taking it slow and easy so I can see next year!!

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  6. We all know that the Coca Cola Santa is the real Santa.

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