On a more personal note

 I broke down and purchased some flowers...some to share, some to keep and enjoy!

I keep sticking my nose in them, thinking there might be a scent today. Nope. These could be made of tissue paper, though they are beautiful forms from nature, they no longer have any scents.

Can you guess what this is a photo of?

Answer will be at bottom of post.

I seldom look inside the car next to mine when I park...but this one invited me in...from fringe on the window to stickers on the dash, to the fun steering wheel. I didn't capture all the stickers on the back of the car though. Well, I have my pride!

Nope, I couldn't get the whole car into frame, since I was in my car, and it would have meant moving the car sideways, to back away. But isn't that a great whale of an American Chevy Belaire?

I made some potato soup the other night...which I had in a favorite bowl which I didn't make, but did copy. It holds the heat and can certainly hold a lot more soup than I served myself!

The last of the Christmas trees that were either 6 or 7 feet tall...at the lot in Black Mountain by the Methodist Church (a Boy Scout Troop sells them I think). Cost was $75!

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The circuit board photo at the beginning of this post is to take the electricity from batteries and power some little LED lights, in a small fixture which can be mounted under a shelf. I was using it when I did pottery displays, but no longer needed it, so was taking out the batteries. However, I couldn't budge them, so asked a friend, and she removed them. Then I offered the fixture to her, and she asked if it was warm light or cool LED. I didn't know, so she put the batteries back in, and they were warm, which she wanted. Problem solved as far as disposing of used batteries...she'll have them until they wear out now!

Today's quote:

Perhaps the most radical act of resistance in the face of adversity is to live joyfully.

ARI HONARVAR In Sylva NC the library (former court house) has a slope covered with little trees. IT IS THE sixth NIGHT OF HANUKKAH It's the feast day of the virgin of guadalupe I like her story which includes the goddess which existed in Mexico before the Spaniards came, and has a miracle of roses blooming in the winter.