The View from Here

the ravine is quiet - grey sky and the wind  is still. 10 teddy bears are crawling up the window and magically they form the outline of a pine tree
the fakey tree is fully kitted out - barren underneath since we removed all the bundles and such yesterday

dinner was a tortiere or the ' queen of meat pies ' according to the author of the recipe. Mash and peas / gravy completed the feast.
love meat pies
dessert was home-made butter tarts ( a Xmas present )

Wb  has his snowman companion back w/ arrow down and clouds w/ the sun peeking through. Wb is definitely some place other than here or he is real, real hopeful w/ that sun thing

filling out the Xmas list - ' Blossom Dearie ' showed up under the tree along with ' YoYo Ma and friends - Joy ' - a compilation of Yuletide and not YT songs w/ various artists. Renee Fleming, Dave Brubeck, Josh Redman,  Chris Botti, Natalie McMaster, Allison Krauss, James Taylor and several others some Cuban and Galician.

We watched ' Fried Green Tomatoes ' a Fanny Flagg book re-done as a movie. First time we've seen the DVD as opposed to VHS tape or on TV ( w/ all the cuts ). Several extra scenes were shown and of course, you need to debate, how crucial they were but it was different.
How was your Christmas ?

to-day is Boxing Day and for you southerners , this is the Canadian version of Black Friday . The tradition is that BD is return your your presents day. Now , its a race to buy items on sale for 60 % off. in fact, most stores want to sell not take returns so typically you need to wait 3 days, say Fri for returns.

Coffee time ( BTW - Coffee time is a franchise up here )