More Christmas Lights

 

Yesterday I worked from home, then I addressed Christmas cards, and when Travalon came home, he signed them, and I got them ready to mail. We took them up to the post office in Waunakee and then went through their Rotary lights display. We also drove around trying to find the house with the music and light show, but what we found was this house.

We also went to Governor Nelson State Park to see the lit-up Christmas tree at a nearby house, and from there we could hear a very loud tundra swan (at least, I think that's what it was) and some geese.

Today I worked on campus and had a couple of cookies from the many treats in the break room. The chair stopped by to give me good chocolates and an envelope full of cash, and my boss gave me a Starbucks gift certificate and some candy. At lunchtime I walked with Hardingfele, and while I thought it was much warmer out today, she wanted to go into the nearby greenhouses. Look at these goofy cacti bending over!

Speaking of cacti, Ma Hat's Christmas cactus is in bloom.

And so is my aunt's geranium.

After our walk, Hardingfele said she had cookies too, like I needed more. I had one that her coworker made, and it tasted like a sparkly pink unicorn, all white chocolate chips and craisins. At first I liked it, but then it just seemed way too sweet. It was like a little girl's conception of a perfect cookie.

I watered my work plants well, hoping they survive three weeks of neglect. The weed won't, but that I don't care about so much. I had to go into the TA office to water an aloe, and I saw this winter sunset.

Then I took a much less crowded 28 bus to Adoration, where Travalon picked me up. We did succeed in finding the house with the light and music show in Waunakee.

Suddenly Bucky Badger popped up!

We saw some other beautifully decorated houses as well.

Sorry that last one's so crooked. I can assure you that it wasn't in real life, it's just an error on the part of the photographer (me). Another thing we didn't take a photo of, but maybe should have, was an inflatable snowman playing a candy cane saxophone. I like to think he was playing Christmas jazz, like what we were listening to as we drove around. Then we came home, and Jolly Bob is still perfuming the air in our condo. When I went into the loft to water those plants, the flowers are getting a bit brown, so this might be the last day for them. I won't know anyway, since we leave tomorrow morning on our big adventure.

Famous Hat