Dear Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky,
Your Score for The Nutcracker is Brilliant. Our family has enjoyed it so much. I hear certain pieces and I begin to cry. I know all the flourishes and beats and marks. I have watched how hard my daughters work to achieve the moves that bring your music to life. It has been a magical ride. An All Consuming Ride. Thank you. Love Jeanne.
Christmas Eve Eve…Last Day of Work in a Gloomy, Foggy, Cold City.
Work Organized, yet Piled High. It will have to wait. One Week Away.
My Beach Santa hiding in a plant is a Hint of Fun Things to Come.
Lunch in the City with the Girls at the Chinese American Café – Lucky Boy.
Lo Mein Chicken Soup. Warms the Soul.
Green Chile Cheeseburger. Warms Everything Else.
Christmas Eve Day.
Final Nutcracker Performance and Tea.
The Nutcracker was Magical. The schedule was horrendous.
Nutcracker all through December. Right up to Christmas Eve.
Tired but Oh So Happy Feet. The Original Happy Feet.
Meeting the Dancers for Tea and Cakes.
The Ribbon Dancers and an Angel.
The Prince, Clara, Sugar Plum Fairy and an Angel.
Dew Drop and that Angel.
A Good Sport Dad Santa and Silly Elf and Gifts Round the Tiny Tree at Home.
Christmas Eve Night.
Then Packing Up All that is Christmas on Christmas Eve Night. And Getting the Luggage Ready.
Very Early Morning Flight Christmas Day.
Oh, my…I bet Christmas Day is a Great Time to Fly. Everyone is Where that Need to Be.
Don’t Take that Bet. 🙂
Tampa, Florida. 84 Degrees with the Setting Sun.
Christmas Dinner at Waffle House.
View for Christmas Eve Dinner. Ahhh….Water!
Tired.
Christmas Week in Florida.
Now We’re Talking. Talking Magic!
Secret Santa
Oh look! The Earth has TWO moons like the planet Tatooine in Star Wars Episode 4!!! 😀 I love the closeups you take of things like the Nutcracker and Christmas ornaments. I can envision them in an oversized coffee table book with Christmas poems on each page. That would be fabulous! Glad you got there in one piece and that your time was magical. 🙂 Bet that water felt good on the girls’ feet!
Happy New Year to You, Calen. A Christmas Coffee Table book with poems…ohhh…what a fun idea! Could be an interesting collaboration for 2017. Can’t wait to share all the craziness of a holiday in the warmth with sprinkles of sea air and turquoise water. 🙂
I love everything about this — your office stack, the “snowman,” and especially the Nutcracker! Simply perfect!
Hi Jeanie – Thank you for your kind words and Happy New Year….oh, BTW, the desk stayed exactly as photographed….back at it already. 🙂
Another big hit, Missy
Thanks. Always fun with you.
I love the little journeys your posts take readers on
Hi differentshores…so happy to have you come along for all the magic. 🙂