when did December arrive? The 1st of the month picture of The Puddle Pond was missed. Since then it's been most busy.
The annual Volunteer's Appreciation dinner at the library where Mr P and I volunteer has come and gone. The theme this year was an Irish Christmas. The librarian provides a meal and entertainment for the evening. Our menu consisted of Irish stew (really beef stew), salad, Irish soda bread and mint chocolate chip ice cream with cookies for dessert. Entertainment was provided by The Irish Blessing, http://www.irishblessingband.com/ a family band playing traditional Irish music and dancing traditional Irish dance.
As always, it was a fun evening and good to see those folks who volunteer on various days of the weeks that we sometimes only see a few times a year.
Yesterday was the last day for antlered deer and doe season with a rifle this year. There will be a period of bow hunting around Christmas time but there don't seem to be many bow hunters here in our immediate area. Possibly the deer pictured below were spared this year and we will see them over the winter.
As I walked up the driveway this morning to meet my walking buddy, R, several deer crossed over in front of me.
The next two pictures are for Grandson #1. Check out what Pappy got for the golf cart! Now the seats will stay dry when it rains - an all-weather cart.
My coworkers and I celebrated the holiday a little early with lunch at The Hotel Hershey in the Circular Dining room http://www.thehotelhershey.com/photo_gallery/index.php. The Hotel will be closing down on January 2, 2013 for renovations. The decor and ambience at the Circular Dining room is such a treat and we are hoping the changes are not too drastic.
Two more luncheons with coworkers are scheduled before Christmas gets here. One in the upcoming week and one the week after. I don't know if it's better to have them spaced out over three weeks or get the gluttony over in a shorter time span and then get back on track watching what I eat and walking more.
Our home sits a good distance back from the road so any decorations for the holidays are not always able to be seen by passerbyers. There is a grapevine wreath with lights on the side of our garage which can be seen from the road. One of our neighbors, who has since moved, always commented on much he enjoyed seeing the lit wreath on our "barn" (his term for our garage) each year.
GS#1 gave a fist pump. He's excited to drive in the rain. GS#2 nodded sagely and thinks the rain shield might prevent him from falling out when his brother takes a turn too fast.
ReplyDeleteWow that circular dining room looks fantastic! I love doing jigsaws too my 3yr old is also hooked on them and is up to 120 piece ones! thanks for visiting and leaving your nice comment its nice to know that you are inspired to get crafting! I hope you and your family have a lovely Christmas x
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