Dunc keeping warm on a cold, cold night.

Dunc, being adorable.
Dunc keeping warm on a cold, cold night.

Dunc, being adorable.

A Winter Sunset’s Dying Light

Vita Sackville-West and Harold Nicolson Greeting Card by Amanda White. $3.90.

Russell Square Photograph by Journey’s Eye Photography. $28.00.

Portrait of a Marriage by Nigel Nicolson at The Glamourist. $25.29.

Virginia Woolf Print by Lucy Loves This. $25.29.
All the cool kids were doing it yesterday…

All the cool kids were doing it yesterday…

Boiling water thrown into frigid air=this!

It was so much fun, we ultimately did it three times!
This is what happens when two bored adults are housebound during a vicious cold spell.
“Winter is not a season, it’s an occupation.”-Sinclair Lewis
Christmas Sunrise

Christmas Morning
I’ve decided to shelve all serious writing for the rest of the year. There is so much life stuff to do: baking, wrapping gifts, cooking, drinking mulled wine, watching holiday movies, and spending time with family and friends. Oh, and organizing my writing schedule and goals for 2014. Fear not! I’ll still be hanging around Ye Olde WordPress, posting easy and feather-light things. Like this:

Ghost Tree
Our holiday tree, in negative:

Our holiday tree,in negative. I kind of wish it really looked like this…
Bonus points if you can guess the albums on the wall.
We are in the midst of an unusual (and heavy) early season snowstorm. I took time out from trimming my tree to do this:

Little Penguin in the Snow
I did a whole series, using several ornaments. My neighbors must think me quite the delight.
“Well, I know now. I know a little more how much a simple thing like a snowfall can mean to a person.”-Sylvia Plath
You can’t see me…

There’s Nothing to See Here
“The greatest pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him, and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself, too.”-Samuel Butler

Busted!
Guarding the remote, just like his (human) papa…

Duncan with the Remote Control
“The dog has seldom been successful in pulling man up to its level of sagacity, but man has frequently dragged the dog down to his.”-James Thurber