Christmastime Again! 01/19/21

O’Leano State Park, High Springs, Florida

Then Noah built an altar to the LORD and taking some of all the clean animals and clean birds, he sacrificed burnt offerings on it. The LORD smelled the pleasing aroma and said in His heart: “Never again will I curse the ground because of man, even though every inclination of his heart is evil from childhood. And never again will I destroy all living creatures as I have done.” ~ Genesis 8:20-21

It was a busy day today! Celebrating Christmas always is, isn’t it?

Why are we celebrating Christmas? Because part of our errands today was to pick up our mail. My mom had sent things to my brother, David in Alabama, but with the bogged down delivery service, it didn’t arrive until well after we’d left, so David packed up our stuff, along with a gift for Blaine that didn’t arrive on time, and sent it here – General Delivery. Fun!

Thanks everybody!
Bawk! Bawk! (certain blog readers will understand that lol)

Blaine received this great t-shirt from her! She also sent our annual toothbrushes, and our Daily Guideposts. She’s been buying that for us for many years, and we LOVE it! Thanks, Mom The scattering of tiny things is David’s gift to Blaine – a Lego hiker complete with a map and compass. It was supposed to be part of that scene he made for us. Very good, David!

You can’t see the expression on the face very well, but he’s perplexed. lol

The gemstones of my six grandchildren, in order by month from bottom to top:
Max-January Harper-May Alex-June Cooper-July Kade-October Cody-November
We’ll have to find some way to add the 7th when the time comes this year! Thanks, Mom!

Traditionally, a birthstone is associated with each month of the year. For example, the birthstone for January is a garnet, while babies born in April get a diamond as their birthstone.
The origin of birthstones is believed to date back to the breastplate of Aaron which contained twelve gemstones representing the twelve tribes of Israel.
The idea of birthstones has a place in many traditions, customs, and belief systems. ~ americangemsociety.org

Birthstones Chart — Just in case you want to know what they are. : )

Then Blaine got his hair cut, we shopped at a couple of stores, washed and dried seashells, and did some blogging.

We’ve been having some technical issues with my laptop that have caused delays in posting, which is how I got so far behind. But true to form, Blaine finally figured it out. Problem solved! I swear. That man can fix anything!

He took a two-hour bike ride this afternoon, while I stayed home and worked. What do you think of that? 😊