Christmas at the Griswold, err, Cox Household

Clark: I dedicate this house to the Griswold family Christmas.

The Griswold's have nothing on the Cox's.

The house is currently filled with eight cats, two dogs, and the occasional relative.

We had a snowstorm last night. Our daughter-in-law got caught in it and had to stop for the night.

We were shoveling snow at seven a.m. to get the boy to the airport and get to my brother's graduation. Since we live in the south, there's not the immediate response by the road crews you find in the north. It took us about forty-five minutes to get out of our subdivision and if our chauffer (the hh) hadn't grown up in the midwest where snowstorms are prevelent I'm sure we'd still be sitting in the drive. But like riding a bike the winter driving techniques kicked in.

And so.....

The daughter-in-law made it to the airport.

The boy to the airport and

We made it to my bro's graduation.

All's well that ends well.

Happy Holidays.

Odin Cats and Christmas

I will honor Christmas in my heart and try to keep it all the year.

Charles Dickens

Odin Cats: Fighting cats, known for their cunning and wisdom. Felines that have evolved intellectually into man’s equal. The royal Odins speak both English and Catonese and their average weight is a hundred pounds. The females can only produce one kit.

“I want to go!” Sittchuk-Seth’s plumy silver tail lashed back and forth, his jaw tight, his expression obstinate.
His father Thut sat upon his throne. His beautiful russet paws rested on the burnished gold arms of the regal chair, his expression both indulgent and annoyed. “What say you, Furrlin, shall we take this whelp of mine?” he asked the soothsayer.
Furrlin padded over to the blue crystal ball that stood in the corner near the throne. Standing on his hind legs, he rested his front paws on the crystal. The interior of the globe began to stir, to roll and flash in a prism of color. Furrlin stared unblinking into the ball as the blinding colors flashed. After a long moment, the storm of colors receded and once more lay dormant.
“Well,” demanded Thut.
Furrlin turned and shrugged. “His destiny is already written. Do what you will.” He dropped to his four paws and padded back to the king.

Released Today at Whiskey Creek Press

Man with his constant desire to enslave and assert his will has destroyed the earth. From this destruction the world has been rebuilt. Similiar yet different. Guns in a primitive form exist, but there are no cars or planes. There is no resources to fuel them.

Now two factions vie for power: man, who did not learn from his mistakes, and Odin Cats.

There is a legend among the Odins. An Odin will come with the pure blood of royalty flowing through his veins. This cat will lift the ferals out of their oppression and unite the kingdoms of Odin and man.

Christmas Time and Holly

When the baby Jesus was born in Bethlehem Christmas night a barren Holly bush, located near the stable, burst into bloom.

I have always thought of Christmas time, when it come around, as a good time; a kind, forgiving, charitable time; the only time I know of, in the long calendar of the year, when men and women seem by one consent to open their shut up hearts freely, and to think of people below them as if they were fellow passengers to the grave, and not another race of creatures bound on other journeys .

Charles Dickens

Winter Festival at PPBs begins today.







Damask roses are considered 'old roses' known for their wonderful fragrance. Old roses are roses that existed before 1867.

Peace

If there is to be peace in the world,

There must be peace in the nations.

If there is to be peace in the nations,

There must be peace in the cities.

If there is to be peace in the cities,

There must be peace between neighbors.

If there is to be peace between neighbors,

There must be peace in the home.

If there is to be peace in the home,

There must be peace in the heart.

Lao Tzu (570 - 490 B.C.E.)

Winter Festival

My day is December 10th. A free snowman magnet, will be included with the purchase of Flower Power that day.

Also if you have purchased Flower Power drop me a line at sandracox1@gmail.com and I'll send you a handmade, vintage style bookmark by artist Meghan Cox.

'I like living. I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow, but through it all I still know quite certainly, just to be alive is a grand thing.'
Agatha Christie