I must credit my brother with the title of my post today. It's his. He owns it. He has threatened to hurt me if I don't give due credit. The story behind it? His Thai wife has their altar set up in the same room as his office. She never uses the computer, but when I arrived & went to check my email, he warned me that there are porn sites on his favorites list. I don't care. Neither does she, except there is a time & a place for everything. NO PORN IN THE BUDDHA ROOM.
I made it to California for the holidays, obviously. Flight was ok. Brother remembered to pick me up at the airport & Mom waited up past midnight for me to get to the house. Aww. I'm glad to see her again. Haven't seen her since the end of August when she left NJ. So nice to be with family, surrounded by decorations & gifts & breathing in the aroma of scented candles & pine. I'm taking a ton of photos but didn't bring the software with me, so I'll edit the posts later & add some pics.
We're in the High Desert & every so often the county requires residents to clean up brush & branches & other fire hazards on their property, either through taking the stuff to the dump or controlled burning after getting same-day approval from the fire department. So basically we were allowed to be pyros for a few hours. It was fun. I took photos of that, too. Impatiently waiting for it to stop smoldering so I can wash my clothes, which smell like a camp fire. Mmm, wish we had S'mores. Eating way too much lately, and enjoying every minute of it, too.
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