"Once more the ancient feast returns,
And the bright hearth domestic burns
With Yuletide's added blaze;
So, too, may all your joys increase
Midst floods of mem'ry, love, and peace,
And dreams of Halcyon days.

The Aurora Borealis in Western New Hampshire (9/14)

At first I thought it was a genetic freak, but, Van Eijk tulips are a Darwin Hybrid, hence "giant".
(Pyrex 1 cup measure for scale)

For a periodic orange tank update... I'm pretty sure he's content to be a housecat living the good life.

I don't put any faith in Rodentomancy, but, if some scud in rented Edwardian formal wear yanked me out of my happy hole on a February morning... I'm biting every motherfucker in sight 🤷🏻

I live in New England by choice, so I don't waste *much* time complaining about winter, but, I have definitely hit the doldrums and can't stop thinking about spring... What flowers to plant where this year, which trout streams will ice-out first.. bugs, thunderstorms, mud, petrichor. I want it all.

That's exactly how I ended up with cat number 4 🧡 This stray orange gent wandered right up to me from my garden and straight into my heart...

Io, Saturnalia!!

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Last June we were selected by the Stray Cat Distribution System and blessed with this goofy, loveydovey, snoozy, and sometimes spicy Orange Tank Boy, without further adeiu... Meet Beelzebubby 🐱

I'll return pretty much any holiday oriented greeting in kind, since I'm always happy to be included, but, if it's me leading-off it will always be "Happy Holidays" and ⤵️this⤵️ is why... Feel free to yoink it!

He's a truly a sweetheart, he just has "Resting Jerkface"...

4 albums to introduce my musical tastes... Which are, at best, eclectic and all over the friggin' map. Too often DJ's get pigeonholed by the genres we spin...