Bubbles, Bubbles

For some reason, my boys don't really want to blow bubbles for me to photograph any more.

Maybe it's because they're 20 (above) and almost 19 (below).

I suppose that's a good possibility. LOL!

Fortunately, at 9 years old, my niece still enjoys bubble blowing. She's pretty good at it, too.

POP!

This has always been one of her favorite things to do with me.

I sure could've used her the other day when I was trying to blow bubbles in the cold so they would freeze. It was a little challenging to blow them, set down the wet, drippy wand, get the camera up (after wiping my hand on my jeans), compose, focus, and get a shot before they popped. But I still got some.

Good times all the way around.

December??

My boys have been giving me a hard time because I don't really care to hear or play Christmas music. At first, I had an issue with it, as two of our local radio stations started to play Christmas music on November 7th!! That is WAY too early. I typically start playing it on Thanksgiving. Which I did. I had an instrumental Christmas station playing on Pandora. I figured that would be the catalyst and I'd be in a Christmas mood after that. However, the next day, I tried to play some and it just didn't work for me. So I went back to my regular music.

I've played my Oh, For Joy! CD by David Crowder Band. I've played TSO. I'm still not there. I hear it in stores and other businesses, but it's just not happening for me. We don't yet have our tree up and I thought that perhaps that was part of it.

And then last week, it dawned on me. It's the weather. I'm pretty sure we've only had snow in town once this year. ONCE. In Colorado. And it's December 3rd! Not only is there no snow, but the temperatures have been in the lower 60s most days (as high as 65!). It's definitely the weather that's throwing me off. It just feels like a nice October fall day, not December, and definitely not nearing Christmas.

Now I realize that for some of you, the whole snow and cold weather thing is irrelevant (southern Cal, some Texas friends, Floridians, etc.), but living most of my life in Colorado, this is just not normal. It's very strange. And really very bad because we're experiencing record drought here. Given that we are already living in a semi-arid climate and the fires we've had over the past dozen of years, this is very bad.

So I'm going to pray like crazy for some moisture and SNOW. Our state needs the moisture desperately and I'd like to feel just a little more Christmasy.

On a funny side note, we watched White Christmas (I just love that movie!) last night and when they arrive in Vermont, the big draw is supposed to be all the glorious snow, but there's none. In fact, it's warm and lovely - kind of like Colorado. When Bob, Phil, Betty, and Judy step off the train, we commented that they must be in Colorado.

Testing Something

***Updated to add - I don't need anyone else to test this for me. I've gotten my answer. Thanks to everyone who helped.***

I know, what a weird title. But I'm trying something out.

This is the apple tree out back. The bokeh is from the icicle lights hanging on our patio and are between me and the tree. Can you see this image? Can you click on it? If you do, can you see it on Flickr or does it say you have no permission?

These are the lights hanging on the patio. Can you click on it? What happens when you get to Flickr for this one?

Wordless Wednesday - Pikes Peak

I will never, ever, ever tire of this view.

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Wordless Wednesday - Empty Chipotle Patio

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Colorado Weather

The weather is rarely boring in Colorado. It goes from one extreme to the next in short order.

Earlier this week - 70s, sunshine, gorgeous.

Today - 30s, snowy, still gorgeous.

Wordless Wednesday - Ridiculously Cold

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Wordless Wednesday - Filtered Sun

Not terribly clear, but not bad considering it was shot with my cell phone while at a stop sign on snowy and icy roads.

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