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| the Village Ladder in the dark |
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| After the rains, the river rose. The top sign was the high water mark from the 97 Flood, the lower sign is where the river got to in the 1986 Flood. |
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| Snow-capped moutain emerging from the clouds |
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| The Village Ladder |
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| Ice Sculptures |
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| Sara and Grant with his newest excellent creating. Isn't it marvelous!? |
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| The baggage carousel at the Sacramento Airport as I await Jeffery's arrival |
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| Kyria and Matt arrived with plenty of Doering's mandarins |
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| My Tobin Ridge "King Stone" on Christmas Eve morning |
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| This Primrose is blooming for Christmas |
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| We're ready for Santa |
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| Kyria puts Santa onto the Advent Calendar Sara made so many years ago |
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| Matt and Kyria |
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| Parchessi at Sara and Grant's on Christmas Eve |
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| Matt, he himself, carved the Roast Beast (which was the Lamb Shank Kyria treated us to) |
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| Dinner Time! |
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| Litle Kinley plays with the dreidels, which I brought because it's also Hanukkah today |
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| Six dreidels spinning at the same time! |
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| Christmas morning - Kyria goes for an early morning run. It is 19 degrees. |
