Balls

The stockings are hung by the chimney with care.  Well, it is a fake fireplace festooned with randy cherubs messing with barrels of grapes and unfortunate goats, but the festiveness and the stockings are real.  The cherubs are another story entirely.  In that vein, however, I’m going full-out balls this year.  You get the idea…..

 Lights shine and sparkle on convex ornaments of all size.  The tree is alive with scent and reflectivity and my living room is cozier and more real for it.  My house was feeling empty after the bustle of Thanksgiving, but shining sparkly lights and ornaments help to perk up the space and the mood -- the Gabby cat actively paws the low lying balls which helps, as well.  We’ve had some casualties already, but she is amusing me and why would I mind? 

And as for the weather?  Well, while it snowed two days before Halloween, It is currently 60 F out and not terribly emblematic of Winter.  We are expecting several inches of rain, but somehow, despite the weather wackiness this year, it is starting to feel like the holiday season.  I think the hot chocolate with Bailey’s is helping, too.  What I wouldn’t give for a solid snowfall instead of butterfly bushes and roses still blooming in the hedge.  Alas…  I’ll have to settle for it dark at 4 and use my imagination for a while.  Fresh cookies from the oven should help with that.  

Like it or not, the holiday season is here.  I like it.