Jeanne and her stylish coat, with pink detail ...

... at Pierson Airport, where we said a sad farewell this evening.

Tala and her green coat

Spekboom bonsai

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Angela gave me a little Spekboom (Portulacaria afra, a.k.a. Elephant's food) and a bonsai kit as a Christmas gift. I've transplanted it, and I think I will, if all goes well, fashion it in the informal upright style.

Hannah and her stylish coat

An almost entirely Lebanese Christmas dinner

Jeanne and Angela exploring their Lebanese heritage

Making kibbeh.

Our cats like the low-hanging decorations ... which is how they came to hunt llama last year

Christmas Eve lights

Christmas eve dinner table, and detail

The view from the chair next to our Christmas tree

Gideon gave his beloved Angela 20th wedding anniversary flowers

Gideon's office colleagues sent him get-better flowers

more of the same, except different

christmas with our favourite family






everybody except for tala (photographer) and kenton (little boy)






























pretty jeanne with her creations

of jeanne for granny - and everyone - advent joy - (now wingless) angel fell from above and has a hole-y head

Christmas tree in three kinds of light

The apple tree, resting in anticipation of its spectacular Spring blossoming

Red decorative berries brought by our friend Krista

Last cleanup of 2006?

Dressing our Christmas tree

Proudly. (We did several Sears catalogue-style shots. This is the least worst.)

With our friend Ruth.

Hannah as Liberty.