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Mostly a bunch of Chris and Paul photos

We begin on a positive note. Actually, this whole post is on the positive side. We’re still here; the sun is usually shining; 2020 is almost over; vaccinations for COVID-19 are happening. Christmas movies aren’t all bad! Chris and I have been mostly sticking to HEA movies (I’ll wait if you need to look that up) and we actually own disks of two universally regarded as among the best ever made: Love Actually and The Princess Bride.

A day or two before Christmas. Quiet, low key days; semi-annual shot of Chris, book, chair, cat, and sometimes fire, and Christmas tree.
Our first big Christmas movie.
  • Ornament was part of BluRay package
  • Proposals in a foreign language are tough

Christmas day arrives. What’s with the chair and bookcase, you ask? Well, it actually was part of a very pleasant beginning to the day. Our new best friends Catalina and Oscar …

The photo is for Craig’s List. We’re hoping to give the bookcase (made by friend Rick Coe many years ago for himself and then gave it to us) to someone who can provide a good home. The chair shows scale — it’s not part of the deal.

During the loading into Oscar’s big SUV he asks if by any chance I have some wood he could make more shelves from. Oh yes, I do! He and Catalina leave with about a hundred more pounds of shelf boards and plywood and particle board sheets I’d been saving for years, unable to throw away.

All four of us are delighted!

Excited kitties, happy C & P with all their Christmas loot, and what toilet paper shortage?

Nice beach walk on Christmas Day.

One can tell times are pretty quiet if a photo of a parked car seems to be a major event of the day. (First time for me that parking at his beach is not parallel but angled facing out from curb. Exciting, no?) The old pilings in photo #2 only show themselves like this at low tide. Wading like this (in photo#4) is ok, but not fine. I’m not the least bit tempted to get my wetsuit and go swimming.

Movie #2.

The Princess Bride. These are just a couple of the many famous quotes (well, they’re famous to big fans of the movie!). That’s a special kiss at the close of the movie, alright. Peter Falk, as the grandfather reading the story to his grandson, explained to us that of the five most passionate and pure kisses in the history of mankind, the kiss that’s about to happen in photo #2 far exceeds them all. Phew!

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