Whew! Game over!

Well, the holidays are over, except for New Year's, and that is just plain fun, so it doesn't count on the stress-o-meter. I hope your holidays were as nice as mine. I actually had the gifts for the family that's here in Montana done a couple of days before Christmas, and I have those that have to be mailed almost finished. I know that's backwards, but my family knows that's the way I work. Every year, I swear that I will have them ALL ready by the 1st of December, but it has only happened once! This year, I am going to try it again, and because I will be reporting to you, maybe it will get done!

I have twelve living grandchildren, so if I do one a month, I will have them all done but the last one by the end of November. Then I just have one to do at the beginning of December, and I'm done. Sounds like a good plan, but we'll see how it goes. In the same month as I do the kids, I can do the parents, too, and REALLY be done! Wow! I'm on a roll here......

Well, this is just a short note to wish you all the best, and to show you what Christmas in Montana looks like.

Snow in the air

long before the first flakes

started their long fall from the heavens

snow in the feel, the smell,

the texture of the air

feeling the falling barometer

the shift in the weather

Falling lightly at first, while

I stood at the sink,

mesmerized, watching

their dance downward

Go upstairs, roust the girls,

hear the excitement, the joy

at the first real snowfall

Accumulating white, flake by flake

on the ground, the cars,

still quiet snow, light and airy

a film of white, cell by cell

cleaning the world

in white

by Raymond A. Foss

Wishing you all the best for the coming year. May all your dreams come true. Gramma G.