Santa's Man Cave

Last night Lynn, Barbara and I took a bus tour of the town to see Christmas lights.  This was our favorite, entitled "Santa's Man Cave".  The owner of the house was there to welcome us and said it took about 4 days to set it up.  He puts in the heavy stuff, then leaves town to let his wife take care of the details.  And there were gracious plenty details! 

I'm not sure what caused this picture to turn out this way, but I like the effect.  It was quite a ways off and I had to zoom, plus I didn't have a tripod and my camera was set on "night scenes" and the bus was moving just a tiny bit.  And all of that together produced this.

Then there was the lighting extravaganza at Grace Baptist Church.  The bus stopped for a while so we could go inside for hot chocolate and chocolate chip cookies.  (The driver said they made 262 dozen this year.)  The lights pulse with the music and constantly change colors.  Occasionally all the lights go out for a few moments of darkness before coming on again to the music.  Overall we had a very fine time!

On Tuesday I played my best golf in quite a long time, exceeding the points I needed by 5 and won a little money.  My swing was so full and long, my short game and putting were good and in spite of my bad holes, my confidence was running very high.  So I decided to play again on Friday in the company of the guys I enjoyed so much. 

Yesterday I awoke remembering it was LaVerne's birthday and sadness came over me like a dark cloud.  I went to the golf course and tried hard to regain my concentration and my swing, failing at both.  The result was one of the worst games I've had in a long time, wondering if I should ever play again or not.  As I thought back on yesterday, I realized that I assumed my grieving was done and that the lingering sadness would not return.  I was wrong.  It did, I was, and once I acknowledge it I felt fine once again.  And I'm anxious to get on the course again and see what happens next time!

At Jubilee! all of the holiday celebrations are acknowledged, including Christmas of course.  So whatever your inclination at this time of year, I hope you're filled with peace, joy and happiness for being alive and able to celebrate all the goodness of this lifetime.  Merry Christmas!