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Showing posts with label Valley of the Moon Christmas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Valley of the Moon Christmas. Show all posts

Sunday, December 30, 2012

Christmas in the Valley of the Moon

My first Christmas in four years spent in the company of wonderful friends Joyce and Mimi!  The weather was cold, wet, windy - but the Valley of the Moon (in Sonoma) is full of Winter Beauty! 








My TWO WONDERFUL Hostesses - Joyce and Mimi!

*Come on, Mimi, pose for Robin*!


Mimi says *You take too many photos - I want to go out for our walk - NOW*!

Mimi ADORES tennis balls...she can play *fetch* for HOURS!  (Really!)  Here she is thinking...*Toss me that ball now*!  This was one of her gifts - the green side of the ball says *Nice* and the red - *Naughty*!



Mimi *impersonating the Spinx*.



Some of you might remember that when I visited in Summer, I came across a Woodpecker hard at work digging holes in his tree....  well, I decided to revisit him to see if he was still there.  


At first, the tree looked barren and lonely... but as I was photographing it, imagine my surprise when a Woodpecker flew out of a deep hole in the centre of the tree... he was quickly followed by two more!  
I was not fast enough  to capture their emerging...it was so fantastic!  They were all angry with me though, and flew up on a street lamp across from their tree - chattering  at me!






Raindrops glistening like diamonds....











One of the many benches hand-painted throughout the area...

Of course, you know I am going to include a few Moon Photos......although La Bella Luna wasn't full until December 28th (when Marianne was visiting me - that will be my next post), I did manage a few photos. 



Christmas Eve - through the clouds



Clear and Mystical on Christmas Night....


I had so much fun - I would have stayed a little longer - but - Marianne was en-route - so I dashed back to SF so we could celebrate!  More to come....

I hope you ALL had a glorious holiday....filled with the warmth and joy of family and friends.

Love,

♥ Robin ♥