© Clr ’14-12-11
December 23rd, the temperatures rose over 10 degrees Celsius. It was springtime weather at the end of December. Two days of rain cleaned the streets, sullied snow banks and melted most of the snow. Makes it doubly hard for half-doubters..one of my three grandsons… to still believe but painstaking stories, Crosby’s songs and want-to-believe children makes it still happen…one more year.
grey puddles
born from melted snow
earth’s enigma
~
White Christmas
fairy-tales echo
crooner’s refrain
© Tournesol ’14
Carpe Diem White Christmas
Tournesol dans un Jardin 
Merry Christmas!!
LikeLike
Merry Christmas, Brenda…I fell asleep on my laptop trying to get these two posts out but smell of burning pastries roused me:)
LikeLike
Oh no! I hope your pastries were ok. 🙂 I am in middle of trying to learn the game Belfort (Bellfort??), but it is maddening! We took a dinner break. We’ve been trying to play for 4 hours!!! That’s too long for a game to take up the table.
LikeLike
Gee reminds me the year Santa brought us a Monopoly game in the 60’s! and then playing Canasta. Is it fun?
LikeLike
It turn out to be fun, but it took so long to play, I’m not sure if anyone will play again!! LOL
LikeLiked by 1 person
Melted snows in places not too bad. White Christmas mornings are nice! Wonderful lines Jules!
Merry Christmas and happy hols!
Hank
LikeLike
Amazing about the temperatures! Merry Christmas..
LikeLike
Merry Christmas, Hamish, the snow helps to get through those very short days….with the sun setting at 4pm., it is so bleak…hope for some snow soon.
LikeLike
I hope you have some good weather for the New Year !
LikeLike
Welll people travelling cannot complain about the weather but a bit of snow would be nice:)
LikeLiked by 1 person
ACK !!! Say NO to SNOW !!! 😀
LikeLike
Snow is pretty and lights up the dark days …sun sets at 4pm. now…way too early. I think I need a break and should go visit my friend in Key West sooner rather than later.
LikeLiked by 1 person
I love Key West…. great people, food, and sunshine.
Jeeez…. I might beat you to it. 😀
LikeLike
I have never been to Florida period. I went to California twice but never Fl…you can beat me there, you live so much closer…not fair.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Much, much closer — but still a long, long drive.
I think I might have to fly next time. 😀
:-O Never been to FLA ??? :-O
A little crowded, but there’s some very nice beaches.
LikeLike
Too many Quebecois go to Miami and Ft Lauderdale for a vacation for me to to get away from home…haha…Key West should be fine.
LikeLiked by 1 person
There are many Canadians in the Keys, but it’s a wonderful mix of everybody from everywhere. 🙂
LikeLike
Yes and that is what I like. My childhood friend is from here too. I hear there are many artists and writers there too.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Yes, you could say it’s as Bohemian as you can get in the Southern U.S. 🙂
LikeLike
perfect!
LikeLiked by 1 person
Yes, I feel the same way. If it was good enough for Ernest Hemingway and Anais Nin, it’s plenty good enough for me. 🙂
LikeLike
Hemingway used to frequent a pub called Hemingway, now in Toronto (Yorkville) once was the hippie part of TO but has become the yuppie part now.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Cool deal, man!
When you go down to Key West, you can visit his winter home — it’s still kept in it’s original condition, there’s still about 2 dozen cats all over the place, and it’s right next to where his favorite fighting cock is buried.
LikeLike
Cats? Well now does that mean he was a cat lover or they just like hiding there?
LikeLiked by 1 person
He was an animal lover — but these are special cats.
6 toed.
Yep.
LikeLike
Oh I saw some when I was searching cat rescues to find my cat…cool!! I should make a list of things to visit when I go then.
LikeLiked by 1 person
I did a blog on Key West a couple months ago, if you’re interested in reading it…
LikeLike
Hope you had a wonderful Christmas! Great read!
LikeLike
Thank you, it was.
LikeLike
We had an unusually warm winter all the way up until Wednesday night when a snow storm finally blew in. It snowed all day yesterday ( in varying amounts) and the snow is still here this morning!
LikeLike
Well that’s nice for your holiday then. Did you move by the way??
LikeLike
Not just yet…
It always takes a long time to get to the move part, but when we do, we move really quickly.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Bet your dog is enjoying the snow …careful walking though.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Here it was quite the opposite.. Christmas turned cold (though not very white) and now it’s minus 10 in the night..
LikeLike
I would trade for some snow right now…wishing you a happy holidays, Bjorn:)
LikeLike
Uh-oh, burning pastries! I remember long games of Monopoly–thank you for that!
LikeLike
Oh, I must write a story about that game and how it came about. The burnt pastries were still delicious stuffed with cheese and brocoli…what is not to like…just crunchier:)
LikeLike
Oh those sound soooooo good!
LikeLiked by 1 person
Hope you had a great Christmas and Feast of St. Steven …. I liked the closing line: Crosby’s songs and want-to-believe children makes it still happen…one more year … and the haiku were lovely.
LikeLike
Grazie, cara…the children make it all worth it, don’t they and they help maintain that spirit…we all want to believe. Big hugs to you, Georgia, it was a great feast with wonderful company. xx
LikeLike
Happy that you had such a wonderful time … big hugs to you too cara. xx
LikeLiked by 1 person