The holiday season is in full swing at our house and with our family. Lots of cookies and sweet treats have been made, social activities are flourishing, and many games of pickleball and golf have been played. For me, photography has taken a backseat much to my chagrin. In addition to all of the above activities, I have been spending many hours finishing YouTube videos of our summer trip to Paris and the Swiss Alps.

s the month of December began, Kay made cookies and various sweets almost every day; and I made sourdough lemony blueberry muffins and cinnamon rolls. 

We traveled to the Memphis area on the first weekend of December to attend a play in which oldest granddaughter Harper had a role and visited with Jenny and her kids while we were there.

Just a couple days later we attended the annual Hot Springs Village Christmas concert performed by the Arkansas Symphony. And then we attended several junior high basketball games in which grandson Ridge played (did I say he was really good). Kay began her slate of Christmas parties with her social and church groups (United Women of Faith, PEO, and Bookclub), and sang with the church choir in the Christmas cantata.

Meanwhile, I was mostly just along for the ride, though I did post a YouTube VLOG regarding our summer trip to Paris and the Swiss Alps, and specifically the Mainz (Germany) Walking Tour and Gutenberg Museum, and the Walking Tour of Speyer, Germany.

I did make it outside to photograph Carolina Chickadees and Tufted Titmice, but only a few photos were made.