I had to cheat on the flowers and buy some, but there are still a few stragglers to be had.  The forecast is rain, snow (?!), freezing, etc.  Blah.  Not quite the temperate Southern winter we were expecting!

Chanukah is speeding along as usual.  I wish my son could have joined us for it, but he appears to be having much more fun in a land down under!  Melbourne looks like the pastry capital of Australia, if not the world.

But there are compensations, as my brother and bro-in-law graciously sent their annual holiday installment of See’s candies from CA., which raises the fest level considerably.