Stocking is hung, with care

 

Forrest's mother made this stocking for him in 1951. Amazing how well it has held up after all the visits from Santa Claus!

Ain't that sweet!

I received these from a column subject of mine. She must have liked what I wrote about her!

A colorful present

I bought this box of pocket squares for a friend the other day -- quite a bargain, I thought -- and all packed in a gift box, too.

It's a Wrap!

It's Theme Day here at City Daily Photo. Yep, we are still participating in the larger worldwide group of bloggers posting a picture a day from their environs. The theme for December 1 is 'Gift.' Check out this lovely picture of gifts under a tree, done up expertly in a thematic fashion. Our tree? Nope. Every year about this time we walk around our downtown Austin home and take pictures of decorations in shops and hotels. The Four Seasons hotel tree had these gifts underneath. I'm quite sure they are empty, but there is nothing like a tree surrounded by beautiful packages to get folks excited about Christmas.It's our acquisitive nature I suppose. Click here to see what others in the Daily Photo family offer for the theme. A creche or two perhaps? Something or someone they consider a gift for themselves or their community? Someone receiving or giving a gift? Santa, maybe? It is always fun to see scores of interpretations.

Sweet gift for me

We came home from a birthday dinner and found that the Paramount Theatre had sent me this nice gift of goodies. Very colorful!