This blog entry has nothing to do with sailing. I’d just like to capture the 2021 holiday season because we were finally able to celebrate with family and friends again. I hope you did, too. Staying apart from each other, whether on a boat or in a house in the country or apartment in the city, has taken a mental and emotional toll on all of us. But the experience has also made me appreciate more fully those little moments we are able to share with others.
Such as:
Baking pies for Thanksgiving dinner.
Making mini cheese balls as “appetizing appetizers for our appetite.”
Visiting the outdoor train display at the National Botanical Garden.
Driving through the dazzling Winter Lights Festival in Gaithersburg, MD.
Oohing and aahing at the Holiday Boat Parade of Lights in Alexandria, VA.
Stringing the lights we used on Onward last Christmas on our DC porch.
Baking and decorating molasses cookies from David’s mother’s recipe.
Finding the Boppa Monster in the 150,000-pound Ice Maze at CityCenterDC.
Hearing the Messiah in our glorious National Cathedral, overcome by the resilient power and majesty of Handel’s music which transcends the centuries.
Building our 9th (?) all-candy gingerbread house with help from Sarah’s high school, college, and DC friends—the tradition continues!
Enjoying Christmas Eve with the Bensons and the Andrews, celebrating a friendship between two families that began in the mid-1800’s!
And finally, celebrating Christmas in our own home with presents underneath the little tree we bought last year to use aboard Onward!
I'm so glad you're writing again and catching us up on your fall and winter adventures!
ReplyDeletehugs, Deb