{"id":494,"date":"2023-12-26T04:21:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-26T04:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=494"},"modified":"2025-09-28T02:03:17","modified_gmt":"2025-09-28T02:03:17","slug":"a-few-pictures-how-i-spent-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=494","title":{"rendered":"A few pictures &#8211; how I (we) spent Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Well, glad to see the baby arrived of course. <a href=\"https:\/\/tomfaranda.typepad.com\/folly\/2023\/12\/at-holy-name-of-mary-the-baby-has-arrived.html\">At Holy Name of Mary, the baby has arrived!<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Part of breakfast AND dinner were these beautiful ribs Tim got up early to cook in the kitchen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"397\" src=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/6a00d834525a2f69e202c8d3a661a6200b-500wi.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11316\" title=\"20231225_092530\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/6a00d834525a2f69e202c8d3a661a6200b-500wi.jpg 500w, https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/6a00d834525a2f69e202c8d3a661a6200b-500wi-300x238.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Brigid helping out in her Anti-Husband pajamas&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/6a00d834525a2f69e202c8d3a27374200c-500wi.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11315\" title=\"20231225_092536\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/6a00d834525a2f69e202c8d3a27374200c-500wi.jpg 500w, https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/6a00d834525a2f69e202c8d3a27374200c-500wi-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then Tim worked on assembling his Christmas present smoker cooker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/6a00d834525a2f69e202c8d3a2737a200c-500wi.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11314\" title=\"20231225_124942\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/6a00d834525a2f69e202c8d3a2737a200c-500wi.jpg 500w, https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/6a00d834525a2f69e202c8d3a2737a200c-500wi-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"286\" src=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/6a00d834525a2f69e202c8d3a6cd02200d-500wi.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11312\" title=\"20231225_124958  2\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/6a00d834525a2f69e202c8d3a6cd02200d-500wi.jpg 500w, https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/6a00d834525a2f69e202c8d3a6cd02200d-500wi-300x172.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reading the dang directions &#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/6a00d834525a2f69e202c8d3a27386200c-500wi.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11311\" title=\"20231225_124944\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/6a00d834525a2f69e202c8d3a27386200c-500wi.jpg 500w, https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/6a00d834525a2f69e202c8d3a27386200c-500wi-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the afternoon I went on a four and a quarter mile walk, starting at the north end of Half Moon condos, down into Croton Point and back. Took me 81 minutes. The first picture is looking north &#8211; you can see Skyview facility. The second across the river &#8211; the Sleeping Indian and his reflection!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/6a00d834525a2f69e202c8d3a27397200c-500wi.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11310\" title=\"20231225_134535\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/6a00d834525a2f69e202c8d3a27397200c-500wi.jpg 500w, https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/6a00d834525a2f69e202c8d3a27397200c-500wi-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/6a00d834525a2f69e202c8d3a2739d200c-500wi.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11309\" title=\"20231225_134543\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/6a00d834525a2f69e202c8d3a2739d200c-500wi.jpg 500w, https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/6a00d834525a2f69e202c8d3a2739d200c-500wi-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then to my brother Phil&#8217;s house for early evening dessert. So with Allison and and my three nephews &#8211; Luke, Greg and Mark &#8211; and my only niece Kat. In the foreground is Luke and that&#8217;s Kat, Brigid and Atticus the cat. Atticus is HUGE.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/6a00d834525a2f69e202c8d3a661c2200b-500wi.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11308\" title=\"20231225_201336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/6a00d834525a2f69e202c8d3a661c2200b-500wi.jpg 500w, https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/6a00d834525a2f69e202c8d3a661c2200b-500wi-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Luke was working on building this cool T Rex model!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/6a00d834525a2f69e202c8d3a6cd13200d-500wi.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11307\" title=\"20231225_201331\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/6a00d834525a2f69e202c8d3a6cd13200d-500wi.jpg 500w, https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/6a00d834525a2f69e202c8d3a6cd13200d-500wi-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Love them dinosaurs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well, glad to see the baby arrived of course. At Holy Name of Mary, the baby has arrived! Part of breakfast AND dinner were these beautiful ribs Tim got up early to cook in the kitchen. Brigid helping out in her Anti-Husband pajamas&#8230; Then Tim worked on assembling his Christmas present smoker cooker. 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