The Getting Clever Project

Always fun watching the new year sweep around the globe. The Kiwis and Aussies are already tucked in for the night and the party is just getting started in Europe. Out turn is still a few hours away.

I spent the weekend after Christmas dogsitting for a friend. It was actually quite nice - I saw some beautiful Christmas lights. The US Naval Observatory outlined the anchors out front with lights and a lot of the embassies had wreaths at the least and some had lights.

Christmas in DC can be quite lovely. Other years I've posted photos of the National Christmas Tree and other sights. This year I think I focused on silly inflatables. It's nice that they put wreaths on all the markers at Arlington National Cemetery for the week. It looks so pretty as we drive past every morning.

The guy who won my week on Jeopardy! is visiting DC this week. We had drinks together. He's as nice as I remembered. His girlfriend is here too and she was in the audience that day. I don't even remember her but she had some great stories about watching the taping.

Wishing you all a happy and prosperous New Year! May it bring you every good thing!

Someone has put a giant Santa on top of an apartment house in Georgetown. He can be seen by everyone coming across Key Bridge. It just cracks me up.

( brightening the skyline )

Comes from visiting an art gallery last night. The artist made an amusing fake holiday view. The painting behind the frame is nice, but the stuff on the windowsill makes it.

Has now kicked in. Do not gain weight between Halloween and Twelfth Night. I can eat what I like but I have to come out on the far side weighing the same as I did. Best appetite governor I have.