Saturday, 19 December 2015
The last Saturday Christmas Market at the port called out for some photo-taking and acquisition of Pink Poppy Bakery cookies.

We saw Lisa (formerly of Crank’s Roost).

Those who wished could join pianist Steve for Christmas carols in the den, while others could sit and converse around the big tree.

extensive lyrics were provided; I was especially moved by the last verse of Good King Wenceslas: “Ye who now will bless the poor shall yourselves find blessing.” And much about the wind. We’ve been getting a lot of that.
Sunday, 20 December 2015
What I did not even notice when I took the above photos was that the fence between us and Jared and Jessika’s house was leaning in toward us, with the wooden gutter planter halfway off.After another day of journal reading, we took Del and Wendy to dinner at the Depot, to thank them for all the effort they put into the community, especially with the Jake the Alligatorman event.
I was touched that Del, a city councilman (and old Portland punk rocker in the band Lockjaw), expressed how much he appreciates our work on the city parks and planters. Because Del works for a local fish distributor, he was a fount of fascinating information about fish and the fishing industry.Monday, 21 December 2015
Allan noticed the falling fence and went out into the cold wind to keep it from keeling right over. I was hoping the power would stay on as we wanted to go see the new Star Wars movie. I was a fervent fan of the first three movies (by which I mean episodes IV, V, and VI), especially The Empire Strikes Back. I managed to attend the film completely spoiler-free (other than some knowledge about Han, Luke and Leia returning and Adam from Girls playing the villain). So I can say no more except that I will likely be seeing it again later this week.Tomorrow: more of the holiday whirl
Happy holidays, Skyler and Allan! This is a wonderful trip through the holidays with you! Thank you
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