Balmy yule-tides

HIGHLIGHTS from Christmas '08: Olivia, Sophie, Jane, Peanut and I enjoying unseasonably warm temps at the beach... my best fossilized sharks tooth find to date, not only for its size (2" x 1 3/8") but it is absolutely unblemished and perfect in form... and, just having everyone together on Christmas Eve.

A White House of many colors

My friend and co-worker Wes Kennedy wrote about and snapped this pic of Mike Farrell's cool crayola-constructed White House: http://www.homeaccentstoday.com/blog/1940000394/post/1500038550.html

Deliciously unseasonable weather

Yay! I'm about to spend another couple of hours on the beach hunting sharks teeth with Olivia and Peanut -- this unseasonable Carolina weather (sixties today, but we've reached the seventies this week) is the best Christmas present of all... also, of course, spending the holidays with my girls talking until late at night, cooking, baking, watching Summer Heights High, walking on the beach (and in Carolina Beach State Park to see if we might catch a glimpse of any of the Venus flytraps that grow only in this area of the country) and shopping the post-Christmas sales.