Celebrating the holidays ....

Hello, everyone! I hope you are around people that you love, friends that are great, and are celebrating with great food and activities (or just doing nothing).

The past few days have brought some wonderful anecdotes:

Of the 800 pictures that I took in China, my youngest niece only wants to see the pictures of the bugs on sticks.

The two girls also insisted on wearing their panda hats WITH their pearl necklaces.

My family will have "pho" tonight for the first time. YES.

My cat has decided that climbing poles in the basement is a great source of amusement.

I am headed to photography lessons and retreat in the Hudson River Valley for two days .... This begins tomorrow.

I will leave you one of my favorite pictures of 2012!