Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night

When we were in Colorado this summer, actually all together for a few days, we took advantage to take our Christmas card picture. The "album cover" approach was the kids' idea, and since they usually don't like posing for these pix, I thought it best to go along. Left to right, we are: globe-trotting writer/son, myself, cat parent/daughter, globe-trotting artist/daughter-in-law, and kayaking spouse.

The setting is Upper Water Dog Lake, arrived at after a fairly long and strenuous (for me, anyway) hike along the Continental Divide. It's some of the most beautiful, and some of my favorite, scenery in the world, though, so it's worth the shortness of breath and aching feet.

And, being a location with so many pleasant associations for us, it's a fitting place to say this from:

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year !!

To all my kind readers