This may look like a cloud at sunset, but it’s actually our mountain range at sunrise. I don’t think I’ve ever seen the sun hit it that way. I didn’t do any editing or enhance the colors. This is exactly how it looked. In fact, Don saw it and said “Go take a picture!!”

So I ran out on the porch in my pajamas and socks and took several pictures. I like this one best.

We also watched about 30 crows flying around our yard, calling out to each other, landing on our trees. Crows fascinate me. They are such intelligent beings. Nevertheless, I told Don it looked like a scene from The Birds out there.

It’s been an eventful morning.

I didn’t get around to doing the porch lights, simply because it was so windy and cold yesterday. The wind was relentless – all day long and into the night. Today is much calmer, so – once I figure out where I put them – I’ll loop them from porch post to porch post, connect them to the extension cord and they’ll be good to go. It doesn’t take long. But boy, it looks pretty!

Nothing much new around here. We watched Victor, Victoria  last night. Neither of us had seen it in many years and it didn’t disappoint. It’s as good as ever. Gosh, I love Robert Preston. I love the entire cast, but I have a soft spot for Preston because I love The Music Man  so much.

I’m really loving Amazon Prime, which, to me, has more variety than Netflix. But Netflix has things that Prime doesn’t, so they balance each other rather nicely. One thing Prime does that I love: when you pause the film for some reason, they identify the names of the actors in the current scene. For people like us, who constantly try to identify certain actors or pause to Google a name, it’s really handy. And more importantly, it shows respect for the actors. Unlike Netflix, which shoves the credits up into the upper left hand corner of the screen, requiring the viewer to grab the remote and click on that tiny box to get it back on the full screen, Prime shows who the actors are – even those in minor roles. One of my pet peeves, both online, on television, and in the movie theater is this ‘racing’ through the credits. Excuse me? Actors and designers and camera operators and prop people and a whole host of creatives worked on this piece and they deserve to have their names clearly stated without the viewer trying to friggin’ speed read or having to constantly pause the screen to read the names. It’s so disrespectful. The powers-that-be keep pandering to the short attention spans of some viewers. We don’t all have short attention spans. Stop. Please.

My only Christmas decoration so far. And that’s only because he’s on display on the den bookshelves year round. You know the drill. I always wait until the end of the first week in December. I must admit I’m a bit more eager to decorate this year than usual – I suspect it’s due to the state of the world and my need to have something positive and sparkly and beautiful in my home. But I’ll wait. Besides, Don would not be happy if I decorated too early. He feels the same way I do.

I may drive over to an antique shop I haven’t been to for a while. I’m feeling the need to browse.

Happy Thursday.