Elaine's gifts....

It is always great fun to open Elaine's wonderful and thoughtful gifts and this year even more so since we didn't really do gifts this year for ourselves.   It's getting harder for Jim to find books for me but he did find one "The Levant Trilogy" by Olivia Manning.  There is a PBS series that is available in the Vancouver Public Library so we have a hold on that...sounds quite interesting.

Our treasure trove from Elaine....thank you so much,  dear friend!


The wall plaque of the Eiffel tower is now in a special place where I can see it from the living room.  We have already eaten two of the chocolates from Rogers.   The little snow globes are a super addition for our Christmas decorations here and they light up!  Beside them is a "multitool" that was for Jim but I put it on a chain and have it in my purse....lots of little tools that could come in handy.  The little fridge magnets from France are on my fridge with the others from Elaine.

We're getting a good laugh out of "The Best of BRAINDROPPINGS"  by George Carlin.  Below is a chapter called "People Who Should Be Phased Out".  Note especially "Men who wear loafers without socks..."  Jim can't wait until the weather is warm enough to do this and it almost alway is in PS!

These are the first five that came up from the Quiz Deck of Literary Characters.  Jim got 4 out of 5.  Any challengers?

And I just absolutely love this book "The Little Pleasures of Paris"....wonderful paintings and word sketches.