Ruby Tuesday Too - Ruby Cookies

For this weeks Ruby Tuesday Too, I offer the last look at the Christmas holiday, that being the many reds on these delectable (earlier the month that is :) cookies. Pink sprinkles, cranberries on a red plate. Lots of tasty rubies here as we await the next Christmas treats...

Friday Hunt 3-2016

The scavenger meme Friday's Hunt. The clues our host Teresa provides today are Starts with C, Week’s Favorite and Inside. Here are my selection or the week, with notes for each:  

Starts with 'C' I showcase our son Cameron. He lives fairly close in Brooklyn, so we see him occasionally in our Connecticut environs. Here is the tall Cam and his sister Allegra at a relative's wedding last August.

Week's Favorites: Here is a giraffe that has been in Christmas garb lately, and the tall fellow is peering over a hedge on Franklin Street in our small city (19,000) of Ansonia. A winsome and tall fellow.

Inside: Here is a recent photo of our indoor kitty Linus by our downsized 3-ft Christmas Tree. He was not a Christmas present this year, but a continuing fun and furry gift in our home!

SOOC - More Giving for the Holiday

We who have good fortune yet complain about minor things may lose perspective about those who have much less at Christmas time. So for Straight out of the Camera - SOOC, I offer pics from an event Patti attended on December 23, the Christmas distribution of food and presents at St. Vincent de Paul Helping Hands of the Valley in Derby.

Bags of food and gifts for the needy were graciously packed and brought to the recipients vehicles. Giving is the reason for the season, the idea of giving never gets old...

Wordless Wednesday - Giving in Seymour

There is a big event in our neighboring town of Seymour Connecticut, this being the 11th annual TEAM Toys 4 Kids Christmas breakfast at the Baklik home. For he cost of a new unwrapped toy, even Sant arrives - behind a tractor. A unique giving event...see WW by NC Sue

Ruby Tuesday Too - Christmas and Kids, 1993

In honor of our favorite color red, and since we are in 'Tis the Season, I submit for Ruby Tuesday Too a pic of our kiddos on Christmas morning 1993, happily posing with their largesse from Santa. Plenty of rubies, the biggest being the Radio Flyer wagon. Allegra (almost 5) and Cameron (3) seem pretty happy this Christmas morn!

Shadow Shot Sunday - Derby Public Library in season

We look for shadows all about, and they often arrive on a bright sunny day as bold. But how about during nighttime, what kind of shadows are are possible? For Shadow Shot Sunday 2, the very nice Patti found a wonderful example the other night, this being the entryway to the Derby (CT) Public Library. Dressed for the season, the portico adds soft shadows. Given the white lights above, it looks like snow. However it has been unusually mild (55°F / 13°C), so no snow on the ground - this seems a nice lead-in to the winter Christmas...

Wordless Wednesday - Small City Community Christmas Tree

Our small city of Ansonia CT (19,000) had its annual Christmas Tree lighting last Friday. The community took part in not just the tree, but Santa too. It was a great event!...See more WW at NC Sue

The slideshow shows more of this cold but cool community event! 

SOOC - Christmastime in Ansonia

The Ansonia CT green was alight with lots of people, decorations and colorful lights. Photo by Patti

This was captured last night and I think it fits the bill for Straight out of the Camera - SOOC. The event was run by myself as Chairman and the other members of the Ansonia Cultural Commission. The Christmas tree lighting was held, and hundreds of people visited to witness it. And children had a visit with Santa too - as a grownup, I was interested in the tree and lavish holiday decorations. The kids...well, when I was little, the big guy in red was my focus too :)

This was taken with a mere point-and-shoot camera by the always lovely Patti, and it gives a flavor of how nice the tree was decorated by Ansonia Public Works, and the Ansonia High School choir was there and even Marines in their dress uniforms with the Toys-for-Tots boxes and more. This is a mere snapshot of a wonderful night!

Ruby Tuesday Too - Christmas Rubies, 1964

For Ruby Tuesday Too, where red is showcased, I recently scanned this print from Christmas Eve 1964. It is all seven Villers children in our at our East Hartford Connecticut.  Aside from the degraded print offering a reddish hue overall, there are wrapped presents in red paper, the padded railing on the playpen, red lights on the tree and sister Suzanne in her red nightwear.  Plenty of ruby red accents here!