Winter is upon us, as is the Christmas season.  It is the end of a long four month stretch of work that frankly left me exhausted.  Too tired to think straight sometimes, sometimes forgetting what day of the week it was.  So, I decided to go to a friend’s house and relax.  I mean I didn’t really relax.  She has two children, but it was truly, truly exactly what I needed.  Nothing puts things into perspective like holding a baby and having him smile or putting outfits on a chipmunk with a little kid and watch his face light up.

We also visited a place called Peddler’s Village, which is this kind of quaint village with shops and such.  I was hoping to get magnificent shots of Christmas lights, but what I ended up with was actually more edgy and interesting because of the light: