Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

I wish you a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! May your family and friends be fortunate in all pursuits that bring peace, harmony, and unity on this good earth in the coming year.

Junipers symbolize my spirit for the tree is evergreen, ever present through the year, bringing warmth at fireside and shade in summer. It is nature at its finest.

(The photograph above of horses comes from the American Southwest on Christmas Eve, 2012.)

Ranchito pond winter solstice

This is my ranchito pond three days ago before winter solstice today. I scared ducks from the water. They arose and congregated in the air with a flock that soared from Blue’s pond forming an all-school choir, beating wings westward to Celebrity Ranch.