here's that tree again

Here we are with a typical December day in the Willamette valley: 43 degrees and light rain. The maple tree will look like this pretty much through May. Then the leaves will come on almost overnight. I'll try to get daily photos while that happens. And if it should snow twixt now and then, I'll get daily photos of that, too. It comes and goes so fast.

I have a cat on my lap and another on my chest and they are both shovelin the sleepy sand as hard as they can. I can hardly keep my eyes ope