Tales of the Photo

 I've been watching a few Christmas Hallmark movies.   I've noticed many of the characters getting hot chocolate with a candy cane in it.  So tonight, I had a hallmark movie style hot chocolate.  It was homemade.  I had a large pioneer woman mug and about 3 tablespoons of cocoa.  I sweetened it with the little bit of maple syrup I had left in my jug and a dash of honey.  I then frothed the chocolate drink.  I also added the last of the cream we had from the whipped cream can.  We generally make our own cream, but we have recently added people to our fold that like the canned stuff better.  Then I added chocolate chunks on the tope.  I would have liked having a large candy cane, but I only had a small one.  I think it suited my needs better, anyway.  So, that's my recipe for a hallmark style hot chocolate.  Oh, did I mention that I had just seen a character take a drink of one as well? Unfortunately, I do not have...

 My cat Kit Kat has been a very hard cat to figure out.  I think I have finally figured her out.  I found her in a such a funny pose, it was almost like she was going through her second kittenhood.  Here's the image I got.  It was late at night, so I didn't get it very good.   Please do not use without asking.

The European Starling At first glance the bird looked black At second glance, we realized the bird was not completely black At third glance, we noticed a splash of color in the light At fourth glance, we recognized a European Starling At 5th glance, we reflected on the beauty of nature. And that in itself is a wealth of knowledge Not to be used without permission Images and text by Naturally Nature Photography

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