This year’s Christmas tree is so money and it doesn’t even know it.

See the full gallery on Posterous A year ago we were given some beautiful origami dollar bills from our friends Seamus, Liz, and Marguerite. We saved them and used them as ornaments for our Christmas tree. The stars on top are particularly cool. Each was made with five bills interlocked into a star. Very cool! We added chocolate Euro coins to the mix as well to give it a little sparkle. Yes, a money tree may be a little sacrilegious, but it’s not so different from my poker tree a few years ago when it comes to that. This one Read more…

Zoolights opened tonight! A couple photos

Us with the Fred Meyer Mascot, Fred Bear. (I never knew Fred Meyer had a mascot until I heard he would be at Zoolights). We took a turn on the carousel. Mary on a horse: Me on a puma: And then an Autostitched photo of Zoolights from the main plaza. The flame tree’s about a quarter of the way from the left. Fun night out!