Onward!

      I love this poster--bought in England some years ago. It goes on the wall in January, and I think it has a dream-like quality that fits the season.

Once the tree was down and the ornaments stowed away, I found I couldn't put up with green and red any longer so embarked on my usual seasonal shift to blue and yellow.  

             The dried-out greenery on the mantel was tossed but we left the twinkle lights, as well as the lights on the bookcase, the stairs, and the dining room windows. The days have been quite dreary, for the most part, and the extra light is cheering.      

For luck--pork, rice and black-eyed peas, greens with onion. 

Now, suitably fortified, on into 2024 . . .