Cool things at work-Fox

Dude was just hanging out outside of the building

Mostly just trying to stay out of the wind

Other Christmas fun

Eddie is so cute in gren

Turbo ladies getting into the spirit

Christmas morning in Yellowstone

Um, the weatherman's getting poetic

EARLY HOLIDAY TRAVEL COULD BE IMPACTED BY MIDWEEK WINTER STORM...

WINTER OFFICIALLY BEGINS ON WEDNESDAY... DECEMBER 21ST AT 1030 PM... AND MOTHER NATURE WILL BEGIN WINTER WITH SOME FIREWORKS. A STORM SYSTEM IS TAKING SHAPE... WHICH WILL BRING SNOWFALL TO MUCH... IF NOT ALL OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL WYOMING... IN THE WEDNESDAY THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY TIMEFRAME. CURRENTLY... THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL FROM THIS WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT ALONG AND EAST OF THE DIVIDE... ESPECIALLY IN FAVORED UPSLOPE LOCATIONS SUCH AS THE LANDER FOOTHILLS... AND AREAS AROUND CASPER. SNOWFALL IN THESE LOCATIONS COULD RANGE BETWEEN 3 AND 6 INCHES... WITH ADJACENT MOUNTAINS RECEIVING 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW. OTHERWISE... ONE TO THREE INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS... AND 3 TO 6 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS.

IN ADDITION... BREEZY NORTHERLY WINDS WILL OCCUR IN WAKE OF A STRONG COLD FRONT SURGING SOUTH ACROSS THE AREA WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOWFALL IN SOME AREAS. VERY COLD TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY... WITH TEMPERATURES STRUGGLING TO GET OUT OF THE TEENS.

THERE REMAINS MUCH UNCERTAINTY ON THE AMOUNTS AND LOCATIONS OF THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM SYSTEM.

Denny's Xmas

Denny Barford throws the most amazing parties.

Awesome food

Fantastic bar

Desserts? Yes, there's lots

And even a festive elf who's still learning to take iPhone self-pics. Note the allergy tissue.

Jojo's Birthday

Birthdays in Gardiner are often well-celebrated. Especially when they're on a Friday. And for Jojo. And, gosh darn it, I saved these right side up but they're not coming out that way. Whatever. I'm not moving them. One is photographic proof that Carrie Guiles left the house at least once in 2011.

Book Swap

I can't remember if I've ever written about this, but every month a group of women  get together for a reverse book club. Instead of us all reading one book, we bring food, drink wine and then each talk about one book we've read. Or two or three. Usually we start with one because there are so many people wanting to talk. Anyone is invited and, over the past two years, I don't think we've had the same group twice. There aren't many men that have shown up though they are always welcome. It's always a blast and we get to learn about books we might not otherwise have looked at. It's very freeing, there's been a couple of times that I've gone and just listened. There's no pressure to join or even to talk. Oh, have I mentioned that the people in Gardiner are excellent potluck cooks? Love. It.