Our tree, decorated and ready for Christmas; close-up shows American and British flag ornaments:
Happy Christmas 2007
The second snow storm of 2007/8
It snowed again! Another 6″ or so of snow, on top of Thursdays storm which had no chance to melt yet:
If it keeps doing this, the pond will be buried, the old garden bench is already almost gone!
A tragic fire in Gloucester
When showering this morning, there was very low water pressure – not so unusual.
Then when we went in to Gloucester, there was a smell of smoke and a light haze in the sky.
By then we’d heard, an apartment building had burned down in the night, with at least one death – the building also collapsed on to a next door temple, destroying that too.
Margaret & I walked up to where the buildings were, and saw this – the skeleton of a church brings the tragedy home even more strongly:
Our thoughts are with the many people that lost their home and belongings last night.
You can read more on WHDH, or on the Boston Globe
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