Dougie does his Bad Santa routine as official mixmaster for the event.
This was Shelly's first Christmas party at Thelma's. I think she liked it.
Eric enjoys a beverage.
The photographer gets the "stink eye" from Carol Collins.
Thelma prepares to ignite the traditional plum pudding.
Alison assists in the ignition.In other news, the Great Northwest continues with its winter of discontent. Portland is apparently now completely cut-off from the east as I-84 has been closed due to high winds, snow, and freezing rain. Flights are cancelled - as they were yesterday. Seattle, too, is getting pounded. It remains clear and cold in Juneau altough snow is expected tomorrow. A white Christmas!
Meanwhile, the Oregonian featured the following headline in today's paper which I could not resist:
Elderly cat trappers avoid trial in eastern Oregon town
It seems that an elderly couple in Prairie City, Oregon has taken to trapping feral and nuisance cats that keep trespassing on their property. They then drive them out into the boondocks and let them loose. A neighbor's cat was caught in the live trap which resulted in the filing of a criminal complaint.
Wilborns were charged with theft of a companion animal. The case was headed to trial this month before District Attorney Ryan Joslin of Grant County had the case dismissed by the justice of the peace.
Joslin told he Wilborns' court-appointed attorneys that he could refile the charges unless the Wilborns pay the vet bill, stop trapping cats and write a letter of apology to the Willets.
The Wilborns' court-appointed attorneys, however, said they had already rejected those demands in earlier court proceedings. "I'm ready for trial," said Markku Sario, who represents 87-year-old Vera.
Smokey Wilborn, 83, is also against the settlement: "That cat still comes up here."
I guess they don't like cats...
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