Day 4866: "Early this year" & Miss Universe Thailand.

"Fighting Melancholy": junk collage, acrylics, marker on journal page.

                                                                       

  

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Early this year, by default?

When WonderWoman was a little girl, she says she remembers me still wrapping Christmas presents late after her bedtime on Christmas Eve. She is right. Ever the procrastinator, I plead guilty as charged.

However there was a "good" to come out of it. It was then that WW decided that she didn't want to be a procrastinator. As an adult, she is as far from that label as almost anybody. She has a habit of being early, in shopping, wrapping etc. I often see a wrapped package, and upon asking, find that it is someone's birthday gift for next month?

I bring this up now, on the 19th of December, because I am 90% ready for the holiday. I can't take full credit though, it is surely by default. You see I will be leaving for Nevada in a few days, so gifts for here need to be done and delivered before, and everything for NV needs to be ready to go. I will be riding along with super-fun Grandhunk #3 which makes a 4 hour drive easier. I fly home a few days after Christmas.

How about you? What are you doing? Are you all done and ready? Sipping cocoa and watching holiday movies perhaps? Oops, that reminds me, I have the had the kettle on for a while to make Maroccan Mint tea.

Miss Universe Thailand 2022 Anna Sueangam-iam wore a striking evening gown made largely from soda-can pull tabs and embellished with Swarovski crystals during the Miss Universe 2022 preliminary competition.

The dress was designed by Manirat and was widely described as an upcycled statement piece. Anna explained that the gown honored her upbringing and her parents’ work as garbage collectors. She also said the design was meant to show that materials many people see as worthless can still hold beauty and value.

A stunning mix of fashion, pride, and purpose — proving that true elegance comes from where you came from, not what you wear.

 

  

 

A 4 minute video, Joy Story,  here

 

  

 

Just because ...

Cooper's hawk

 

Saturday's Smiles ... 

 

Hoping you feel all the good things in your day.