Christmas Cactus painting

Every year our paint place (The Brush Bar) posts at least one new Christmas themed painting.  This year, I made custom greeting cards (Shutterfly) from two of the previous years' paintings. 

This year's offering was a cheerful Christmas cactus.  Quite appropriate in a state where people actually do decorate their cactus. 

This one will definitely be next year's greeting card.

Odd Christmas Decoration

OK.  I'm all for gaudy and extravagant holiday lights.  But I must admit to being confused by some of the light sculptures available.  Reindeer, snowmen, elves, and angels make sense.  Penguins and polar bears kind of make sense in that they are both found in snowy climes.  Christmas moose is, I think, supposed to be a pun.

But a lawnmower?  Seriously.  And the reindeer isn't even mowing grass in the picture.  He's mowing snow.  Shouldn't he have a snow blower?