Christmas is fast approaching, and the clan is gathering. Andy came home Monday night, after striking the set for the madrigal supper, and Kevin and Tali came in last night. The cat has been in seventh heaven with all of her attention sources in one place. I kind of like it myself.

Tuesday, we went Christmas Caroling on Mt Helix, a local park. It was fun. The best part of it was the kids who treated the whole event with enormous enthusiasm. The top of Mt. Helix at night has a glorious 360 degree vista over all of San Diego.

It’s hard to believe just how close Christmas is. The temperatures have been in the 70’s, and are liable to go into the low 80’s today. This is unusual even for San Diego. Some of the hummingbirds are still around. This fall we had well over a dozen making their home in our tree, and eating at our feeders. Now we are down to a couple of diehards. It’s really about time for them to get on with their trip, but I think the warm weather has them fooled.