We traveled to visit family the week before Christmas. Our mid-Atlantic loop began last Saturday with a drive up to Virginia, across the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel, up the Eastern Shore to Mom's cottage near Rehoboth Beach, DE. We spent a couple of days there with her, including one day at Rehoboth and one day at Chincoteague NWR in Virginia. Next, we drove north the entire length of Delaware, to visit my in-laws just north of Philadelphia. Finally, back down to Virginia, to my mom's house in the DC suburbs. After a lovely visit, we bolted home Christmas morning, ahead of the oncoming blizzard. We had great traveling weather until the last hour. We drove that last hour through driving snow, which continued into the night. After a relaxing Christmas evening watching old movies on TV, we woke up this morning to over four inches of snow. It's quite the winter wonderland out there!
This holly tree is in our front yard. Every spring and summer it's home to at least one robin's nest. In the winter, it's full of beautiful berries. Usually in the middle of the winter, we're visited by a flock of cedar waxwings for a few days. They devour the holly berries and the berries on the Bradford pear, then they're gone, as suddenly as they appeared. I just hope they come on a weekend, so we'll be able to enjoy the show!
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