#18 - 18th Christmas Tree post, NYC

It's time for my Christmas tree blog again this year. Today will be the eighteenth when I post it, I started December 05, a Tuesday.   Click here to see them for 2023-1 for the first and here for the later ones at 2023-2.  

NYC Rockerfeller Plaza Christmas tree

Courtesy of NBC "Today Show", opening photo

No, we weren't in NYC for this Christmas tree time, we have seen it before though.  I like to see the ice skating; this will be there until Spring.  The Rockefeller Center, left out of sight, has shows featuring among other things, the Rockets Dancers. 

To the right, are the windows of the Today Show program, the outside visitors are in the open space between the lighted baron tree and the building.

KP and Mrs. Jim 
on the Today Show 
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Mrs. Jim and KP were there with the outside audience a day in 2022, I caught them with my camera of a saved 'replay' from our TV.   They enjoyed that visit and were enjoying others.  Their words were "We're from Houston!!"

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A Chocolate Tree -- Number Twelve of ??? for my 2021 Christmas Tree Farm blog posts

MERRY CHRISTMAS !!!

The way my camera showed

I.e., "Original" view 

 

and now "Auto" enhanced 

Keeping it pure 

Until Christmas 

 

My younger daughter, KP's Mom, made this little tree.  I don't have the details, but the shavings are from another block of Chocolate.  

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 See all my 2021 Christmas Tree posts I have made so far here.  I will be posting Christmas trees and other Christmas decorations here as I take pictures to show. The blog is mostly Christmas oriented but also has recipes and other items that I don't put on my other blogs. 

 Jim's Little Blog 

 Jim's Little Photo and Poem Place 

 Ask Dr. Jim (blog 

 Jim's Little Happy Place 

 Those are my main blogs, there are others if you can find them. Only the first two of the above are regularly posted weekly. 

 I will post pictures of readers or their photo finds if you will email them to me at " jhovendic at yahoo.com". I will give you credit by name and/or URL of your blog or other if I have these where you wish my readers to read. 

 Please do not be anonymous.  

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My Grandchildren

Where were your grandchildren today;    Or if you don't have some, where were 
      you; that your grandmother would care 

From youngest to oldest I pray

Where are they what are they doing

It is a mean crazy world today

How there do those grandchildren cope  

Lovely granddaughters I have four 

Oldest two working at their homes 

Both married, one mother of two  

Younger two school has been their thing 

One, college grad, now at D.C. 

At White House front she's protesting 

The younger's home, in junior high 

Works Soduko, beats me at Clue  

My two grandsons do their own thing 
 

Keep good tabs on your grandchildren  

Stay in good terms and good graces 

One day soon they'll be watching you 

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 - Poem Copyright, Jimmiehov 2020, All Rights Reserved 

 - Photo by Joel, see Magaly's post below 

 - I am linked with Magaly Guerrero in the Writers' Pantry #23 at https://poetsandstorytellersunited.blogspot.com/2020/06/writers-pantry-23-growing-along-with.html?m=1 . 

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KP Baptism Pictures

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KP and her first Sunday School teacher

She is in the second grade, this year Karen and Billy also teach.

KP's family came for the Baptism.  From left to right, Meme, Papa Jim (me), Mom (Karen), Dad (Billy), Uncle Randy, Aunt Jenny (Billy's sister and BIL), MoMa, Papa John, (Aunt Susie--Karen's sister--could not make it for baptism but did join us for lunch) 

and in the front row, our granddaughter, KP

KP with Linda, our Children's Director

Older pictures you might like:

Labels: Adi,  Baby KP,  KP,  KP After Christmas

Baby KP Pictures 1 of 2 After Christmas Time

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KP spent some time with us between
Christmas and New Year's Day

Karen picked her up yesterday (31st)

She took this picture just for
the blog before she left.

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This blue and white quilt was my (Jim's) baby quilt.

My grandmother made it for me.
I don't know which grandmother,
I have two quilts, one from each.

I will never know.

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She goes to sleep as fast as her Papa Jim

Billy calls it a power nap

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Adi watched KP eat and coveted every mouthful.

Baby KP Pictures 2 of 2 After Christmas Time

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KP spent some time with us between
Christmas and New Year's Day

Karen picked her up yesterday (31st)

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Adi watched her eat and coveted every mouthful.

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We kept Karen's cat, Amber, too. I should have taken a picture of Karen, KP, and Amber with all the stuff we had over here in her Toyota Prius. She looked like she was moving.

Merry Christmas 2009!!

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Taken at the Ark Church, Conroe Texas. Players are a string combo from the Conroe Symphony Orchestra. We had a nice mixture of Christmas Carols, I wish you could hear some.

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Baby KP's first visit with Santa.

What part did the grandchild do and what did John do here?

Friend John e-mailed this to me:

"Would you believe this tree decoration

was a Christmas gift from

one of the grandmonkeys? JAM"

[This is the first tree picture e-mailed to me, YET]