Today we got a package from my brother in Alaska. He sent me a nice hot-weather hat and they sent Wakana a neat little bowl made of slices of paper all glued together. There is also a package of lemon flavored pasta and one of lime & Thai chili cashews. Those look spicy.

All this arrived in good condition though the trip took 23 days. Unfortunately the two packages of homemade cookies did not fare so well. These are possibly OK to eat but they have been crushed together and the different types of cookies are indistinguishable from each other.

Then there is the plastic bag with the brown shapeless goo. The label says 'peanut butter fudge' but I have my doubts.

My younger daughter sent me all four seasons of Jeeves & Wooster. I love it. I've been doling them out slowly to savor the whole run.

Charlie, your Christmas card arrived today. Thanks so much. It was nice to see the pictures.

For those of you who are into Facebook I have added pictures of animals into my page. I have some nice ones of Wakana and Shawna in the car.