1. The figurine of a shepherd tripped over onto the blue plastic stripe representing the river in my aunt’s nativity scene. We joke about the poor guy drowning. But it is all very nice and covering the same big surface as I remember it for decades, and I am really glad the girls and I have seen it before they put it all away.
2. When there is only one hour of light left and I make the most of it out on the trail, feeling so alive, wild and free.
3. An unexpected call, then a visit anticipation and eventually visitors change the pace of my slow Sunday early evening.