My neighbors gave an outdoor holiday party...Pics!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

We went across the street to hear some music, drink some hot chocolate and enjoy the company of our neighbors as we sat around a couple of fire pits!

Here's my husband... He loves to play the piano!



And here's a couple of shots of the fire pits...complete with one that didn't quite turn out the way I'd expected...

[Lionel Mandrake]

1. Wow - that third picture is really wild!

What happened?

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. My dear Lionel Mandrake!

I'm not really sure...

The shutter stayed open a very long time...

And I thought that the camera had malfunctioned...

So I set it down...and then the shutter closed!

Oh well

I still think it's kind of cool!

:shrug:

[Callalily]

3. Oh, how very nice of your

neighbors. Your experimental picture is great! Quite artsy! ;)

[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. My dear Simply Fugue!

It was a lovely gesture...I hope it will become a yearly tradition...

Thank you for your kind words about my experimental pic! For a failure, it was pretty interesting!

:D

[RFKHumphreyObama]

5. Wow! That third picture is a masterpiece

And you've really captured the essence of the fire in the second picture. All three of them are great pictures! Thanks for sharing

[CaliforniaPeggy]

7. My dear socialdemocrat!

Oh, thank you!

It was really a mistake...The light level was very low, and I thought the camera had malfunctioned! So after I set it down, I heard the shutter close...

And this pic was the result!

You know it's my pleasure to share, sweetie...

:hug:

[AwakeAtLast]

6. That sounds like a lot of fun!

Here in Indiana we don't like to set foot outside when it's -15 degree windchills, so I'm jealous!

Hope you have a great Christmas!

:hug:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

8. My dear WakeMeUp!

Believe me, if it had been -15 here, we wouldn't have been outside either! I think it was in the fifties...

It was a really good time!

Thanks, sweetie...

We will, and I wish the same for you...a very Merry Christmas!

:hug:

[KansDem]

9. I wouldn't be surprised if that third photo winds up on the DU calendar for 2010!

Let me be the first to congratulate you! :toast:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

12. My dear KansDem!

You have to be kidding me!

That one was the mistake!

Thanks, sweetie...

:hug:

[malta blue]

10. Great pics Peggy!

I like to use my fire pit - but it is WAAAAY too cold to trudge through the 3 ft of snow to get to it right now. It was -3 this morning :scared:

I hope you all are having a terrific holiday season :loveya:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

13. My dear malta blue!

Wow, thank you, sweetie!

Three below ZERO? :scared:

Yikes.

We are having a terrific holiday season, and I hope yours is turning out well too, now...:hug: :loveya:

[tigereye]

11. lovely, esp. the last one!

people go to school to learn how to do that well!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

14. My dear tigereye!

But but that one was the mistake!

I simply fucked up...:blush:


Thanks nonetheless, sweetie!

:hug:

[tigereye]

16. ah, but mistakes are often surprise genius, right?

have a lovely Christmas, Peggy. I love the idea of an outdoor X-mas fest - we would need a big bowl of wassail here though and a fire, to take off the chill of 5-10 degrees, though....

[CaliforniaPeggy]

17. I guess mistakes can be that!

You have a lovely Christmas too!

Stay warm...

:hug:

[av8rdave]

15. That looks like so much fun!

Thanks for sharing.

Hopefully I'll be back in mid January with some good holiday pics from Cabo.

Merry Christmas!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

18. My dear av8rdave!

It was fun!

I'll just bet you'll have a great time in Cabo, and we'll all be treated to your great pics too, on your return!

Merry Christmas back atcha, sweetie!

:hug: