{"id":2911,"date":"2014-12-23T22:39:25","date_gmt":"2014-12-24T04:39:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bluepyramid.org\/storey\/?p=2911"},"modified":"2014-12-23T22:39:25","modified_gmt":"2014-12-24T04:39:25","slug":"one-day-more-photos-on-the-eve-of-christmas-eve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bluepyramid.org\/storey\/archives\/2911","title":{"rendered":"One Day More:  Photos on the Eve of Christmas Eve"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tomorrow is perhaps my favorite day of the year, when all the work of a week&#8217;s worth of preparation comes to fruition for one magical night.  Not a lot of time for a long, contemplative writing piece after a somewhat frustrating day battling the wind on the roof and ultimately falling a bit behind in the layout process which now takes the better part of two days.  That said, I&#8217;ll have full-time help for the big push tomorrow, so I&#8217;m confident that the full display of a record 1,000+ will be up and lit in time.  In any case, I wanted to take a moment to share some of the images that have symbolized this Christmas Eve season in the days leading up to the big one, just one sleep away.<\/p>\n<p>But perhaps I should start with the video from local news on Sunday night, when KRQE&#8217;s Cole Miller came back and did a piece on the preparation of luminarias as a follow-up to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eUckJhb1bhE\">last year&#8217;s broadcast on Christmas Eve<\/a>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iByV0sNbDvc\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s how things have looked the last few days, in a more still form:<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2912\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2912\" style=\"width: 525px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bluepyramid.org\/storey\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/HidingNesbitt.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bluepyramid.org\/storey\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/HidingNesbitt.jpg\" alt=\"Nesbitt likes unwrapping ornaments.\" width=\"525\" height=\"393\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2912\" srcset=\"http:\/\/bluepyramid.org\/storey\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/HidingNesbitt.jpg 525w, http:\/\/bluepyramid.org\/storey\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/HidingNesbitt-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2912\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nesbitt likes unwrapping ornaments.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2913\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2913\" style=\"width: 525px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bluepyramid.org\/storey\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DinoOrnament1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bluepyramid.org\/storey\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DinoOrnament1.jpg\" alt=\"The stegosaurus ornament in the set discussed on the 20th.\" width=\"525\" height=\"393\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2913\" srcset=\"http:\/\/bluepyramid.org\/storey\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DinoOrnament1.jpg 525w, http:\/\/bluepyramid.org\/storey\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DinoOrnament1-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2913\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The stegosaurus ornament in the set discussed on the 20th.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2914\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2914\" style=\"width: 525px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bluepyramid.org\/storey\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DinoOrnament2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bluepyramid.org\/storey\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DinoOrnament2.jpg\" alt=\"The brontosaurus ornament, from back when brontosaurus was a dinosaur.\" width=\"525\" height=\"393\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2914\" srcset=\"http:\/\/bluepyramid.org\/storey\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DinoOrnament2.jpg 525w, http:\/\/bluepyramid.org\/storey\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DinoOrnament2-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2914\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The brontosaurus ornament, from back when brontosaurus was a dinosaur.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2915\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2915\" style=\"width: 525px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bluepyramid.org\/storey\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DinoOrnament3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bluepyramid.org\/storey\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DinoOrnament3.jpg\" alt=\"The t-rex from the set.\" width=\"525\" height=\"700\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2915\" srcset=\"http:\/\/bluepyramid.org\/storey\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DinoOrnament3.jpg 525w, http:\/\/bluepyramid.org\/storey\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DinoOrnament3-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2915\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The t-rex from the set.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2916\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2916\" style=\"width: 525px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bluepyramid.org\/storey\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/AlexStoreyOrnament.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bluepyramid.org\/storey\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/AlexStoreyOrnament.jpg\" alt=\"A new ornament that Alex&#039;s aunt got for us.\" width=\"525\" height=\"393\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2916\" srcset=\"http:\/\/bluepyramid.org\/storey\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/AlexStoreyOrnament.jpg 525w, http:\/\/bluepyramid.org\/storey\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/AlexStoreyOrnament-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2916\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A new ornament that Alex&#8217;s aunt got for us.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2918\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2918\" style=\"width: 525px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bluepyramid.org\/storey\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/CarrotOrnament.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bluepyramid.org\/storey\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/CarrotOrnament.jpg\" alt=\"The carrot ornament that is Alex&#039;s favorite, part of a set of fruits and veggies.\" width=\"525\" height=\"393\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2918\" srcset=\"http:\/\/bluepyramid.org\/storey\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/CarrotOrnament.jpg 525w, http:\/\/bluepyramid.org\/storey\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/CarrotOrnament-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2918\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The carrot ornament that is Alex&#8217;s favorite, part of a set of fruits and veggies.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2917\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2917\" style=\"width: 525px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bluepyramid.org\/storey\/archives\/2911\/firetree\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2917\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bluepyramid.org\/storey\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/FireTree.jpg\" alt=\"The fire and the tree in the living room.\" width=\"525\" height=\"393\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2917\" srcset=\"http:\/\/bluepyramid.org\/storey\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/FireTree.jpg 525w, http:\/\/bluepyramid.org\/storey\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/FireTree-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2917\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The fire and the tree in the living room.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2919\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2919\" style=\"width: 525px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bluepyramid.org\/storey\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/TreeLights.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bluepyramid.org\/storey\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/TreeLights.jpg\" alt=\"The tree all aglow.\" width=\"525\" height=\"700\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2919\" srcset=\"http:\/\/bluepyramid.org\/storey\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/TreeLights.jpg 525w, http:\/\/bluepyramid.org\/storey\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/TreeLights-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2919\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The tree all aglow.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2920\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2920\" style=\"width: 525px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bluepyramid.org\/storey\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/LumiStaging1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bluepyramid.org\/storey\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/LumiStaging1.jpg\" alt=\"Luminaria staging area, in progress.\" width=\"525\" height=\"393\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2920\" srcset=\"http:\/\/bluepyramid.org\/storey\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/LumiStaging1.jpg 525w, http:\/\/bluepyramid.org\/storey\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/LumiStaging1-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2920\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Luminaria staging area, in progress.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2921\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2921\" style=\"width: 525px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bluepyramid.org\/storey\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/LumiStaging2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bluepyramid.org\/storey\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/LumiStaging2.jpg\" alt=\"Another view of the luminaria staging area.\" width=\"525\" height=\"700\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2921\" srcset=\"http:\/\/bluepyramid.org\/storey\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/LumiStaging2.jpg 525w, http:\/\/bluepyramid.org\/storey\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/LumiStaging2-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2921\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Another view of the luminaria staging area.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2922\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2922\" style=\"width: 525px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bluepyramid.org\/storey\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/1132.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bluepyramid.org\/storey\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/1132.jpg\" alt=\"1,132 luminarias ready to go!\" width=\"525\" height=\"393\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2922\" srcset=\"http:\/\/bluepyramid.org\/storey\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/1132.jpg 525w, http:\/\/bluepyramid.org\/storey\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/1132-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2922\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">1,132 luminarias ready to go!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2923\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2923\" style=\"width: 525px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bluepyramid.org\/storey\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/1132b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bluepyramid.org\/storey\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/1132b.jpg\" alt=\"A broader view of the 1,132.\" width=\"525\" height=\"393\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2923\" srcset=\"http:\/\/bluepyramid.org\/storey\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/1132b.jpg 525w, http:\/\/bluepyramid.org\/storey\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/1132b-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2923\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A broader view of the 1,132.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2924\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2924\" style=\"width: 525px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bluepyramid.org\/storey\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/OurHandiwork.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bluepyramid.org\/storey\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/OurHandiwork.jpg\" alt=\"Alex and I with all our handiwork.\" width=\"525\" height=\"393\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2924\" srcset=\"http:\/\/bluepyramid.org\/storey\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/OurHandiwork.jpg 525w, http:\/\/bluepyramid.org\/storey\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/OurHandiwork-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2924\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alex and I with all our handiwork.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tomorrow is perhaps my favorite day of the year, when all the work of a week&#8217;s worth of preparation comes to fruition for one magical night. Not a lot of time for a long, contemplative writing piece after a somewhat frustrating day battling the wind on the roof and ultimately falling a bit behind in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48,26],"tags":[5,67],"class_list":["post-2911","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-a-day-in-the-life","category-just-add-photo","tag-a-day-in-the-life","tag-just-add-photo"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/bluepyramid.org\/storey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2911","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/bluepyramid.org\/storey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/bluepyramid.org\/storey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bluepyramid.org\/storey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bluepyramid.org\/storey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2911"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/bluepyramid.org\/storey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2911\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2926,"href":"http:\/\/bluepyramid.org\/storey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2911\/revisions\/2926"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/bluepyramid.org\/storey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2911"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bluepyramid.org\/storey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2911"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bluepyramid.org\/storey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2911"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}