On the 13th Day of Christmas

Time is moving way too fast. Before you know it, the elf will be headed back to the North Pole.

Today, asking my Checker Friend why no signage this year. She said, "There’s a sign up front".

I checked and the sign didn’t immediately stand out because, instead of being at the outside entrance to the store, it was on the inside, pushed up against the wall with other distracting items in the same area, but my eyes did eventually land on it.

Especially easy for me to have missed because the hunt for me begins the second I step inside, where I can see a panorama of a portion of the store — see if anything red pops out against the back wall, in decorations at the immediate checkout stand, or near the security guard or the area I’m standing in.

Seeing nothing in those areas today, I started to hang a left towards produce, hunt along the way.

The cart I’d chosen seemed rusty, was taking a lot of effort from me to move, so instead of turning left, I set the phone to video so you can hunt with me, and hung a right past the Bakery.

Did you find Holly?

Do you need a minute?

In other news, Twin 1, on the way from Nevada, to do what she does, this time for the homeless in Compton and on Skid Row, stopped by Thursday for a brief rest and breakfast before completing the journey.

She arrived at 3:30 in the morning, which meant, because the gate code doesn’t work, hasn’t worked for years, I had to slap myself awake, head down to open the gate for her to drive in, park the van.

She laughed when I said, "This is the only time I’ve been outside at this hour since the 90’s" (my party days).

She slept on the couch and, when I got up from the bed around 7:00 began my day, she switched to the bed.

My soul almost left my body when, later that morning, I was reading blogs when this tall figure wearing a black hoodie suddenly appeared in the hall doorway.

I'd forgotten she was here and she had made no noise, just suddenly appeared.

Taking photos of the finished cross stitch

I’ll probably see her again if she stops for a rest on the way back to Nevada next week.