Christmas slippers edition 2011…this year they are a darling pair of alligators and even though I am a Seminole (FSU) and not a Gator (UF), I think they are great! Nice and warm, as usual, and unusually well detailed. They are some of my favorites of all the slippers I’ve received from Eric over the years, among them: last year’s frogs, armadillos (another favorite) the year before, gorilla heads, bunny heads with extraordinarily long ears, flamingos (nicely Floridian), duck feet, and my original fuzzy slippers of this sort: my bear feet (which I still own).
Some of them have been disposed of, sadly, but only due to the soles wearing out and becoming rather threadbare. A few have survived the years like the bear feet and also the armadillos, which I keep a) because I like them, b) because their soles remain intact, and c) because I can offer them to Katherine or Beca visit when they are home.
I wish I had always taken photos of them, but unfortunately didn’t think to do so every year in the past, which is a shame. However, I will try to take photos from now on, at all future Christmases (assuming the tradition will continue, which I hope it will). Luckily, in addition to the slippers, one of the other gifts I received this particular year is a new, simpler camera with batteries even I should be able to recharge. The new camera does not require switching out batteries since they charge in the camera, which is a good thing since I have an unusual amount of trouble putting in fresh batteries in the old camera (a hand-me-down from Katherine, dating back to her high school days).Almost every tme I have trouble getting the camera to work again with fresh batteries. So I usually have to ask Eric for help. I am sure that has grown tiresome!
So, cheers to fresh new slippers and a simpler, goof-proof digital camera!
