One of the best parts of Christmas as a kid was playing with the new toys.
It didn’t really matter what you got or how much. It was the thrill of a new thing and the free time to play with it. I remember riding my bike around the cul-de-sac one particularly sunny Denver Christmas. Or spending the day setting up my dollhouse. Yesterday, I got to play with my telephoto lens.
It’s super cool. 
Isabel from quite a ways off, wondering why this thing is pointed at her.
And here’s this mountain range,
with the telephoto.
Isn’t the detail amazing?
I also have this stack of brand new books staring at me here…
Oh, books!
Got anything good?
Sullivan, I got:
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms
Somewhere Beneath those Waves
Grace Paley’s Collected Stories
A Dictionary of Angels, including the fallen angels.
Plus a substantial gift cert for Amazon books from the Man. Now I just need vacation time!
Oooo, shiny shiny new toy. The pics are awesome. And Isabel is gorgeous.
Me? I’m a little behind the times. No telephoto lens for my camera, but a shiny new 8GB memory chip so I can take more than 19 pics at a time. And my hubs also got me tons of frames so I can showcase my artsy-est ones. =oD
Oh yay, B.E., so glad you got the memory chip you wanted! I expect you to post the artsy-est ones, too!
Very cool, Jeffe! I got a new telephoto lens as well as a stack of books. Merry Christmas!
We’re Christmas twins! Merry merry to you, too!