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?
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
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!
Oh yay, B.E., so glad you got the memory chip you wanted! I expect you to post the artsy-est ones, too!
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!