New Year, Same Old MAGA

Sunday Selections Colour of the Month: Carmine

This year I'll be participating from time to time in

Sunday Selections, a blog hop party of photography

challenges hosted by River of Drifting Through Life.

Charlotte of MotherOwl's Musings also provides a

Colour of the Month prompt as part of the challenge.

This month's colour is Carmine.

Here's what I found around my place

to fulfill the colour prompt!

1. Kitchen Utensils, Oven Mitts, and Teapot

My kitchen is basically

white and off-white everything,

so I use red items to jazz it up.

2. Christmas Placemats

I just bought these at a seniors' centre

craft sale in November. I love the fabric pattern!

3. Three Thors

From my Marvel action figures collection.

[Photos © Debra She Who Seeks, 2026]

January Full Moon Altar: Kwan Yin

On the first full moon of this new year, my altar invokes compassion and mercy for the world via Kwan Yin the Female Buddha. She is surrounded by various maneki-neko (beckoning cats) who bring good luck, good health, and prosperity to our lives according to Asian culture. 

My Kwan Yin votive bust was a birthday gift from friends a decade-and-a-half ago. I bought the beckoning cats sitting beside her in various Edmonton stores over the years. The round decorative platter serving as the altar cloth was a gift from my sister a while back.

The small pair of hand-painted porcelain blue-and-white maneki-neko in front of the lotus candle holders come from my trip to Japan in 2012. I bought them in Tokyo. All these little cats on the altar are part of my maneki-neko collection, which numbers about 14 at the moment.

May 2026 be an auspicious year for us all!

[Photos © Debra She Who Seeks, 2026]

HRH the Cat and I Wish You . . .

HRH and I both agree that,

in regards to US --

Out of an overabundance of caution, however,

I may just make a quick phone call . . .

Here are our

Happy New Year wishes

for all of you!

What I'm Doing New Year's Eve

I'll be reviewing the past year's

people, places, and events --

Doing a little ritual to

say farewell to the year --

Maybe I'll put the finishing touches

on the last of my holiday baking --

HRH the Cat will be doing

her own special sign-off 

on the year as well --

And Now, In Stonehenge News . . .

During this year's Winter Solstice celebration at Stonehenge (when pagans are allowed to freely congregate among the Stones because of their right to freedom of religion), a black cat named Moon also showed up and stole the show! His appearance was taken to be a good omen for the coming year.

[fan art by christiannegg]

Raccoons, Drunk or Otherwise