Here’s a little Santa humor to start your read with a smile brought to you by my obsession with collecting Santas.

“Dr. Santa can we save him!?”
“Hand me my glue gun, stat!”

Tonight on my birthday eve eve, John made fried scallops. They were delicious! This picture was taken during a prior night’s dinner due to the fact that they were so wonderful that I forgot to take their picture!

Fried scallops, broccoli salad and tater tots

In honor of my birthday our daughter made her wonderful Swedish tea ring which is very reminiscent of the coffee cakes that the Dugan Bakery man used to bring to our door when I was growing up. My father always ate the lion’s share of the coffee cake. This one was all for me although I shared with John and daughter.

Dugan coffeecake (Swedish tea ring)