I love this photo – I’m not sure if it should be titled “Premeditation” or “Anticipation”. So far, the older cat has not gotten a fish, although she looks a lot, and she has not offed the younger cat, which can be seen plotting her next bat in the photo above. As I told Gregory
the tabby (Orca) is the one who got off the bed in light speed during a house blessing, and the calico (Bridget) is the one who was blessed two years ago after following Father John around. We haven’t had our House Blessing this year, but I’ll keep you posted on what mischief they get into this year.

Some follow up thoughts to share.

Herman sent me this article of St. Herman’s Church in Port Townsend’s Theophany celebration.

You can see articles on the Tarpon Spring’s Centennial here, here, and on the GOA's website. Patriarch Bartholomew flew on to New Orleans.

Around the Blogworld, you can see great photos of Theophany from Dawn, Huw Raphael,and Presbytera Lisa (I love how her mom’s Vasilopita has a coin for each child, grandparents are awesome!)

On another note, the aforementioned Bridget helped me de-decorate on Friday. Since I began to take off ornaments, when I came back after putting some stuff away, I found a nice little pile of ornaments she’d taken off for me.

Enjoy this wintry day and the afterfeast of Theophany if you are on the New Calendar and the 12 Days of Christmas for those on the Old Calendar!