{"id":3035,"date":"2013-12-27T09:20:52","date_gmt":"2013-12-27T13:20:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rockwellblake.com\/blog\/?p=3035"},"modified":"2014-11-27T18:34:10","modified_gmt":"2014-11-27T22:34:10","slug":"white-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rockwellblake.com\/blog\/2013\/12\/27\/white-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"White Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Our Christmas tree is up in our living room again. We exchanged gifts, and we celebrated. I pray everyone has found reasons to celebrate this Christmas season, especially if the Birth of Christ isn\u2019t one of them. His birth has no equal among my list of reasons to celebrate this Christmas and, come to think of it, this is true of every other Christmas I have enjoyed since I signed up to follow Him. Among this long list of other things to celebrate that enlivened our 2013 celebration of Christ\u2019s Birthday is the marking of two years of existence for this blog. I am so happy to have the struggle of putting this little pile of pages together.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3025\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rockwellblake.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Silver-trees-in-back-yard-3.jpg?ssl=1\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3025\" data-attachment-id=\"3025\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/rockwellblake.com\/blog\/2013\/12\/27\/white-christmas\/olympus-digital-camera-20\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rockwellblake.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Silver-trees-in-back-yard-3.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1200,900\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;VR320,D725&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1387875465&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;10.04&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;80&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.005&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Ice Bronzed back yard at dawn.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rockwellblake.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Silver-trees-in-back-yard-3.jpg?fit=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3025 \" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rockwellblake.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Silver-trees-in-back-yard-3.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Ice Bronzed back yard at dawn.\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rockwellblake.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Silver-trees-in-back-yard-3.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rockwellblake.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Silver-trees-in-back-yard-3.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rockwellblake.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Silver-trees-in-back-yard-3.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3025\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ice Bronzed back yard at dawn.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>I believe the reason I have come this far is the Birthday Baby our Christmas celebrations are all about. He has shown me value in things that, without His guidance,\u00a0would have had little value to me.\u00a0 His promises He keeps and I rely on them. I believe that if you are reading these pages, and find something\u00a0useful or even just some entertaining things on them, your discoveries validate a small part of my enlistment with Christ. For His part, and it is a very small sliver of what He has promised, every moment of being at a loss to know what to do for a student or\u00a0lacking something\u00a0to type into my little computer for this blog, He comes to my rescue. He always comes to my rescue.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The words I keep adding to these \u201cRockwellBlake.com\u201d pages I think of as little blessings. My blessings, that is. You reading this blog I also count among my blessings. <iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DXKxazgio2s\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe>Thanks for coming. If you keep reading, then I have my confirmation that these pages are worth writing.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Celebrations are usually full of interesting tidbits of entertainment. This year we have the best twisted weather.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3029\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rockwellblake.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Silver-trees-allong-the-road-2.jpg?ssl=1\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3029\" data-attachment-id=\"3029\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/rockwellblake.com\/blog\/2013\/12\/27\/white-christmas\/silver-trees-allong-the-road-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rockwellblake.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Silver-trees-allong-the-road-2.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1200,800\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;7&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;PENTAX Optio 550&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1387966060&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;7.8&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.001453488372093&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Silver trees allong the road 2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Global Warming!&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rockwellblake.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Silver-trees-allong-the-road-2.jpg?fit=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3029 \" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rockwellblake.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Silver-trees-allong-the-road-2.jpg?resize=300%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Global Warming!\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rockwellblake.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Silver-trees-allong-the-road-2.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rockwellblake.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Silver-trees-allong-the-road-2.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rockwellblake.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Silver-trees-allong-the-road-2.jpg?resize=462%2C306&amp;ssl=1 462w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rockwellblake.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Silver-trees-allong-the-road-2.jpg?resize=140%2C94&amp;ssl=1 140w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rockwellblake.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Silver-trees-allong-the-road-2.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3029\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Global Warming!<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>No doubt about it. It\u2019s a first for me. The snow that came down all pretty and powdery just a little while ago is now &#8220;bronzed&#8221; in ice on our roof and in our back yard. Oh yes, we cannot forget the trees. They were not left out of the coating program. For me it is another reminder of just how interesting creation is. When Christ was born, shoes were not for babies and too simple to deserve electroplating . Besides, electroplating didn\u2019t get invented until the 19th Century and didn\u2019t get used on shoes until the 20th Century, but what we have on our roof, backyard and trees sure makes me think that Christ\u2019s Father can remind us in many ways of His Pride and Joy.<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NbKRQfOlhhI\" width=\"560\" height=\"420\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> After all, insurance companies are always talking about the Power of Christ\u2019s Father with the words: \u201cActs of God\u201d. Why not fulfill my dreams of a \u201cWhite Christmas\u201d by freezing one into an H2O \u201cbronzed\u201d snow sculpture?<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3032\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rockwellblake.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Silver-tree.jpg?ssl=1\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3032\" data-attachment-id=\"3032\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/rockwellblake.com\/blog\/2013\/12\/27\/white-christmas\/silver-tree\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rockwellblake.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Silver-tree.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1200,800\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;7.7&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;PENTAX Optio 550&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1387963869&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;39&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00076394194041253&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Silver tree\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Better than Bronze&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rockwellblake.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Silver-tree.jpg?fit=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3032 \" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rockwellblake.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Silver-tree.jpg?resize=300%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Better than Bronze\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rockwellblake.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Silver-tree.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rockwellblake.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Silver-tree.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rockwellblake.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Silver-tree.jpg?resize=462%2C306&amp;ssl=1 462w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rockwellblake.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Silver-tree.jpg?resize=140%2C94&amp;ssl=1 140w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rockwellblake.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Silver-tree.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3032\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Better than Bronze<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>If our temperatures stay low enough, the ice will keep, our Christmas season will be white for quite a while, and we could slide across the ice directly into the New Year.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Part of our traditional way to celebrate is to view some of our favorite movies that use Christmas as their central theme. \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0034862\/?ref_=nv_sr_1\" target=\"_blank\">Holiday Inn<\/a>\u201d always inspired me to reach for the Kleenex in previous viewings, but, this time I found myself focusing on the singing so much that I was distracted from the emotional flow of the play. Bing Crosby and all his friends have lessons to teach, and I studied so hard that I did everything but take notes\u2026.. Tenors don\u2019t take notes.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3028\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rockwellblake.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Silver-trees-allong-the-little-ausable.jpg?ssl=1\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3028\" data-attachment-id=\"3028\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/rockwellblake.com\/blog\/2013\/12\/27\/white-christmas\/silver-trees-allong-the-little-ausable\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rockwellblake.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Silver-trees-allong-the-little-ausable.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1200,900\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;PENTAX Optio 550&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1387966284&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;7.8&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0020040080160321&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Silver trees allong the little ausable\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;The Little Ausable River&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rockwellblake.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Silver-trees-allong-the-little-ausable.jpg?fit=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3028\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rockwellblake.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Silver-trees-allong-the-little-ausable.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"The Little Ausable River\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rockwellblake.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Silver-trees-allong-the-little-ausable.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rockwellblake.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Silver-trees-allong-the-little-ausable.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rockwellblake.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Silver-trees-allong-the-little-ausable.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3028\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Little Ausable River<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>On the other hand, \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0047673\/\" target=\"_blank\">White Christmas<\/a>\u201d came through for me. There is nothing like sniffles and nose blowing to confirm that such a work of art has had the intended effect. Debbie and I, each Christmas time, dust off these old classics as a reminder of what once was seen as really valuable, even\u00a0by Hollywood. We still have \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0038650\/?ref_=fn_al_tt_4\" target=\"_blank\">It\u2019s A Wonderful Life<\/a>\u201d and \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0039628\/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2\" target=\"_blank\">Miracle on 34th Street<\/a>\u201d to visit again this year. I have my big box of Kleenex at the ready.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3026\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rockwellblake.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Silver-trees-in-back-yard-2.jpg?ssl=1\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3026\" data-attachment-id=\"3026\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/rockwellblake.com\/blog\/2013\/12\/27\/white-christmas\/olympus-digital-camera-21\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rockwellblake.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Silver-trees-in-back-yard-2.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1200,900\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;VR320,D725&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1387875978&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;24.39&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;80&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.004&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Up Close Ice at Dawn&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rockwellblake.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Silver-trees-in-back-yard-2.jpg?fit=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3026\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rockwellblake.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Silver-trees-in-back-yard-2.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Up Close Ice at Dawn\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rockwellblake.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Silver-trees-in-back-yard-2.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rockwellblake.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Silver-trees-in-back-yard-2.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rockwellblake.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Silver-trees-in-back-yard-2.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3026\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Up Close Ice at Dawn<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Please accept my gratitude for coming to read what I have to say. Two years ago, I didn&#8217;t expect anyone to be interested. Wonders really never cease. My prayers are with you that you have blessings to celebrate this \u201cHoliday Season\u201d. Come back, please, and often so that your visits will add to the great number of blessings I have available to help with any attack of insomnia that I may suffer in the New Year coming. I pray that we all sleep well, when we want to, in 2014, and that we all find ourselves enjoying ever more blessings. Bing Crosby will remind me to count them next Christmas.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Rocky Blake<\/strong><br \/>\n<a id=\"Walk\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3033\" style=\"width: 512px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rockwellblake.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/dogwalk-on-ice.jpg?ssl=1\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3033\" data-attachment-id=\"3033\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/rockwellblake.com\/blog\/2013\/12\/27\/white-christmas\/dogwalk-on-ice\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rockwellblake.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/dogwalk-on-ice.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1200,800\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;PENTAX Optio 550&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1387962931&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;39&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0012422360248447&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Rocky and friends\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;How to walk on water.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rockwellblake.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/dogwalk-on-ice.jpg?fit=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-3033 \" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rockwellblake.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/dogwalk-on-ice.jpg?resize=502%2C334&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"How to walk on water.\" width=\"502\" height=\"334\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rockwellblake.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/dogwalk-on-ice.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rockwellblake.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/dogwalk-on-ice.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rockwellblake.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/dogwalk-on-ice.jpg?resize=462%2C306&amp;ssl=1 462w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rockwellblake.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/dogwalk-on-ice.jpg?resize=140%2C94&amp;ssl=1 140w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rockwellblake.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/dogwalk-on-ice.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 502px) 100vw, 502px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3033\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">How to walk on water.<\/p><\/div>\n<form accept-charset=\"UTF-8\" action=\"http:\/\/rockwellblake.com\/cgi-bin\/dada\/mail.cgi\" method=\"post\"><input name=\"f\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"s\" \/><br \/>\n<input name=\"l\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"rockwellblake\" \/><br \/>\n<input name=\"email\" type=\"text\" value=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Subscribe\" \/><\/form>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our Christmas tree is up in our living room again. We exchanged gifts, and we celebrated. I pray everyone has found reasons to celebrate this Christmas season, especially if the Birth of Christ isn\u2019t one of them. 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