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Every year Beth and I go to Maymont Park and take a ride in this carriage or one much like it.  We climb up in the back in the dark under the moon and meet a few couples who have come out with the same idea.  Knee to knee for a few minutes we trade a few remarks and then listen to the horses as they step down the path.

Later we go inside for some traditional hot drinks and cookies.  But only after standing around the Yule log and toasting marsh mellows.   There are men and women dressed in traditional Victorian dress.  And, of course, plenty of Christmas decorations.

It’s a Christmas from long ago and we wouldn’t miss it.

Todd Mulske has been studying the moon again.  Isn’t this a lovely photo?  He really does a nice job with these.  Thanks Todd for letting me share this with Virginia Breeze readers.

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But we can still walk up a hell of a lot of stairs and see for miles if we want to do it.

And we don’t even need a space suit!

But it sure would be nice to have a tube of oxygen and a portable defibrillator just in case.

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I am having a good time with this photo. The ducks, the moon, the star and the lights all make it interesting for me. The branches reaching out into the darkness add to it and the color brought to the scene by the soon to rise sun make it one of my favorites.

I wish I had spent a few more minutes here taking many more photos. But how do you know? I am not experienced enough to know when I have something that needs to be photographed further.