Celebrating is an art
you can’t be ordinary
but must be part Crayola box
part fearless visionary.
The virtue of the party hat
is very widely known
and if your name is Emmy
there’ll be an ice cream cone.
Here’s celebrating you, dear reader,
and those you hold most dear!
May there be good aplenty
in your coming year!
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Happy New Year, dear reader!
The old year was tough on optimism, but you as readers and fellow bloggers
have made many a bright spot in it. Thanks!
I’m not sure who took this picture, but once again here is the irrepressible Emmy
celebrating everything.
Oddments 
January 1, 2019 at 1:29 am
I’d like Emmy to come for a visit because I think she and I would get along well. 🙂 But, I don’t think I could copy her fearless colorful attire or they’d call the guys with the white jackets to pick me up. 🙂 Here’s to a great 2019. 🎇
January 1, 2019 at 10:49 am
I was thinking along those same lines: I could do the ice cream cone, and maybe the hat, but I doubt I could pull off the tutu and tee shirt look. Emmy has her own style, and, yes, I think you and Emmy would get along famously! Happy new year, Judy!
January 1, 2019 at 5:13 pm
Happy New Year! I love the rapt expression… may ice cream always be a ready source of bliss!
January 1, 2019 at 5:22 pm
Hear, hear! Emmy would approve! And, yes, isn’t her face an improvement on mere words? A happy new year to you, too, Susan!
January 1, 2019 at 5:25 pm
Thank you. It is. While our mouths are tied up (so to speak), eloquence has to take another route.
January 1, 2019 at 6:26 pm
Now that I think about it, I believe you’ve hit upon another noble reason to eat ice cream! Excellent!