Rainy Days and Sundays

After church, Gus and I braved the crowds and weather and headed to the mall to finish up our Christmas shopping. The sky and its clouds were so low and full of rain there was hardly room enough for us as we made our way across town. We thoroughly enjoyed one another's company, laughing, joking and teasing our way through store hopping and list checking. Gifts in hand, we returned to home against the driving rain, icicles frozen on cliffs along the highway like so many sinister grins. Safely inside, we made a nest of blankets and pillows underneath the tree to read, wrap and nap a quiet, cold Sunday afternoon away.