Mosque

One of my favorite places to take people to visit in my area is a mosque that was built in the 1700s.

It is still a functioning mosque, but it is only open for worship on Fridays and special days.

Even on a normal day, a few people will be wandering around. Like this woman who is reading "Our Daily Naan".

The main worship area has wooden pillars and beams for the ceiling and carpets on floor.

There are halls and smaller rooms on sides.

The mosque is unusual because it only has one minaret.

The minaret is 145 feet tall, inside is a spiral staircase of 72 steps. The outside bricks are carved in geometric patterns.

Decorating for Christmas

Last Sunday, I helped my neighbor decorate for Christmas. Yes, we realize that it was only November 2, but she will be gone for most of December and wanted to see her decorations for a little while. We started with an empty tree.

I was put in charge of the garland.

I had some problems reaching the back of the tree.

And there was too much garland for the tree, so I found other places to put it.

Some of the ornaments were just too big for the tree.

We also did not have a tree topper, so we had to get creative with one of the ornaments.

A few days later, we decorated a smaller tree. Here are the little people all snug in their bed from their long summer nap.

Here they are on the tree.