I love the tradition of picking up a new ornament every Christmas to commemorate the year that just passed. Last year, we went for...a VW bus. For no especially good reason other than that we liked it. So on Sunday's trip to Nyack we thought we'd get a few that really spoke to these past few months.

For Kendrick, a studious owl...

Is me watching the Kanye West/Kim Kardashian music video for the first time.

And this is Kendrick:

It's like the 2013 version of Two Girls, One Cup, except with a slightly lower production value.

{ A $6 snake ring from an antique mall in Amish country ... }

{ ... My very first piece of Vaseline Glass (which contains uranium and turns neon green under UV light) ... }