Welcome to Day 2 of the Virtual Advent Tour!

Today’s host is Zoe at Playing by the book. I follow Zoe on Twitter, so last night when I saw her promoting this post, I dropped her a line and asked if she’d be willing to take part in the tour. I think you’ll really like her idea: A poe-tree (advent) calendar. This would be a fun project to work on year-round as you come across poems you want to share or remember next December 1.

Thank you, Zoe, for a great post and for your willingness to take part!

Stop back here tomorrow for the next stop on the Virtual Advent Tour. And if you’re interested in taking part in the tour, badges, details, and sign-up info can be found here. We’d love to have you participate.

Three beautiful things from my past week:

1. A jeep drives past with colorful lights on its roof rack.

2. Everyone’s enthusiastic responses to the Virtual Advent Tour. You all rock!

3. I know from my washing method of peanut butter jars that the easiest way to empty out my ancient jar of Fluff is to pour the cocoa into it, tightly close the lid, and shake it around (over the sink). A scrape of the the spoon for the stubborn bits, and I can empty it back into my cup.

How about you? What’s been beautiful in your world recently?