When he brought it in, she said "What? Another one?!?"
"Yes" he replied.
"So what… are you going to make one of these every year now?" she asked.
"Yes" he answered.
"That's so like you" she said, "Everything has to become an obsession."
He said nothing, smiling quietly to himself, already thinking about how to do the next one. He had a whole year to work it out.


So this is my second Christmas ornament. While I was looking for a gold bead, I spotted these little gold filagree pieces. They had a kind of snowflake or maybe a Christmas tree look. They also nested together nicely so I used them to encase an ebony bead.

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