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Thanksgiving visit

The bride and groom came to visit over Thanksgiving. We ordered out a big turkey dinner and had it at daughter-in law Margy's house where the kids were staying. These pictures were taken at the favorite local pizza parlor that is the required part of any visit of the kids or grandkids who grew up here. Bryan manages 3 Jimmy John's sub shops and Wag just lives in that sweat shirt this time of year so I had to have a picture of the two of them. It was a great holiday for us and weather was mild and dry. We do expect some measurable snow later this week.

lake ice

A few cold nights have put a thin coat of ice on our bay and the snow shower last night made it white. There is no snow on the grass and the far bay that you see in the distance is still open water.

It is a beautiful sunny Thanksgiving Day and we are looking forward to a visit from granddaughter Anna and new husband, Bryan and their puppy, a darling golden retriever named Tucker. Pictures will follow in later posts. Have a great day! Love, Alice and Wag

autumn

Now that the leaves have fallen this is the view from my kitchen window. The birds land in the little tree close by and then come to the feeder. There is also a suet feeder in that window that attracts woodpeckers, nuthatches and chickadees. The view from my computer in the outer room is very similar. It was 50 today so we are not freezing yet. There is a Messiah "Sing Along" scheduled for Dec. 4th and I think I will join in that.

Exercise classes are going well and I realize that although my neck is not pain free, I am not wearing Therma Care patches anymore or putting the heating pad on my neck a couple times a day so I guess the shots really did help. Now if we can just get Wag's sleep issues taken care of we will be making real progress.

Boo

Here is the youngest of our six adorable spooks. Zoe sent this from San Francisco and we just loved it.

As we celebrate All Saints Day in church tomorrow we will be thinking of all those family members who preceded us and rejoicing at the wonderful new generation that is being added to our family tree.

More halloween

Here are the Portland goblins who dressed up for halloween. We feel so lucky that our grandkids keep us in constant close touch with them and their fun families.

Halloween kids

Here are two of the goblins who went out to trick or treat. Emma is a princess, of course, and 2 year old Tanner makes an impressive Bob the Builder. I have trouble putting more than one picture at a time on this site so I will add some further pictures in the next posting.

In our remote location with all our neighbors kids too old for trick or treat we had no visitors so guess who will eat the candy we bought.