Happy Thanksgiving

Go check out the "turkey" cakes at Cakewrecks

Storm cleanup

Last weekend the whole family gathered at my in-law's house to clean up storm damage. We spent 8 hours cleaning up fallen limbs and cutting up trees. Much of the brush was burned in the bonfire. Younger daughter took many of these photos:

Here's The Husband looking rather scary...although probably not as scary as when he went over to Older Daughter's halloween party wearing his black leather trenchcoat and one of her friends commented "hey, your dad even dressed up!" when he had come home from work that way....




We took Wilma with us and left the noisy Shelties at home. By 5pm she was pooped!

Family Tomato canning day

The Boy took some pictures a few weeks ago when we canned a half-bushel of tomatoes (that's 7 quarts of stewed tomatoes and 1 quart of juice).


Unfortunately I don't actually have 3 hands...



This bowl of fruit came from the next-door neighbor's trees (and vines), plus another box full of peaches. We got two pears from our pear tree this summer but they weren't in terribly nice shape for eating. Maybe next year - that will be the 3rd summer for most of the trees (apple, pear, peach). I finally got a cherry tree in this fall so I expect that will take a few years before much happens.