Monthly Archive: November 2006

The saga of the leaves 2

Saga of the Leaves

Living in an acre with a lot of trees just can be intimidating at best this time of year. Fortunately, with only a few leaves still hanging on to the branches, we got a lot of help today. Crazy Andrew came and started helping us and the Nutwell family followed....

Black Friday 1

Black Friday

Through the years, unless I had to go out and work on this day, I avoided leaving the cozy comfort of my house. This year was different, as Laura was armed with gift cards and birthday money and wanted to go to the mall. So, I braved traffic, crowded parking...

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Happy Thanksgiving, 2006

I am very grateful that I live in a nation that has set aside one day a year for giving thanks. I did a search in Bible.com to see how often the word Thanksgiving would come up, I found 29 instances, and this would not include of course, the words...

Laura holding her new camera 1

The birthday that will never end…

Tomorrow is Laura’s official birthday, and because it falls on Thanksgiving, we seemed to have started way ahead of the actual day with her party  on the 4th, and it still carries on. Today, we had a small family get-together at Olive Tree, where I gave her part two in...

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Early Morning Visitor

Not completely sure I have identified this surprise early morning visitor to our backyard cherry tree this morning, but I think it is a red tailed hawk. Larger image here   [Edit] I am thankful for all the emails and input I have received. Although there doesn’t seem to be...

Still Deep in Leaves 2

Still Deep in Leaves

November is often just thought to be about Thanksgiving…but here in Maryland, it’s also about the LEAVES. We’re still trying to keep up with the falling leaves. Here Laura demonstrates the yard we raked clean only a few days ago, being done AGAIN. From a point of the yard looking...

1978 1

1978

1978 was a very busy year for me. It started with a trip to the Carolinas and a chance to see Biltmore House . I had paintings in an art exhibit, was Spanish Aide at school, had my prom (went with Michael Jordan – no kidding), graduated from high school,...

November Leaves 2

November Leaves

The glory of October and early November ends, and brings us to this task. I swear, today they fell faster than they could be raked up.

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Birthday Girl

Although Laura’s true 13th birthday is still some weeks away, we held her party yesterday, this avoiding her friend’s party from her actual birth date, which will fall exactly on Thanksgiving this year, just like the year she was born. One activity, was a picture taking session at the park....