End of November

The last day of November already?

I trust everyone had a wonderful

Thanksgiving Day filled with

gratitude and surrounded with

family and friends.  We did.

Postmarked  Nov. 19, 1908

Hello Anna!

Received your welcome postal but

 was disappointed in not hearing that

 you were going to come or not.  Look

 on the other side for your Tom cat.

From your loving friend, Dora

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

I was going to ask, do you think

the animal is a tom cat, dog or

kangeroo, but Dora seems to

think it is a tomcat !  

Remember to support small businesses, both locally and 

on the internet too.

Autumn waning

Can it really be almost a month

 before Christmas?  And then 2014?!

A few "last of Autumn" photos 

before Christmas.

A couple of weeks ago we had

 hundred's of pelicans come through 

for a couple of days.  This is the

 tail end of one of their visits.

If we could figure out how to transfer

video to youtube we got a nice video 

of them in the cove, splashing and 

feeding on the fish.

Beaver Full Moon  11-16-13

I took this looking East, out our

 dining room door.

Sunset 11-17-13

A cheery yellow custom button bracelet

It's beginning to look a lot like

 Christmas, in Northern California

that is.

Postmarked November 25, 1918

"Dear Esther,  I am sorry you will 

not be down for Thanksgiving.  Hope 

you have a happy one.  Aunt Sever

 and Mr & Mrs Cross and the little

 boy are coming over. 

 love and kisses Salina M."

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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 giveaway HERE

Turkeys and perfect days.

I was planning to decorate for

Thanksgiving, but decided to start

 Christmas instead.  I unpacked

my vintage turkey collection, but here

it sits on the sideboard.  LOL

Today was beautiful here at the 

cottage.  I am enjoying this mild

 November weather.  We do need

 the rain, but I am in no hurry.

It seems like I am working on 10

 different projects at once and I hope

 that one day one of them will be done!

AND Giveaway details HERE

on how to win this vintage pin.

An idea for Thanksgiving

Has anyone else seen this on facebook?

I don't know how I found it, but I 

thought it was so clever. 

 You could use so many

different veggies too.

Buy Handmade

Isn't this a pretty reminder

to buy handmade and help

support your artist friends

and small businesses?

Please feel free to share it.

From Debbi Oeltjen over at

Cottage Rose Graphics

Giveaway details click HERE

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