Saturday, November 30, 2013

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 !  



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Saturday, November 23, 2013

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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Wednesday, November 13, 2013

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!

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Wednesday, November 6, 2013

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.


Sunday, November 3, 2013

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


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