Thanksgiving

[gunhilda]

For the first time, my family's Thanksgiving was not held at my parents' house. Kate and I hosted this year at Sundog House (which is what we're now calling our new place). It was Kate and me, my parents, my nephew (Mat), and a friend, Helen Jordan, who recently lost her partner. So, it was a small group, but fun. The food was great (Kate made an

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[jafacakes]

Lovely pictures,and lovely place too, can you swim in your lake? it looks enormous.
What can I say, I got all giggly thinking you have a Carter for grandmother, lol.

[gunhilda]

Apparently lots of people used to swim in it until the snakes took over. I was debating it this summer until I saw the size of one of the snakes in person. I'm just not sure I want to tangle with a giant water snake. The water snakes around here are very foul tempered, even if they aren't poisonous, they'll still bite without much provocation.

[shimmeringstar1]

Finally am playing catch up. The pond didn't have a name before? Yep, Mat does take some great pix. (But his Auntie Guni does too!!!) Doormat does look like a fine kitty.

LOL! Yep, those silly things, just up there dreaming of flight and their finely-feathered alter egos.... (Can just imagine their tree convos - "I'm a hawk. No, I'm a swallow. No, a falcon, silly. Hey, I'm an owl....")

Hmmm... "Bedtime for Chickens." Sounds like a great title for a kids book about some silly chickies who live in trees... :)

[gunhilda]

I don't think it has an official name or the neighbors with whom we share it would have mentioned it.

The chickens are just terribly entertaining.

[scifithinker]

Your picspam always makes me happy. It sounds like you had a lovely Thanksgiving.

One of my cats, Symber, has Doormat's coloring. Her eyes have more green in them, though. Suse calls her Snot Eyes sometimes. :-)