More Christmas Decorating

So after setting up the house lights & the Christmas Tree comes the Nativity Scene. Anwen's away in England & Mirranda hasn't seen it yet so thought I'd snap a photo of my Avant-garde version before it gets disassembled :^)...

Christmas Preparations

Lights up on the house without falling off the roof, Christmas Tree up & decorated without suffering a heart attack looking for the one light bulb out of 400 thats blown. Were off to a good start :^)..

Bananas Anyone :^)...

For the first time we had a flower on our garden Musa bajoo plants. However since it's already November 30th we are not holding our breath for any bananas!!

Cape Horn Loop Hike

After a deluge of rain on Thanksgiving day Sunday turned out to be a beautiful sunny & warm day. Chiyoko & I headed out with Nancy to hike the Cape Horn trail. This an an unofficial 7 mile loop trail built by local users over time. The cliff side views of the Columbia on this trail are unparalleled. However it's now drawn the attention of authorities and is about to become "official" and will probably be changed (some would say made safer others would say more mundane). We wanted hike it before this happened! If you love cliff top views go & hike this trail now!!

A Necessary Evil

A Necessary Evil of the Thanksgiving weekend - Leaf Raking!!!

Thanksgiving

Along with Nancy & Scotty we celebrated another great Thanksgiving hosted by the Turrell Family. After a fantastic meal there were more pie & desert options that you could shake a stick at. Here is one of my creations from what was available, Maple Cream on top of Whipped Cream on top of Mock Cheery Pie...... Shame I forgot the Ice Cream :^)

Birthday Treats

So I was suitably spoiled for my birthday. Mirranda made me a classic English heart stopping full fry up breakfast. It was just the ticket after a 13 mile run - yes i still ran even though it was my birthday :^)..

Breakfast served for lunch/dinner too and in the evening I had Chiyoko's home made birthday cake & a pint of Pelican IPA.