Well, I managed to make it back from Thanksgiving relatively intact (although I haven't tried the scale to find out how much more of myself there is).  FYI, I don't plan on posting images of people unless they tell me it is OK to do so.

First (and last) stop was visiting my brother Ken and his family.  Here's one shot I took while there.

Next was down to my parent's place for Thanksgiving proper.  Kate provided the centerpieces (I like the way the flash brought out details in the vase).

She also made sure the turkey was "well dressed."

The rest of the time was spent socializing, along with going for a walk since Friday was GORGEOUS!  Here's a closeup of some tree bark.

So, overall it was a great vacation.  Good times with the family, good food, good conversation.

On a slightly separate note, a comment was posted a couple of days ago noting that he "Didn't see any comments posted, and didn't know if people needed to subscribe to a secret pixel decoder ring, or what the protocol is."  The answer is that anyone is free and encouraged to post comments, as long as they are suitable for polite company.  As far as I know there is no requirement to sign up for anything, so please let me know what you think.

I'm sitting here with my niece Nicole and am happy because she is telling me how nice my photos are :)

Thanksgiving was a feast as always (photos to come after I get home).  Really good food, enjoyable company and a bit of silliness.  Yesterday was some hiking where the nieces went off on their own and found a large amount of wild oyster mushrooms (which everyone who likes mushrooms - ie. not me - was very happy about and raving about the taste).   A dinner of spiedies followed.

Today's plan is to hit the pool and mostly hang around the house since it got colder overnight (another drop from 60s to 40s).  And then out for Chinese.

This isn't an oyster mushroom, but I'll still post it in honor of the girls.

fungus

Hello All!

I hope you are all having a good Thanksgiving. 

Wild Turkey