Sunday morning Thanksgiving Survivors!

Roxi (the neighbors dog who lives at our house) looking at our early morning guests...

When I went outside the turkeys got a little nervous...

We are so blessed to look out and see this in our front yard!

Jeff, John, Jordan, Hillside, and Sunrise

Jeff relaxing in the tree at sunset...

Johnny and Brother Nub (two very hard workers)

This is the before picture of one part of the hill we are clearing for fire safety... it is CRAZY work... and the two friends above are doing a great job! They actually have to tie themselves to the trees at the top to go down the hill and clear the brush!

This morning the sunrise was so beautiful... this picture doesn't do it justice. When I went for the close up of the cool swirl near the bottom my camera chose the overhead wires to focus on instead of the cloud... irritating!

Unique Sunset and Leaf Blowing

I blew the leaves again yesterday (on my birthday) .... and beat the rain (again). Above are before and after pictures in the back yard. Below are two pictures of the sunset today that lasted only 8 minutes or so... I took these pictures while driving.

Uncle Rich blowing bubbles for Janet

We were at Shen Hua and Rich blew bubbles. FUN! This was a couple of weeks ago, but I don't have anything new to blog. Once again, the top picture did not work as a video, but the one below IS a video clip.

Greg... or should I say George?!?

This video did NOT upload... it's just a picture. I'm trying again below. Anyone who has not seen this play MUST attend. Greg is AMAZING!!! Truly AMAZING! That kid has talent! Can't wait until he's a famous actor with his own series of movies written by his big sister... It was nice to visit a bit with Greg and Iris and Gay before the show and during the break.

One question... why no brill cream to slick that hair down??? YOU WERE FANTASTIC GREG! I'm very impressed!

One evening at our house...

A wild turkey high up in the tree we have named (rather un-orignally)... the Turkey Tree! It's about 80 feet away and the vultures and turkeys "fight" their way to the top branches of this tree and sleep in it. Very odd...

Jeff took a spin on his dirt bike... which is for sale!

This is actually the MOON rising during the sunset. This picture is looking out from the front yard to the east, and doesn't really show how amazing this looked.

A close up of the moon...

Paula & Gary's House in Redding

Our friends have moved to Redding... they love it and I love their new house! The weeping willow tree is watered from an underground spring... this picture of the back yard doesn't really do it justice. However, the picture from the front yard shows the HUGE weeping willow towering over the house... amazing! My thanks for their hospitality!

Yosemite for Jeff's Birthday

Noah and Julie at the top of Vernal Falls.

Jeff and Julie at the bottom of Vernal Falls... this was where he stopped hiking!

Shellie and Jeff with the Hetch Hetchy Reservoir... note the waterfall in the far right lower corner... it was beautiful.

I went up to Mirror Lake while everyone else went on the hike... it was beautiful.

too tired to blog...

I just tried to post some pictures from our weekend in Yosemite with Julie and Noah. It didn't work... and I'm too tired to keep trying. Soon....

Rainbow closeup...

This was a "blop" in the sky in Eureka Saturday afternoon... and when I cropped it the pale blue sky around the "blop" looked like this. It was really amazing. Chris... when are you going to start your own blog???

Gorgeous rain kissed flower and MY weird cloud dark sky picture

We stopped at Benbow Inn for a pecan sticky bun and a cup of coffee the other day... and this flower was calling to me. (I only took two pictures, Rich). The picture below was one of many taken of the crazy sky... but my brother beat me to the punch with HIS picture! We are so amazing...

Mom's Cardinal Tree