Over the river and thru the woods

Kelly drove up from Austin while her brother Will drove down from Fayetteville.  They wasted no time skyping with their brother Brian to sing "Happy Birthday" to their nephew Hayden.

Sean enjoyed checking out the contents of the wedding present Kay brought for him and Kelly.

Soon Jeff came over the river and through the woods, bringing the turkey with him. He and Melville were met by Lola and Kay.

Melville got to meet her new cousin Lola for the first time!

Leon enjoyed carving the turkey but that was as close as he got! He had tofurkey for himself and our visiting vegetarians!

Again we gathered around the table and all ate too much. This was the first stop of a progressive buffet for Sean, Kelly, and Will as they went on to their dad's for another meal.

Happy Thanksgiving

Wishing each of you a very Happy Thanksgiving. May you be surrounded by friends and family and a bountiful harvest!

Playing tourist

The fall weather enticed us to town one day recently where we walked thru the towntown section, had lunch at the Cheese Cellar, and walked back to the Majestic Hotel parking lot. We were actually doing several geocaches. We stopped in the Arlington Hotel along the way. Leon observed Al Capone's car that is on display in the lobby.

Splosion Man

My nephew was part of the design team at Twisted Pixel Games for the game Splosion Man. Please take a minute to go vote for Splosion Man for the best of the year in the independent category.

BRRRRRR

I think it is fast approaching winter but the past week or so has been fantastic weatherwise and otherwise. We have been working on the slum in the city aka the rent house on Woodlawn. I have been learning by experience to reglaze the old wooden windows while Leon has been cutting down and up some shrubs and trees. The colder weather that blew into town yesterday put a stop to all of that. I think I should perhaps check on buying new insulated windows!

Yesterday was delightful as we visited with my cousin Andrew from Dallas.  Here he and Mary are visiting on Circle Drive where his grandparents lived before he was born. He was so pleased that I placed his sister's ashes on the property not so long ago. It is a beautiful location atop a hill that has had been bought by the national park service (shhhh) in order to protect more of the source  (they think) where the hot water originates deep underground. There is nothing left of the old homeplace other than the rock wall and a couple of huge oak trees.

Today our fireplace is aglow, there is a big pot of lima bean soup on the stove, and the Razorback bb game is on tv tonight. What more could one want out of a Tuesday?!

Boys and their toys

At our campout in April a couple of the guys (younger guys)  had motorcycles on the backs of their RV's. Leon could not go ride with them and the wheels started to turn. Yesterday he found what he was looking for online and today we drove 90 miles to get it!

Fall beauty

The plan was to just pick up a few geocaches on a beautiful 70 degree day and walk around Whittington Park. When we picked up the first of a multi part cache we decided to walk from the Majestic Hotel to the next cache. That took us to lunch at the Cheese Cellar before we traveled back through town to complete our two mile walk.

These Maples stopped us in our tracks as we drove down Whittington Avenue before going over the mountain and home. If only fall would last much longer!