What a fun time we have had over the past week. Thanksgiving at the “Big House” in Pocahontas was just like Thanksgivings there for the past 40 years. Sure going to miss that. Maybe we can all meet at Powhatan next year. (I think Donna already has one reserved.)
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On Friday it was off to Kentucky with an early lunch stop at Dairy King in Lebanon on the way. Buckeye day at Barbara’s for Tyler was preempted by basketball practice and PT for his hip. Maybe next year. We got there in time for Thanksgiving leftovers at the Roll’s in the form of turkey pot pie and pumpkin tort, mini-pecan pies, pumpkin pie, cookies and gingerbread cake. So unless Kathy and I get serious about shedding a few pounds in the next 6 weeks, the expression “the whales have returned to Hawaii” could very well be directed towards us.
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The weather on the mountain was great on Saturday. Chris and I got some house work done – putting up trim boards around the front porch and quarter-round up on the back porch ceiling. And then we got to play with Libby, work on the pork roast for supper and go for a long walk in their mountains. During the house building activities during the past 18 months, the mountain trail has gotten a little overgrown. Chris took his machete along to clear away some of the low limbs and brambles. At one spot he found a large grape-vine that had grown high into poplar tree. He cut it off near the ground and asked Libby if she wanted to swing on it like a little monkey. Well, she was rightly apprehensive, not so her father as seen here –
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And then came “Black Monday.” Most of you on Facebook know that the neighbor’s two Jack Russel terriers killed one of Libby’s chickens. When we asked her if she was sad that one of the chickens died, she said, “I’m a little sad, but mostly I’m very, very angry at the dogs.” And then we were doing art projects and taking naps and life goes on. And while we were there Jennifer made 4 different kinds of cookies and we made sugar cookies with Libby on Wednesday. T here was plenty of sugar and empty calories for all – see whale comment above. A lot of fun. Can hardly wait for another holiday.
This is so much better than turkey skeletons!
Yes, I do have the Powhattan reserved:)
Mike and I were happy that Chris didn’t get cut with his “knife” while doing his Tarzan imitation.