Thanksgiving '24

 

We started the holiday early by going to the Thanksgiving service.

The Turkey Trot had perfect weather.
This year I was cheering with friends and only D. ran.

I made a lot of food

and D. set the table and cleaned up.
Good teamwork.

I was especially proud of my homemade centerpieces.

I hope you had a nice day, too.

Peter 'Potamus Birthday Party

Can't believe I forgot to post about this.

Peter Potamus has been in the library the whole time I was growing up.
There is a story about how he got his name in this article.

His outfits change for the season.

Last time I was home I saw that he had a birthday party.

The friends read books.

They ate pizza.

They played games.

Of course they had cake.

I saw someone picking up her stuffed friend and she was given a goody bag. I wish I knew what was inside.

Coincidence?

 

This was the Google Doodle and

this was our calendar picture.

Nothing earth-shattering, but very satisfying.

photo credit LCD

Almost as fun as my friend out bird watching and sending this photo of my dad enjoying the warm weather on Election Day. 

Last GOBA Post

 Part One - Donuts, which was the theme this year

Part Two - water towers

made me feel like I was in college

Part Three - RAAM (deserves its own post, sorry)

We were so close to seeing two riders,
but missed them both.

I felt so lucky that we made a pit stop with about ten other cyclists and met up with a Swiss rider, Matthieu Lossel. We cheered him on 

and were told by his support crew that we were the largest crowd he had seen!

You can see him riding in the Rockies here.

It was a full week!

Another GOBA Post

 A few more pictures, mostly things not seen at home

Ugh

Lots of covered bridges, including this one in a park

Dog warden's office

"See you at the pork festival
2nd full weekend of September"

Guess which state we crossed into?

Hamilton's Lane Library

where Robert McCloskey (Make Way for Ducklings) hung out as a kid.

I could have done a whole blog post about water towers.

I had totally forgotten about these.
Did I get them from a vending machine?
I have no idea, but I used to eat them.

This is how people charged lights, bike computers, phones, and everything else.

no ebike, so solar power, just human-powered

No mountains, barely any cars

Polling Place, again

In March I wrote about volunteering to work four days in the polling place during the primary election. 

For the general election I asked to be closer to home and was assigned the local school district office. It the same place I go to observe the school board meetings so I familiar with both the building and the people work there.

We made it into the local paper!

I learned that Monday was Election Hero Day

Doing my part

October Leftovers

 

I felt obligated to cheer for the local team,
but my heart wasn't really in it.

I still love my job. We loved watching this huge truck in our residential neighborhood. It was driving onto the playground for a school event.

Someone once called the crows janitors. I am sure there is plenty for them to eat by the tables in the school courtyard.

October was a tough month.

No Turkey Trot this year.

The bright spot was the outpouring of support from friends and family. Thank you.