Happy Thanksgiving! Both kids are home so I’m happy as can be. The daughter brought her cats who have been helping us cook all day. :) They’re adorable as you can see.

The Onion continues to bring me joy.

Some sights around the neighborhood on a recent walk. This is my favorite time of year in Oregon.

Red mushroom with two holes such that it looks vaguely skull like.A blue heron on the peak of the roof of a house in front of fall foliage.A dead end road surrounded by tall trees with vibrant autumn foliage in shades of yellow, red, and orange.

My son and a friend of his took a short roadtrip (his first as an adult) to go see redwoods in Crescent City this weekend. Of the photos he shared, this is my favorite. Ha!

Currently reading: Persepolis Rising (The Expanse, #7) by James S.A. Corey 📚

Looking forward to reading books that are not part of a series when I get through these next 3 books.

Finished reading: Babylon’s Ashes by James S.A. Corey 📚

The only thing I’ve written this week that wasn’t work related was a pretty bad haiku composed at 4 a.m. that ended with ‘crime in fact does pay’.

This world we live in is currently still beautiful, however.

Well, this is new. The past two days I’ve had slugs INSIDE my (quite new) mailbox. I carefully removed both and put them in the grass, but HOW are they getting in there? The PNW has some drawbacks after all.

Currently reading: Babylon’s Ashes by James S.A. Corey 📚

I am SLOWLY make my way through this series. I keep pausing to read other books though.