Thanksgiving 2016

David and I usually spend Thanksgiving on our own but this year we were so happy to be invited to an amazing dinner at Christopher and Bradley's house in Hollywood, Portland. I felt like I was charmed, and Mrs Bean was my chariot, David my frog coach driver, and I was dressed in finery.

David makes a lovely frog..........

Their house, which they bought almost the same time as we bought ours, looked lovely already. They have a lot more boxes to unpack, and there's still furniture to come. We know what that feels like!

The dinner table was set in harvest colours with a beautiful flower centerpiece.

Such good food - we couldn't have done better in a restaurant.

Being a Brit I rather love having an extra family holiday in the year.

Christmas Cactus

Must be getting close to Christmas - my cactus are going into full bloom. I keep sneaking into the kitchen to look at them. Such spectacular flowers. As these pots have been here since the day they arrived I'm keeping them on the sill - it suits them.

What are the pickup truck guys staring at?

As a home owner, again, I'm missing my old Jeep Cherokee Sport with the roof racks.
Ms. Bean and created a bit of a stir at Lowe's carrying home 12 foot long sections of floor trim.
She is a little tyke and we got our goods home just fine. Way to get the job done old girl!