Continually Grateful

 We joined with friends, friends of friends and land partners for Thanksgiving dinner and a brief lighting of the Menorah for the second night of Chanukah. The photo was to be for Kyle Silliman-Smith who turned 30 last week but then we got goofy.

 It's still abnormally warm here in the valley. People were downtown today in summer clothing. It is nice to have the color and the continuing gardens but we need rain and the natural seasons.

 This evening we went out to Gray Lodge with Kathy and Dale. Thousands of snow geese and ducks of all kinds fill the shallow ponds and sky above them here on the Pacific Flyway.

 We are feeling the grace of this mild and sweet time. Our gratitude spills out from Thanksgiving and heads into the new week ahead of us, a week that promises challenge. We have been receiving encouragement and courage from our friends and family and we feel supported and buoyed.  We send our love back into the cybersphere to all of you.