Leaves!

Today Candace, Sarah Lee, and I went to Hood River

for lunch and coffee before back-tracking to the gorge for a hike.

The fall leaves were beautiful and the hike we went on brought us

all the way up the side of the gorge for a great view.

Smiles in the morning

This morning I woke up to Cosmos in all his glory.

Because he was not interested in sleep anymore at 6am

(but, it should go without saying, his parents were)

and I was already awake, my body telling me it was 9am,

Cos and I walked about the city together and watched the sun come up.

It was a lovely start to a great day.

Off to Portland!

Today I headed back to Portland for a week long visit with friends

(I have had just a touch of home-sickness since moving to the Cape).

I arrived at the Portland airport with a small suitcase of my clothes in 

one hand and a large suitcase containing my mother's foldable bike in the other. 

At Logan, I was probably the only person with a foldable bike,

but a sign on the wall let me know that here in Portland

I was just part of the crowd.

Oh it feels good to be back!

Winter preparations

Just some last minute trim work.

Have I mentioned how awesome it is to have a husband who knows

how to do everything?

Love you Case!

Orin-in-a-box

Stranger

You might think this is Trouble

and that I already posted this picture

but, no, this is some other neighborhood cat

drawn to our house by the alluring catnip.

I have visions of the future when this plant is more mature

luring cats from miles away...

swarms of cats bumbling around our yard high

asking for Meow Mix and milk.

Maybe this plant wasn't such a good idea after all.

Insulating the Coop!