THANKSGIVING

Oh, what the heck! I haven't anything else to do. Might as well put up another blog page. It has been a while! Let's see, what have Dickie and I been up to lately? We tried to go walking this morning but decided it was too windy when my hat blew off as we turned the corner to the local park. Went grocery shopping instead, after Dickie dropped off some books at the library and I picked up some gas at the Chevron station. Gas is $3.23 a gallon here in Windsor. I can get it cheaper at Costco in Santa Rosa, but it's a twelve mile round trip which is about a half gallon of gas, so it's hardly worth traveling that far.We were having lunch today (Tuesday) when our son-in-law Jonathan stopped by to visit. He's good that way. He was working in the area. Brought his dog, Lulu, a sweet-tempered yellow lab and we had a nice chat.

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Last Wednesday Dickie and I made a trip out to the ocean to see if I could catch any shore birds with my trusty camera. Didn't see that many interesting birds so I snapped a gull or two. Here's one I caught flying by:

On the road into Bodega Head there's a man-made water hole left over from some years ago when they planned to build a nuclear power plant out that way. Fortunately, that never happened, but it left a nice place for the birds and animals. There's a night heron that we've often seen fishing there. He was there this time, too:

A couple weeks back we drove out to Alexander Valley to see the colorful autumn vineyards. There were some glorious sights. None better than those we saw at the Stonestreet Winery. This is what it looked like on the road into the winery:

And this was the view from the exit to the north:

 

The reds and yellows in the vineyards then were a real feast for the eyes:

The vine-covered stone entrance to the Hanna Winery looked good, too:

We'll be spending the Thanksgiving holiday with our children and grandchildren out at Heidi and Peter's home in Occidental. If you're reading this, I hope you have/had a wonderful Thanksgiving, too: