what it's all about

hot cocoa. with whipped cream, mind.




and Thanksgiving feasts! this is actually a picture of our leftovers. i was so full that i didn't make it on to dessert until the next day, but the wait was worth it. pumpkin pie and cranberry apple cobbler....



don't worry, it's all gone now ;-)

audubottom

some weeks ago Scruffy and i went to the Portland Audubon Society.



we like to visit the rescue birds




(this is Anatole's favorite, Julio the female owl. he could stand outside her pen and chat all day.)

and then we go down into the forest for a little walk. oregon is so very, very green.






(Anatole has this strange fear of slugs, though he bravely faces up to them now. i kinda get it; they're weird.)







what are your local adventures when the weather turns a bit sour?

drumroll...

Crank! I don't have to remind you how great this is, or how very definitely you should be there if you're in the Portland area. See you at the party! (poster created by my dad, give him a hand, too!)

The Society of Jacks

Jack Frost!









Jack of All Trades!


(that's my brother! being his own fantastic and talented self on the day of the opening of his bike shop, Crank! I just got a tune-up and custom fitting and now I ride like the wiiiind.)



by the way, the little man took both these pictures.

and of course, Jack Dandy himself:



who was a butterfly for Halloween.



there was much adorableness (and some very lame, hasty pictures) on this inaugural trick-or-treat outing. i finally get Halloween, and why it's so much fun as an adult.