We survived halloween again. craig and I didn't really dress up this year (gasp! I know!) but the boys picked Pokemon as the theme and if you are at all familiar with that 'verse you know there are not a lot of adults.  and we didn't feel like being...

some bits of Helena that we explored.   naturally we did not go inside the buildings. that would have been tresspassing.  we followed Dad through most of the explorations; and when we got to a spot that was gated, Dad found a path to the side that...

this plum tree is about 7 feet from my parent's back door, it's top leaves here level with the upper deck. This is what it looked like on Friday.there was a constant "piff, whiffle" of leaves falling all weekend. by sunday afternoon the tree looked...

I made the trip north last week in two segments; thursday night and friday morning. I am happy to report that Van was amazing in the car. More than 20 hours driving total and he was fussy for maybe a total of 30 minutes. Thank heaven for small...

while I am trying to get a photo of the finished quilt and organizing my photos from the trip back home, please enjoy the "Twisted Princesses" series by a Disney artist: sigh. I love Halloween time.  It means it's almost Christmastime....