We got a phone call from Jessica saying her mower had "just stopped" while she was mowing. So we jumped on our steeds and went over to help her. I think we are going to make this photo be our 2019 Christmas Card.
We finished cutting and training the marionberries.
We were ready to start working on the Boysenberries and decided that the plants we have growing here are, quite possibly, wild blackberries. They certainly do not look like the clumps of canes that I remember from 35+ years ago. So, we decided that we will dig them out and get new starts from a more modern boysenberry - possibly thorn less and with improved berry size. Here the bushes are pulled back and ready for us to start digging.
We started to clean out greenhouse #4 which was horribly choked with dried up weeds - mostly clumps of clover.
Raked, swept, all done!
Dad finally got the parts he needed for the pilot light assembly for the fireplace insert. He successfully put everything back together and then..............it still wouldn't work because...maybe something is wrong with a valve thingy.
Of course, the big activity of the week was Thanksgiving Day. Dad and I made a creamy cranberry sauce, Grandma Bunke Beans, limeade, smoked (on the Traeger) pork tenderloin, and chocolate tapioca pudding ---which we (mostly me) ate before we got to Jessica's house. There were 25 people in attendance. Grays, Scotts, Travis Grays Warren Grays, Malcolm Grays, Danielsons and Grandma, Gary Scotts, and Marci/Darren.
Getting everything ready
Seating for everyone
Abby was providing foot massages for one cent per minute. I gave her a dime and got a ten cent foot rub.
Tyler is becoming a Rubix Cube specialist - he is obsessed by Rubix Cubes. He's good at solving them and fast! For Christmas he is asking for an even 'neater' and more complex cube.
Dad and I, as FH Specialists, helped Marci set up a FamilySearch account.
It took a couple of tries, but we finally got everyone together at the same time for a photo.
fWe cleaned up the last bit of "stuff" that was laying around under a big maple tree by the barn. The concrete blocks, propane tanks, buckets, and tires have been piled there for a couple of years.
Now, when I look out my bedroom window I see "nothing" out of place.
Saturday was the Oregon vs Oregon State football game. This week we just lost .. period...just lost. It wasn't even an exciting game like last week had been when we'd lost by one point to Washington State. Oregon is number one in the conference....and our starting quarterback was injured, so the outcome was not a surprise.
Brenden, Pamela, and Sloan were in town for the holiday, and they came over to visit.
We worked on and finished a puzzle at Jessica's Sunday night.
I think next week there is going to be one day of impeachment hearings.........
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