Week 44 - Oregon City - October 30 - October 26, 2023

Fall has officially arrived because the leaves have tuned yellow and orange.

We had a big pumpkin carving party.

All the local grandchildren came at the same time....and then there were crickets.

The quince tree finally produced enough fruit to make a batch of quince jelly.

Dad made a total of six half-pint jars!!  Wow....what a bit of a let down.

Turns out that the jelly was more like a quince flavored gummy worm.. 

Very stiff and certainly not spreadable.  A disaster!  But....using Warren's advice, Dad melted the stiff jam in a water bath, added some water, and re did the batch.  Now we have yummy jelly - maybe a bit dark in color.

Beaver football game on Saturday against Univ of Colorado.  While watching it, I painted the coating on the AD children's clay figures.  Beavers won!

The cats didn't seem to be very invested in the game.

I spent a lot of time this week cleaning everywhere in anticipation of Thanksgiving guests.  Dad also is doing lots of work in the flower beds.  

More cat photos.

Daylight saving time ended today.  Sighhhhhhhhhhhhhh.  It's going to be a long dark wet and rainy winter.