Happy Thanksgiving, Everyone!

 

Happy Thanksgiving! I've been really busy sewing, making some crafts for a couple of Christmas craft sales coming up in early December.

Clothespin bags! A limited market, for sure, but I'm hoping a few RVers might find them cute. These will be my first craft sales ever.

I've also been doing a few paintings for potential sale, encouraged by my art teacher, Kathy.

I'm keeping my expectations low, which is my usual M.O. (modus operandi), so I won't be disappointed if I don't sell any. And I'm using scenes from around the ranch, which is fun. This is an old bicycle of Sam's, and yes, under this tree is where it lives. We don't have enough space or storage. Or we have too much stuff. Take your pick.

I still have lots to do before we join friends for Thanksgiving dinner, so I'll close with a few other activities that have been going on around the ranch.

Sam has continued sanding and polishing wheels. And working on the horse trailer. And changing the oil on the car. He always has what seems like hundreds of projects that need to be done. 

I cleaned out the brush under the trees in our front yard a few weeks ago. 

This is what it looked like before. 

Lettuce is the only winter vegetable that is still growing, although we're getting lots of small tomatoes off the dead plants. And Sam harvested 4 or 5 pounds of jalapenos. Anyone want some?

We went to Benson High School homecoming football game, which was great small town fun.

Finally, all our nice flowers got eaten by stealth visitors the other day, right in Mom's front yard. We found deer tracks around the pots and later saw 5 deer cross the driveway. In this dry year, with few plants growing, I'm sure they were thankful for some tasty treats.

Have a great Thanksgiving weekend, everyone. Remember to be thankful for all that God gives us!