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Happy Thanksgiving

We hope that you had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday, whether you're in the US or located further afield.  Here are pictures from our first Thanksgiving with Zelda.

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Zelda awake and smiling and ready for turkey.

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Cranberrys with apples in the works.

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Zach peeling garlic for potatoes.

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The snow on the deck.

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The cutest Thanksgiving turkey ever!

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And her tail feathers.

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Hanging out after we arrived back home from an awesome meal.

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Out skiing as a family to burn some of those calories.

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Zelda's post ski snooze.

 

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Posted from Anchorage, AK
Posted by Meg 

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Today I tried...

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Making sweet potato waffles. We had breakfast for dinner. Served 'em up with pear cranberry raisin chutney. Delicious!

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Posted from Anchorage, AK
Posted by Meg 

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Happy Halloween!!!

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After a hearty beef & chicken soup that I made today, we headed into the snow with Zelda to go trick or treating.

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The march of progress in the kitchen...

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As was pounded into my head as a youngster, what would Labor Day weekend be without copious amounts of manual labor? (thanks Mom and Dad!) 

Meg and I worked to continue our efforts to eradicate drop ceilings in our living space.  We removed the remaining drop ceiling tiles, lighting and structure without too many gouging mishaps, only to find ourselves without sufficient light in the kitchen to do much.  The land of midnight sun has once again become the land of day and night, as we lose roughly five minutes of daylight each and every day as we approach the equinox.  Yes, we'd become dependent upon the 2x4' fluorescent box light.  Since we tend to spend a bit of time in the kitchen, a new light was in order.  

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Posted by Zach 

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