Little house updates

Before it got too cold, I went crazy putting plants in the ground.  I'm nesting so bad.  And who can pass up 50% off perennials just because they are ugly for winter? spring makes things pretty!

 Another sunset picture, I can't help myself

 Lights are going in and finally getting hooked up.  Sputnik is enabled!

Hike with the girls

Katherine's sister Becky and her husband Mike were in town.  We all went for a lovely hike on the beach.  Some of the best weather I've every seen on the Oregon coast, and it was the end of November!

 the girls were great hikers, and Isabella is already a naturalist.

Gampy's 89th birthday

Eric and I took a quick trip down to Eureka for his grandfather's 89th birthday party.  

Three generations of Hales

On the way back we took it slow along the coast and explored.

Moonstone Beach 

 Patricks Point

 Fern Canyon

 We asked a nice lady to take our picture, you can see how well that turned out.  Oh well.

 And on one of the last stops before the light left us, up the Smith River Canyon... Darlingtonia!

 Gotta love carnivorous plants!

Sam is getting...um fill in the blank?

Halloween

For some reason, my students had a hard time concentrating last Thursday.