Gratitude

We had snow the night before Thanksgiving which made the event all the cozier especially for Serena and Cole coming from the "boring" San Francisco Bay weather.
In spite of the icy roads, Clark made it to the Cheyenne airport to pick up Serena and Cole and Solomon made it with his family driving up from Albuquerque, passing Clark at Chugwater. Stan and Pat strolled in at noon on T-Day with hor d'ourves and wine. Of course Serena brought special ingredients from the Bay Area for her recipes such as white eggplants, gorganzola cheese, some lemons that tasted like a cross between lemon and tangerines and San Francisco sourdough bread. Serena and I both love to cook and are quite compataible in the kitchen.


We had the woodstove blazing...

so whether hiking,


riding the Polaris ATV, (Jake)

drinking wine on the deck at sunset, 20 degrees more or less

ice skating,



or picking rosehips


...you could always come in and thaw out.

The people I am grateful for (including brother Stan taking the photo) and the rare opportunity for all of us to be together


Like this snoozing coyote at the pond, I think it's time to take a nap.



Text © 2007 Mona E. Dunn