Cutting Christmas trees at US Thanksgiving.
Photo courtesy of Shinya Kamimura
Email Quote of Note
A correspondent writes from the North Island of NZ "In the garden all the fuchsias are in blossom. Also, the cherry tree
and all the pelargoniums (geraniums) orange, white, light purple, purple and burgundy. And the weather is
warm and sunny."
Site Seeing
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Dan and Tomoko are engaged! More below.
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Dave came back to Seattle for the US Thanksgiving holiday and the three of us
drove to Jim and Julie Jane Shadle's home in Libby, Montana for our traditional family
celebration. Under Julie Jane's expert direction -- the duty roster is posted on the
refrigerator -- we all pitched in to fix, serve and eat a classic turkey dinner.
The next day we went into the woods to cut trees for the December Christmas holiday.
Front row from left: Julie Jane, Stephanie Paradee, Brian Paradee (holding a deer skull), Julie, Anna Paradee; back row: Jeff Paradee, Jarren Paradee, Larry, Jim, Stacy Christie, Devin Christie and Dave.
See the clear cut in progress!
News and Notes
- Dan called on Thanksgiving to say that he asked Tomoko to marry him. And she said "yes!" They are very happy! We all are very happy. Also, they are very busy finishing their schooling, so they haven't set any wedding plans, yet.
- It looks like we will get a family trip to South America over the Christmas break.
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