Email Quote of Note
A friend from France just became a New Zealand citizen and commented "For a strong French republican it took a while to get used to the idea of swearing allegiance to a Queen! (The English missed a revolution!)"

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November is usually a bad month in Seattle with many storms, and this was a record breaking bad November (see below). But, it is also the month of our Christmas tree cutting tradition. We had a nice outing last year. This year may have been even better!

Here's Julie in 16 inch (41 cm) of fresh powder. She has her saw and is hunting for a grand Grand Fir. It's tough work because the trees are so snow covered it is difficult to see if they will be good Christmas trees.

News and Notes

• Dave joined Tomoko and Dan in Galesburg for the Thanksgiving holiday. They report having had a good time, but they obiously didn't have enough to do. If you are familiar with our October Web page, then see their parody of that page.

  

  This portrait shows the Web Masters with their laptop computer, probably thinking up new ways to have fun at our expense.

• The weather in Seattle during November was terrible, as our rain chain proves.

  

  We set a record for the rainest month since record keeping began (1891). Almost 16 inches (41 cm), which may not seem like much for a place that is famous for rain. But, remember that our rain usually falls as mist. We also had a week of freezing temperatures and snow. This is also unusual for people who normally spend a mild winter under a cloud blanket near the ocean.

• We need to show one more picture of this year's Christmas tree cutting party.

  

  This is Brian Paradee, our grandnephew, exubrantly racing out to the place where we will build our bonfire. His excitment is obvious from the flying snow. A few minutes later he discovered that the powder was so fluffy, he could fall face-first into the snow!

Directory of Pages

Recent Pages ...
Wedding	Tomoko & Dan Celebrate Their Marriage, 1 page
Fishing + Fire	When the fish don't bite, we watch the fire, 1 page
Cutting Trees	Our family meets in MT on US Thanksgiving, 1 page
Tee Shirts	Help us fill out our World Tour tee shirt archive, 1 page
Garden Tour	Join the tour with Takashi Kawamoto, 1 long page
Solid Gold ...
Shanghai	The most populous country's most populous city, 4 pages
Antipasti	Julie & Shelley reveal their recipe, 1 page
Garden News	Moss, compost & building the garden paths, 1 page
The Gates	A quick trip to NYC to see Christo's Gates, 1 page
Haida Gwaii	Exploring Canada's Queen Charlottes Is, 4 pages
Freedom Trail	Tour of Western US in our red Jeep, 5 pages
'Round the World	The 2001/2002 sabbatical, 43 pages