October Birthdays: Mom & Lys

My mom's birthday occurs (usually) when my dad is off elk hunting. This year was no different. We celebrated with cake and presents just before he left. Dad made spaghetti and the cake. Sometimes we forget he really can cook!

A week later, we celebrated Lys' birthday with pumpkin ice cream cake from Cold Stone. 

Walnuts!

Once upon a time my father brought home an English walnut seedling. It was bird planted off of my grandparents' tree. That little seedling grew up over the next 30+ years and every year at this time it drops nuts. Lots of nuts.

Walnuts are messy and they require some work. On Sunday, Mom and I gathered, washed and put out to dry almost 6 gallons of walnuts. They were added to the stash my parents had already gathered. And this will keep going for a another week or two. Luckily, the family likes walnuts, and Mom will used almost all of them.

Central Oregon

And one last weekend of sun. Our warm Indian summer is over here in Oregon, and the rain blew in. The family spent the weekend in Sisters. We ate our last meals alfresco, and played in shirt sleeves.

I am Franklin....

I'm particiapting in a 31 day Monster Smash event. Smash books are a new memory keeping thing. You can buy special Smash Books, but I made my own out of a composition book, some ribbon and duct tape, the pretty colorful rolls.

Anyway, this creative endeavor is posted on Kristin's blog. One of the challenges was to discover which Peanuts character is most like you. You can find the quiz here. Bottom line, I am most like Franklin. Who knew?