Dear Reader:

These days Thanksgiving transitions into Christmas or at least Christmas trees faster than you can get home from a Thanksgiving weekend.

My pumpkins are still waving at passerby street neighbors as their houses lit up last night with Christmas trees and decorations!

But that is okay because we got to see Highlands and our lodge tree lighting… Christmas came to us there over the weekend.

By now we know Clemson won big and that put a wonderful exclamation mark by out trip last night. In fact we stopped in Clemson and did some Christmas shopping on the way home.

We journeyed to two falls Friday-Dry Falls was right off the highway-Bridal Veils you had to walk down stone steps and there was black ice on several steps but with Tommy’s help I made it there and back safe and sound.

Back home… Rutledge and Lachlan ” manned” up and got their vaccinations and lollipops… while Eloise is getting ready for Christmas attire!

Will have to check in with John and Mandy to see how their holidays were -sure a lot of fun with the exception of that loss to Alabama-what a heartbreaker but also what fortitude-played their hearts out!

So until tomorrow… Goodbye Thanksgiving and pumpkins-welcome Christmas and the Christmas Star!

Today is my favorite day-Winnie the Pooh

A wonderful local legend is revealed between Cashiers and Highlands while driving the curving roads-in certain months ( like November) the sun’s shadows produce outlines of animals … especially the BEAR!

All was so wonderful on our get-away and it ended that way last night as I fixed tomato soup and a hot grilled cheese sandwich! Home Sweet Home!