Thanksgiving Day

We cel- ebrated thanks- giving day with Andy and Tara yesterday. We are so fortunate.

Today Jim brought over Volume one of his Mascot books. It is just excellent. It will be a collectors item in no time. He has done his own photography, research, editing and has a production cost for the printing to try to recover. He has 2000 copies in the first editon. Soft cover and some very elegant paper. It is very well thought out and put together, all on 'word'. Volume 2 is finished and ready to go, but he wants to recover some of his costs before going incurring more publishing costs.
Sheila picked up her black bamboo a couple of days ago. Hope it grows for her.
I got 40 more crocuses planted, 2 lilies (in pots, outside) double snowdrops (by the roses), 2 giant alliums (front), Daffodils, tulips, hyaciths (beside driveway) and a small heather with Autumn color, all planted a couple of days ago. I have more cleaning up to do yet. There was an animal in the pond again, knocking down edging rocks. Tara says she has seen a squirrel back there, and Andy says there is a family of racoons he has seen a few times. Oh well, its nice to have the wildlife active in our garden. I must get out and pick the apples and store them in the garage before we leave on our trip.