Snow!
When I woke up yesterday morning, there was a wonderful coat of white snow covering everything. As soon as it got dark, the snow started coming down. We took Juneau for a walk in it, which he loved, of course. He is truly in his element in this weather. I think it's the one time he isn't too hot in his fur coat! We took him to the field to run around in the snow, and came back covered in it (and quite cold!). All last night the snow came down, and when I woke up today there was over 6 inches on the ground! It's awesome seeing so much snow! If it's going to be cold it might as well be snowy!
Apparently winter is finally here. I love how the snow blankets everything and makes everything still and calm. Hopefully we can go snowboarding this weekend and enjoy the fresh powder! :)
Tofurky Day
This Thanksgiving was the first I've spent with Seneca, and also our first totally vegetarian organic Thanksgiving feast. We made Tofurky, mashed potatoes and corn gravy, steamed veggies, zucchini bread, hot spiced cider, and to top it all off, we made pumpkin pie from scratch. Granny would've been proud—I scooped out the pumpkins and Seneca made the crust, I even toasted the pumpkin seeds afterwards. :) It was a delicious meal! Seneca and I stayed home for the feast, and shared it with our pets and 2 other dogs we were watching for our friends. So we had Juneau ("the wolf"), Walrus (yes, that's really her name), and Jonah Bear (who is about the size of a bear), plus Maya. I like to say we spent Thanksgiving with a wolf, a bear, and a walrus. :) And someone in the house did get turkey; the dogs had some turkey dog food. They are carnivores after all...
Last night we had a leftovers potluck and tonight we're going to a friend's house for more leftovers and poker. The leftovers are half the fun of Thanksgiving! :) Yesterday (Black Friday) was
Buy Nothing Day, so while most Americans were out crowding the malls (I heard on the news that an old man was trampled and overzealous Wal-Mart shoppers were maced by an off-duty cop), we refrained from consumerism and stayed home instead. I did give in and buy my way into a show last night, but at least I supported a local band, not a Wal-Mart.
Speaking of Wal-Mart, after finally winning a battle to add a Wal-Mart Super Center to Pullman (8 miles away), the greedy corporation wants to add one here in Moscow, and move their current store to a bigger location so they can turn the other side of town into a desolate strip mall. I need to go see that new movie,
Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Prices. They're sexist, harmful to small businesses, and don't offer health care to over half their employees, this I already know. But I'm sure the movie shows even more about the dark forces of Wally World. :)
I'm enjoying the 4-day weekend so far, I think today is a good time to clean out the car, take the dogs for a walk, and maybe go get some weather stripping for underneath the back door. You know, the regular Saturday afternoon chores and such... It's getting damn cold here, but no snow yet! I'm hoping for a good snowboarding season. :)
Labels: holidays, vegetarianism/animal rights
It's getting colder...
... and the days are shorter. It's almost depressing. By the time I'm off work it's dark out. I love fall, but you certainly have to get up early to enjoy it! I've taken a lot of
photos of fall leaves, sunsets, etc. from our regular hikes.
Halloween was quite the weekend! My friends and I dressed up as a band of Merry Pranksters and went to a concert on Friday to see Chubbs Toga (a friend's band). On Halloween night I went to my friend Natalia's house. We had a drum circle, costumes, a potluck, and even got to see Hallie and Natalia spin fire. I can't believe it's already November! Wow, how time flies!
