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The [almost] full moon rising late this afternoon. I stopped to take pictures of an abandoned house and when I turned to leave, saw the moon.
And yes, the farmers are still working a very late harvest. It's December and there's lots of corn still in the field.
I got the tripod out this evening and shot a couple ornaments off the tree. Well, they are still on the tree, I took pictures!
We've had Old Saint Nick for years, and I always nestle him far inside the tree since he is quite big. He was a gift from my sister, Michele.
Another gift from our friends and neighbors back in Indiana - Jeff and Janine gave us this ornament when we moved away 7 years ago. We don't see them nearly enough.
He's really a S'more snowman and really cute.
That's all I could photograph decently. I've determined that Scott needs to put more lights on the tree, because these guys are really hard to photograph with the limited lighting.
After two months of dormancy, our water garden's recirculating pump is back in business, flowing water over the waterfall, filling the air with the soothing sound of flowing water.
All it took was two trips to the Home Depot, two trips to Lowe's, one trip to the Do It Best Hardware store, numerous calls to the local water garden contractor, research on the internet, and finally, a call to a pond outfit near Atlanta, who gave me the key information I needed to retrofit our new pump into our existing pond system.
The new pump is slightly taller than the old pump, and the pump outlet is 1.5" instead of 2". I bought several reducers, but the piping always ended up being too tall. I didn't know I was supposed to cut off part of the riser piping! So that was the trick. And the water is flowing once again.
The replacement pump is guaranteed to work for three years. After replacing the other model 3 times in 6 years, I certainly hope so.
We waited until today to trim the tree, as Erica had plans Friday afternoon with some friends (she finally saw New Moon, then slept over Jen's house - which means she got no sleep last night).
I only took one picture. Really, this is poorly framed, with lots of noise. I added a texture in an attempt to "cover up" the noise. But here it is:
Erica put on a couple of ornaments before declaring she was too tired (imagine that!), the boys got 80% of the tree covered and I finished up.
Tradition dictates that we go out today to get our tree.
Tradition dictates that we buy the tree at the local Prairie Gardens.
Tradition dictates that I take a picture of the Scott and the kids after we choose the tree.
Tradition dictates that the kids goof off in the store while Scott pays for the tree. 
Tradition dictates that Scott and I anxiously monitor the tree on the top of the vehicle as we drive home from the store. [That's because back in 2002, the tree started to fall off the truck as we drove home. We stopped twice in an attempt to secure the thing better, but it still almost ended up on the road.]
Don't you love Tradition?
Just a smattering of photos from today's Thanksgiving Holiday:
I love the color of cranberries!
Scott pours the kids "wine", aka sparkling grape juice. 
Fun family picture:
Happy Thanksgiving!
Preparations for tomorrow's big day of cooking, eating and most importantly, giving thanks.
Even the dining room table has been cleared (normally it's covered with "stuff").
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