Thanksgiving 2011

Brian and I have had an incredible week here at the Lake. We decided to stay up all week, as I only had 2 days to work and he could work from here. He had to travel north to Virginia Beach, so the Lakehouse was actually closer than home. Commuting 70 miles was not exactly a piece of cake, but doing it for only 2 days wasn't a problem. The good thing was I could have gone to the house in Wake Forest and stayed if I really wanted.

We have had great weather and have been clearing and burning leaves most of the week. It makes both of us feel good to get the place looking beautiful. I plan to take some photos later today. We've still got a few things to do. Then I want to get the holiday decorations up.

I've managed to run/jog/walk quite a bit, even though I'm not exactly on the running schedule I kept for the past year. Finally, feeling a little better with the bronchitis. Hopefully, it is on it's way out.

I put up the bird feeder and we have been enjoying the little birds. Today we had Cardinals, Bluejays, Juncos, Carolina Chickadees, Carolina Wrens and Titmice plus the 4 crows that like to squawk and terrorize the area early in the morning. Thankfully, it has not attracted the geese! We also have been enjoying the water birds. A loon has been frequenting the cove and he was actually calling yesterday. The coots are working the hydrilla and we have had a number of ducks and geese, some traveling through.