This is probably my last "sit down" sketch of 2021 in the Oakwood nature preserve. Temps are sliding on down there now with daytime highs in the 30s and 40s. If the sun shines...it's not too bad if you dress warm. So we'll see how it goes. Night times we are down in the 20s now and we've had one "cat-tracker" snow. Most of sycamore tree is leafless now. Still some brown and yellow leaves hanging on. The countdown to Thanksgiving today is 5 days. The east coast may get some "real" snow next week.
November is my birthday month and it has been a lovely celebration this year with many cards and calls and emails and dinner out at "The Old Fashion" restaurant on the capital square. The Christmas bell is a reminder of "A Wonderful Life" radio play that my grandson Pat stared in this month! What a nice trip down to Lemont, IL to see the family there. Earlier on the page I celebrated the closing of the cabin for the season and the last leaf walk there along the roadside. And also there is a tiny picture of the Wind Phone that Julie has procured for folks to share their thoughts with anyone they missed talking to. Have you heard of this? Click here. There are several interesting videos about wind phones too. She and friends did a go-fund-me and raised the money to buy a Wind Phone for Madison.
University Oaks celebrates it's residents birthdays with fresh flowers. What a nice thing!
I wish you all a safe and blessed Thanksgiving.
We'll be down in Lemont again with my son's family.
