Hornucopia Thanksgiving

We were blessed with a beautiful sunset sky at our stop in Meridian, MS as we followed the storm front from home to Julie and Tony's.

We enjoyed having lunch at school with John and Christopher.

John read a bedtime story to Ada and Christopher.

Arthur seemed to like the house we stayed in for our Thanksgiving gathering.

Mark enjoys reading to Ada and Arthur.

Of course, we had the traditional Cream Chipped Beef breakfast - at least once.

Happy stair climber.

One enjoyable outing was a hike at a nearby YMCA area.

Hitting the trail.

Bridge over the creek.

There was a fun activities area with a giant see-saw. With enough sticks and logs, the two younger hikers balanced out.

Everyone got in the act.

Jenny walked the tight-rope setup... with a little help.

Stalwart hikers.

Happy hikers.

After the hiking, and lunch, there were some new games in the driveway.

Score keeping - who got the most bags in their bucket!

A Bit of Computer History

(1) The world's first Web Page:

The home page for Tim Berners-Lee's project proposal for the World Wide Web:

http://info.cern.ch/hypertext/WWW/TheProject.html

(Interesting that it is still out there, basically unchanged from 1989.)

(2) The first movie promotion web sites.

"Space Jam"

http://www.warnerbros.com/archive/spacejam/movie/jam.htm


"You've Got Mail":

http://youvegotmail.warnerbros.com/


Note that this blog greatly resembles (1)!

By and Large

It's a nautical term! Who knew.

http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/by-and-large.html

GrandGirls For A Day

We were all surprised to see a trolley bus in front of the house across the street. It was there to pick up a wedding group who are staying there.

We all got in some quality device-time.

... and some swinging sword battles.

Papa Murphy's provided dinner.

It's acorn season, so we gathered some of the crop as a treat for the local squirrels. (You know what they say about the blind squirrel...  :)

In order to enhance training for swing-swordsmanship, we decided to construct a practice dummy. Of course, it had to be properly dressed, and decorated.

Ready for training!

Bed time was wrapped up with Berenstain Bears and Winnie the Pooh. A good ending to a great day!

Doggy Door ... And Other Things

Rainy Day Roast

We had a rainy day, so the obvious thing to do was go out for a walk. Ada is suited up and ready to go.

 Arthur, not so ready.

 Ready to walk up the hill to Tyntesfield, for Sunday roast. (The rest of us came by car...)

The roast was very good. Ada, in the Horn tradition, is hiding from the camera. Mark is coming down with a cold.

Tyntesfield is an 18th century estate that is now a National Trust site. The house and grounds are available for touring, and the 'show barn' is used as a cafe and gift store. It is about half a mile from J&M's house, up a steep hill.

Around the House

Ada shows off her Clemson outfit.

On Saturday, we were pleased that Nanny came to visit. We all did Grammie things together.

 Mark and Arthur ate breakfast.

 Mark's Dad worked on remodeling the garden greenhouse which is becoming Mark's home office.

 Arthur played with drawers. Thankfully, he has learned to keep his fingers clear.

 Arthur got a traditional basket ride.

 He operates the radio controlled car. For some reason, he can get it to go. Pa cannot.

Arthur likes the  former doggy door opening in the door between the kitchen and sunroom.

A Day At The Beach

We met Grandad Carl and Grammy Kate at the pier in Weston-Super-Mare.

First up - a donkey ride!

 Running under the pier with cousin Lola.

 Arcade fun.

 Ada and Dad played Grammy Kate a game of air hockey.

 The arcade had this crazy ride built on a full-size industrial robot.

 It was crazy! (The girl in the ride is upside down and spinning at this moment...)

 Snack.

 Ice cream!

 Arthur didn't get to go to the beach, so he did dishes.

 Wheel barrow ride. Arthur seemed a bit unsure about the idea.

 Ada got a ride, too.

 "Something is up there... I'm sure of it!"