Thanksgiving '09 @ Madhu/Calvins

Kamala made the whole two day affair seem easy! There were 24 people for dinner Thanksgiving, and about 35 for dinner on Friday night. It was a good celebration. More pictures on my flickr site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/34008016@N05/

the starlings of Rome

Nicola Caiola April 6, 1926- November 20, 2009

Some good news

Colum McCann wins National Book award for fiction

A Good Week in NYC

Sara went to Rome to see her father, and I had the good fortune to go to NY and spend the week with the kids. For me, it was an active and rewarding week.

On Wed. they erected trees on Park Ave. Both pictures are on the way to the park playground.

It's sunrise season.

Warning

Don't open links on e-mails you may have received from me-possible virus.

Nice weekend

Susi preps the timpani.

We had a lovely weekend with Noah and Hannah both home. We all went to Susi's concert and dinner. Then Dad, Mom and I went to the ROS concert, which featured some really lovely Brahms. Sunday Mom left for NYC, I attempted a lot of math and accomplished a little, we washed windows, Ashwani widened the path for winter and prepped his Thanksgiving responsibilities--chicken curry and rajma.

Fall

I took this picture way in back on the last day before hunting season opened. Lately Buster and I have been walking on the road or driving to the park. Even though I'd prefer to own the land myself, I do enjoy the trails our "new" neighbor maintains.
Other news: Local Democrats were trounced, of course. We went out in old costumes for Halloween and mostly socialized--not much candy gathered. Susi is playing in Jr. High Area All_state this weekend. She's timpanist to the orchestra. Noah is coming home for the weekend. Ashwani spent several days in Worcester, MA as a consultant in a hospital merger. Hannah survived her engineering midterm. Jo is thinking about getting her permit.

Halloween

the hunter, the wolf and little red riding hood

The hunter shoots the banjo player

We had a fun Halloween, went over to Allison and Colum's house as usual.