Today's Dog, Cat and Pet of the Day are up at last. I fixed Smokey the Cat's archive page so it has his name in the heading as well.

Thanksgiving is always both a difficult day for me, missing Paul and his family members who have died in the time since his death - my mum-in-law and all her brothers - and busy here at the Post Office.

Yesterday was spent preparing for the first major storm of the season, getting building supplies and other tools etc. tucked safely inside or under cover, as today's wet snow up on the hill (I am only at 600ft above sea level here at the Post Office, and it is mostly rain here, but the farm is at 1,640ft.) will freeze into solid ice when the precipitation stops and bitter cold sets in.