Fall fell ...

The above picture is not our tree(s) (I copped it off of the web)...but our sugar maple in the front is starting to look a little like this. I blew leaves off of the porch and driveway but more leaves have fallen now. Lila just told me on the phone that the city is back working on our neighbors' sidewalks. I sent a card to my brother for his 60th birthday. I called Mom on Sunday afternoon. She is well. I fell off of my "reduced-portions" diet this weekend but am (hopefully) back on it today. Great Depression II has still yet to arrive ... but we are waiting. Election news grinds on. I'll probably vote for the losers. KU, K-State, KC, and NY Jets (Brett Favre) all lost football games this weekend... BUT... St. Louis, and Chicago teams won. Ryan, Lila, Mark & I watched "American Carol" on Friday and then played Clue and strange card game on Saturday night.

Covered Bridge Festival Trip

* Great weekend - we camped with Jim and Linda in Indiana and attended the Covered Bridge Festival.
* We also drove by a windfarm (http://www.windaction.org/news/8577).
* Lila got to see a wildlife refuge on the Kankakee River that her dad helped found.
* Mark stayed home an came down with a bit of a cold.
* Lila got to shop at the Jewel supermarket in Normal and bought some Avanti sandwiches to take home.

Phone pix ...

* I just bought a cable to download pix & vids from my cell phone.



Here is LCW at Washington Park this summer.








Here is a video of LCW feeding the ducks at the park.



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