Winter Waterfall

Hi there, thanks for stopping by! :-)  Yesterday I volunteered at Multnomah Falls with my younger sister, Denise.  It was my turn to get our mochas at the coffee cart, so I put in my order and then hiked up to the viewing platform.  Most of the leaves are off the deciduous trees and bushes.  There has been plenty of rain so the falls were gushing and the water was crashing down.  The air was moist, with the drizzling rain and the mist from the falls.

It was cold too, not one person was on the bridge in this shot.  The mosses and ferns are lush and green. 

I worked on my holiday afghan while we helped visitors with their travel plans.  There were people there from India and from Long Island, NY, and many other places. 

When it got dark early at 4:30 pm, we began to close the Visitors Center and headed out to our cars at 4:45.  I snapped this shot of the lodge lit up for the holidays.  

Our house is crazy for the last two days.  Our insurance company sent a cleaning crew to wash the walls and ceilings from the kitchen fire.  Lo and behold, they are also going to paint all the ceilings and walls with 2 coats of paint!  You would not believe what they do!  The lady took every single thing out of our cabinets and washed them and the inside of the cabinets and put everything back.. in a much more organized way than when she took them out!  Today 4 people were here - they removed the new microwave and pulled out the new stove and cleaned and sealed behind them and put them back in.  They are washing all our walls upstairs and down the halls!  She is even taking all the spices out of my spice rack and cleaning the rack and all the jars of spices.  She is taking everything off the counters and cleaning them.  Amazing!

But needless to say, our Christmas decorating has come to a screeching halt.  So, I have no new pretties to show you today.  I'll have to get my xmas decor jollies from you all! :-)

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((hugs)), Teresa :-)