Doug's Project 365

This is a picture of my open sunroof.  I kept it open all the way home tonight.  Why? Because as I am typing this it is STILL 60 degrees outside, and at commute time it was even warmer.  Of course, it’s supposed to snow on Saturday.

There was some meeting in my office today (in which I was not involved, thankfully) for which they ordered lunch.  I guess it was cheaper to get a Party Pack from our local Falafel King than to do individual orders.  But it was enough food to feed an army — the rest of us chowed down on the leftovers — stuffed grape leaves, falafel balls, salad, and of course hummus.  Have you ever seen 5 pounds of hummus in one container before?

It was good too — made right there in the store.

One month to go!  I’ve posted a picture a day for 11 months now.

Two weeks ago, I complained that Quincy had put its Christmas decorations up too soon.  Well now I’m not complaining; they look great at night from my office window. 

I promised a picture of my Christmas Thanksgiving Cactus when it was blooming.  Well here you go.

Lis and I took advantage of the good weather today to do some geocaching near home, the first we’ve done since moving.

While out, we ran across this old, almost completely overgrown, park bench in the woods.  I have no idea why it was allowed to fall into disrepair — without the saplings, the view from this spot would be lovely.

Today was a day of relaxing and minor chores around the house, like putting up this mesh (brought home by Lis) at the top of our stairs to keep our blind cats from plummeting 2 stories to their deaths. 

We had been using a folded cardboard box for this purpose, but this is (marginally) more attractive.

Lis’s mom stayed with us last night after Thanksgiving festivities, and Winnie was nice enough to make herself available for skritching this morning.

Here we have the turkey, center of most tables throughout America today.  I think most home cooks are justifiably proud of their accomplishment — roasting such a large creature is not easy — but I like to think ours was among the better examples.

I took half a day off today and did as much prep for Thanksgiving tomorrow as I could.  In this picture you can see that the two kinds of stuffing are ready to go, as is the quart of turkey stock (which will itself mostly go into the stuffing).

This morning, when workers dropped ropes & cables down the outside of my building, it startled me a bit.  But when they hoisted a platform and started using power tools and what sounded like a dentist’s drill right outside, I was glad for the noise-cancelling headphones.