Cold Weather!

Well the cold weather came a little earlier than we were hoping it would this year. The kids are still wearing last year's jackets, though they are a little tight (especially Clark's) because we weren't ready for a freeze. We couldn't even find one of Clark's mittens, so he went out the first day with a sock on his other hand and the next day with a pair of his sister's pink mittens.

 The saddest part about a freeze coming two weeks earlier than I hoped was that I spent Veteran's Day harvesting my peppers and tomatoes. Two more weeks would have made a lot of these really beautiful. This is a fall crop of tomatoes that didn't start fruiting until late September. The cantaloupe Clark is holding also would have gotten more ripe, though it wasn't going to get any bigger. *Update* We ate the cantaloupe this morning and it was delicious. Clark also took a bite out of several green tomatoes and hid the remains by wrapping them in his jacket.

Not as lean, never was mean, still a Marine. We were tempted to eat this whole cake by ourselves, but we took a couple of pieces to other Marines in the neighborhood. 

Happy Birthday to all Marines reading this (probably just Opa).