Todays Thanksgiving Quote

"Fortune was not a house full of gold and jade, but something much more".

From Where the Mountains Meets the Moon by Grace Lin
This months selection from the Intergenerational Book Club that I participate in.

Note: Didn't love the book but the cover fits the book well.

Cann't see the leaves

This spring when we put in the new patio and took out the tree that was leaning on the garage - we put in two ginkgo trees.  I know you are supposed to plant native trees but I always loved the leaves of the tree and was pleased when the landscape person suggested two of them.

I was surprised that the tree dropped all its leaves in one day versus the other trees on the block taking weeks.

But I can no longer enjoy them on the ground since they are now covered in snow.

Twenty Years Ago Yesterday

I find it hard to believe that it has been that long.  I meant to write this yesterday but couldn't bring myself to start.  Twenty years ago yesterday my mom died - 1999.  I remember she was real concerned about the hysteria that some of the TV stations were warning with the millennium.  Every time I came over she asked if she had to be concerned - I always said no.  But then she would say that she might not make it and she didn't.

I still feel - "like a motherless child".  Don't know if you ever get over that.