A Touch of Christmas and Wildlife Safari

One of the traditions established by Daughter Mary Mae's children every year at Thanksgiving is to decorate Christmas swags for all of the relatives. MM gave this year's to my Brother Pat who delivered it to us when he brought our mail to Sister Sherry's in Touchet. I hadn't had a chance to take a picture of this year's swag until this morning (turn your head for the best admiring!):



Auntie Violet always preens a bit when she acquires her Christmas swag:

This morning we drove the Toad back north up to the Safari Game Park near Roseburg. We toured it last May when we were in the area and had really enjoyed it. This time of year it is not nearly as nice. The animals are pretty active, but many of them are not out at all. The admission price allows you to drive through the park twice, but today we decided once was enough.

We stopped at the Post Office in Canyonville on the way and picked up a nice fat box of forwarded mail from Mary Mae. She can pack more into once of those flat-rate boxes than anyone else I know!