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Wow, we had a “super duper good” breakfast here:

I’m telling you, Apple Peddlers feeds you well and feeds you big.

I ordered their Denver Omelet:

What you see of the omelet is half of what I got! I didn’t move it from where the “remains” sit…and what I ate went clear over to the edge of the plate nearest you.

I didn’t have room for quite all the omelet. The pancakes were left over, except I peeled off the crispy edge of the top one. I like crispy pancake edges.

For only $8.55 — Delicious!

Updated at 7:33 am on January 29: I should have said, we were driving that red Ford Explorer. It belongs to Luke and LaVay. But it could belong to you. It’s for sale.

Well, we came over yesterday morning.

And we were hoping to go home this afternoon.

But we’ve got this:

The forecast this morning was for 1-2 inches of snow here. 🙄 Lo and behold, we have 4-6 inches here at Luke and LaVay’s…with more falling.

And there’s bound to be more on Highway 26 past Mount Hood.

What’s it going to be like there! 😯

I definitely don’t want to drive in this…and I certainly don’t want to drive on this:

I like snow. Especially when I’m at home. And especially when I don’t have to drive in it…especially if I have to chain up…and chains are required in the Mt. Hood area.

Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!! 😥

Oh well. 😀

Remember: click the images for a larger version

I saw this in the Molalla (Oregon) Safeway parking lot in the 11:00 o’clock hour this morning:

Is that a global warming statement?

Is it a message for bears or for Al Gore?

Maybe you ought to call that number and ask.

😀

Yesterday afternoon we had two helicopters working here for about an hour or so.

(Click the images to see them in twice the size.)

The top image does feature two helicopters, both of them from Panhandle Helicopters Inc.

We have another “hint” of Christmas when this is about our place:

Our landlord grows Christmas trees. They’re hauled out of the fields by helicopter. The drop-off area is right out our living room window. The picture above was taken about two hours ago. The helicopter pilot is getting his bearings before starting to haul trees.

Here he comes in for his first landing here of the season:

Apparently he had to wait for the tree cutters to get enough done before he could start hauling. (That’s our back porch, our driveway, and a friend’s car.)

OK, here comes the first load!

That’s shot through our living room window, as is this of him coming in for his first refueling:

And here’s a zoomed-in photo, also taken from our living room:

We’ll have some noisy days for several weeks now. But it’s very fascinating (and exciting and special) to watch.

Helicopters are so neat.

Oh, these guys are Panhandle Helicopter Inc (from Idaho). Safe flying, guys!!

And a work of art, too.

Our oldest granddaughter Juli turned five last week.

Our middle daughter Dora saw a cake photo in a magazine. So on Friday she used the photo, her own imagination, a bunch of ingredients, and at least two hours of her life.

The result:

A very good job, I dare say, especially for one who has taken no lessons to do such stuff.

PS: A bunch of us ate a bunch of it last night.

As usual, clicking the image will take you to one twice the size.

Licking the cake didn’t have the same effect. Well, I assume it wouldn’t have. I didn’t actually try it.