Grandpa, Boston, Tom and Wesley Hike Down the Creek on Saturday

Our first priority was to get walking sticks from the brush and trees along the creek.  Notice Boston's coon skin  hat just like Davey Crockett's

The boys playing in the water

There was much to discover during out walk

The boys scrambling up the creek bank

Tom and Wes on the railroad bridge

The old leader of the Saturday trek

Cheryl and Company Decorated the Christmas Tree on the Friday After Thanksgiving

This is Cheryl's "German Feather Tree".   The boughs are made from goose feathers.  It looks like an old fashioned Christmas tree from Germany.

Grandpa Downs and William Otto Parson

Otto at three months old and grandpa at 69 years old.

Wesley James and Grandpa Downs Go For A Walk Down The Creek on Thanksgiving Day

Wes and Summit Creek...Quiet and beautiful walk

Wes took this picture of Grandpa Downs at Forrester Acres

Wesley on the train bridge crossing Summmit Creek

Wesley navigating the tracks and cattle guard.  Not many of these cattle guards remain on the train tracks today.

Wesley's home along Summit Creek

Wesley James Downs

This is the first time we have had an outside fire on Thanksgiving.  Tom and Tess are playing in the fire (their mom and dad are not around) along with Grandpa.

Mr. Squirrel Downs Likes Sunflower Seeds

Here is Mr. Squirrel running down the tree after filling his cheeks with seeds.  He takes them to a tree next door to store for winter.  You can see that we have spiked the sunflower heads to the tree.  We have more to put on the tree when the seeds from these two have been tucked away.

Here is Mr. Squirrel climbing up the tree to his seeds.

Look  closely and you can see Mr. Squirrel picking seeds from the sunflower and packing them in his cheeks.

Pumpkins and Kids

The Downs kids from Idaho are ready for Halloween.  Hadlee, Avery, Quincy and Abby.

The Benson kids from Pleasant Grove.  Tom, Tess, and Izzy plus three orange faced people I do not know.

Fatty Finn and Fable

Fatty

Fatty is the larger male and Fable is the runt of the litter and a little girl kitty.

 

I no longer leave my Mt. Dew out on the patio..it disappears.

Fatty exploring in the Arctic Willows

Autumn in Smithfield was Beautiful this Year!

Some of the leaves that need to be hauled away this fall.

Early in the morning in October.

Summit Creek just a bit west of Matt's home.

Summit Creek in Autumn

The Great Wall of Grayson and Kristen

Gray is leveling the ground before we start laying the block.

The pallet of block that were used in the retaining wall.

A couple of chumps we talked into helping build the wall.  Max and Carter were very precise and helpful.

The Crew.

The finished retaining wall.  Gray will level out in front and backfill behind the wall toward the road.

Friends from Scotland and their Halloween

Katie Goodall as a scary witch on Halloween in Inverness Scotland

Katie does her own preparing for Halloween

Isla Goodall as a vampire princess form Invernesss

Some More Halloween Pictures

 

 

 

Warlock Chad and his Bear Companion 

  

The two grandmas witches

 Buckskin Jack

 He (Sullivan) arrived in a gnome mobile


Let me know if I have missed anyone....Dad