We headed to the mountains for Thanksgiving, holeing up in a cabin for the long weekend. A fire crackled every day, all day long. We ate. We tromped through the woods.
Louise and I don’t get to see our dad as much as we’d like, but it’s nice to see how we’re still very much his daughters, despite the distance, despite growing older. The three of us took our cups of coffee—all black—for a morning hike. I don’t know many other people who’d set off to scramble up rocks and ford mountain streams with a porcelain coffee mug in one hand. But we all did, heading out the door without giving it a second thought. 
I reignited a long-standing love affair with the textures of moss and lichens, gathered up pinecones and acorns (to explain to my 3-year-old step-nephew: “These are oak tree seeds, and these are Christmas tree seeds…”), and read a ’90s essay by Joan Didion.
And when I got bored with that, Louise entertained me with her newest tricks. 
Family, food, mountains, lichens, books, and the coolest little sister: I have a lot for which to be grateful. Hope you had a good holiday, too.
Monday, 28 November 2011 | 8 comments
Oh my goodness, I love everything about this. Especially the tromping!
Your holiday looks so lovely! gotta love thanksgiving. :)
Anne: I love a good tromp :)
Amanda: Thanksgiving is one of my favorites! Looks like your holiday was nice, too.
I just stumbled into this beautiful blog via twitter (I think). It’s like discovering an art gallery tucked inside a cookbook nestled in a journal.
I think that’s the nicest thing anyone’s ever said about The Yellow House. Thanks so much, Cynthia. I’ll be smiling for awhile because of that one :)
I like how you do holidays. And mosses! And lichens! Such beauty.
A friend of mine doesn’t understand why I like to carry my tea mug on lakeside walks. Small joys.
And the comment above? So perfect. x
Glad there’s someone else out there that would put exclamation points after the word “lichens”!
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