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I had promised myself I was not going to over-indulge, but how can you not on Thanksgiving Day? Tomorrow will be my day of atonement with extra laps at the pool, but today it was mimosas at Pam & Bubba’s in the morning, and Thanksgiving dinner at Nancy’s in the afternoon. Great food, fun times, and now I feel like a python that swallowed an elephant.

The Ace Basin Task Force celebrated the 20th Anniversary of the Ace Basin Project this afternoon at the beautiful Willtown Bluff Plantation on Yonges Island. The event saw the gathering of a veritable “who’s who” in the land conservation arena on a local, State and Federal level.The weather was disappointing – cold and rainy, but everything else was first class.

Today was the annual GEL Christmas party – only we combined Thanksgiving and Christmas this year and had it early in the season.The weather held off, there was plenty to eat and drink and I’m told the oysters were the best!Poplar Grove Plantation is a really great place to throw a party.

One minute the leaves are green and attached and next time you look, they’re gone, or brown and barely hanging in there. Oh well, the Spring is pretty.

This afternoon, the Edisto Island Open Land Trust held its annual oyster roast on Sand Creek Farm. It was a beautiful day, the oysters were great and the kids had a great time too.

So its the weekend again and there’s lots to do. It would be really nice to see the sun again …. Maybe tomorrow. However, it’s the season of oyster roasts and Thanksgiving, so maybe not.

It’s been almost a year since I began this, and I will finish the year out, but what began ambitiously as a daily blog degenerated quickly into an (almost) daily blog, and next year will become an occasional blog. It’s been an interesting exercise, and useful for overseas family who like to keep abreast of my activities, but I’ll just have to be better about writing in future! I plan to spare readers (if there are any left) the bland details of my daily grind, and save this space for special trips and events.

I think I could probably teach a class on how to maxx out the hours of a day. Suffice to say that I got a bunch done and I will sleep well tonight – well, maybe. Did a family portrait shoot this morning, finished designing and printing wedding invitations, swam laps, took Logan to TWO parks, cooked dinner for the kids.. Is that all? Feels like it should be a longer list. Anyway, here are a couple pics of Paul, Nicole and Brennan (and dogs.)

So Friday seems to find me at Folly – the instant antidote for the work week. This evening was great – cool and so pretty. Logan had a ball, and I got some good exercise.Later, family and friends got together for dinner, and it was a fun evening – war of the generations, and some payback for the times the kids thought they ruled. This pic is of my crazy kids – Leigh (five foot and not much) giving Matt (six foot something) a piggy back around the kitchen.