The Holiday with the Big Turkey

the view

We were invited to some friends of Jelte's family for our very first Thanksgiving party this week, so we packed up the car and drove down the scenic California State Route 1 to Dave and Judy in Santa Barbara. The highway is famous for its amazing views, and it did not disappoint but delivered one jaw dropping view after another. Although I admittedly missed some, as I kept my eyes closed in some of the sharp turns!

Pfeiffer Beach

We stopped at Pfeiffer Beach in the Big Sur so Alfie could stretch his legs a little, and it was well worth the extra drive to get there.

Thanksgiving Dinner

Alfie supervised the Thanksgiving dinner preparations, and guarded the room where the turkey was kept until it made its way into the oven. Then he stole a stick of butter from the counter top and finished off with sniffing out a chocolate wrapper from an upstairs room. Luckily he didn't manage to get his paws on the Turkey and we had the most wonderful meal on Thursday.

I know the turkey is in there!

I spent the day after Thanksgiving trying to photograph a hummingbird in Dave and Judy's garden. The sneaky little bird was very protective of his nectar and chased away any other humming bird trying to get near it, which was a lot of fun to watch.

Turkey

In other news

We have now picked up the keys to our new flat in Hayes Valley, but we won't be able to move in until we get access to our furniture. Our furniture has just arrived from its transatlantic cruise from England, New York via the Panama Canal to San Francisco, but it will take another week for it to clear customs so we're still in our corporate flat.

Alfie has just finished his course of antibiotics from the stick incident two weeks ago, so now we're keeping our fingers crossed he will make a full recovery.