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 We're getting there anyway! Sorry about yesterday, I just had more on my plate than expected and I needed to focus more elsewhere, but I didn't want to leave you guys hanging again! Here are some random photos from the past few days. Stuck at the train for a sunset on Mt. Rose An old favorite that was above the front door in my house growing up, so it comes along to the new. Just sitting on the porch. We're also pupsitting for my cousin - they're all good boys.

  Finally!  Last year's first snow was more than a month before this day.  I'm counting snowfall in the valley, not in the mountains. Backyard.

  An old ornament of my Grandma's, European made. Pa's Cub Scouts ornament. An old favorite of mine - I think it's from 1989. One I bought for Hubby on our first Christmas. And my mom got us a Christmas cactus.

On the right is a vase holding my bouquet, as well as every other rose Hubby has ever given me.  I love dead roses almost as much as I love fresh ones! Feel free to share a photo of something random in your home!!

Yes, it's Halloween, but it's also Nevada Day - and I'm Battle Born and Raised, as we say. We are one of few states that made a legal holiday of our statehood - the "bank holiday" was last Friday.  We went to a brewery launch for Battle Born Brew. On this day in 1864, Nevada became the 36th state in the Union - it was done in part to secure reelection for Lincoln, and so the process was rushed and allowed even though we didn't have enough residents at the time.  Our constitution was drafted and sent via telegraph (rather than Pony Express) to ensure quickness. In the end, Lincoln's win didn't even need Nevada. Mining not only helped establish the borders of the state, but fueled the economy and population growth. The theme of Nevada Day this year is our counties - Pershing became our 17th county in 1919, so they're celebrating 100 years.  Washoe was one of the original counties established in 1861, and Reno itself was o