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Before we left home, we went to see my surgeon to get the results of the latest MRI. Good news! The tumors are stable which means I have to do nothing until my next MRI in a year. YAY!!

He is NOT spoiled! Well, OK, maybe just a little bit. But he makes us laugh. As Tommy says, “Beagles possess a comical nature.”

This picture was taken with Amanda in mind. I know how much she enjoys a good, roaring fire.

Here’s Bubba with his favorite uncle, Cleg. Cleg and Anne came up and spent a couple of days with us. Tommy worked Cleg–cutting, splitting and toting (in a wagon) firewood from about 1/3 mile up the trail. Anne and I spent a day and a half working on her genealogy. We were pretty successful in finding some of her ancestors. Unfortunately, it was not the line she wanted to work on. Such is the way with genealogy.

While we were working on her lines, I checked some of mine that I hadn’t looked at in a while. Bingo! I found some more information that I’d been looking for. Included in that information was this picture of my 2nd great-grandfather, William Willis Waggener, who died in 1900. I’m not seeing any family resemblance. :)

It rained all day yesterday and all night last night. We’re expecting more rain today until probably mid afternoon. This was our view this morning about 8:00 a.m.

We have some very pretty maple trees in our neighborhood. Wish they were in my yard.

What a great Halloween it was even though we only had 7 trick-or-treaters come by. I wonder when I’m going to learn not to buy so much candy. This year we have extra candy as Tommy and I both bought some.

It was a great day for Tommy though. Georgia Tech beat Vanderbilt and Florida beat Georgia. :)

On the way home from BG last time, we saw the following set up on the side of the road. Of course we had to stop and take some pictures.

And because I want to, I’m sharing a flower picture.

We finally took the time to stop at Whitewater Falls on our way home. The falls, which drop 411 feet, are breathtaking. The top part of the falls are in North Carolina and the bottom are in South Carolina. Absolutely beautiful with the Fall colors!

Irish, Kerry and Terry dressed for Halloween. Pretty cute, huh?

We went up to the Blue Ridge Parkway to see if we could find some Fall color. Much of it high up was gone, but we were able to find some.

We came home with the plan that we would go back up to the Parkway to try and catch a good sunset.

The best sunset color turned out to be out our back (or is it the front?) door!

We decided to go to BG to get some Fall color. I think the trees have already hit their peak, but there’s still some pretty color. This picture was taken about 10:45 a.m.

Two hours later, this is what we’re looking at.

I love taking pictures. :)

Waterfall at the Roswell Mill.

Dahlia bloom in the garden.

We went to a ceremony yesterday at the Thompson Cemetery in Henry County, Georgia. It was to dedicate a new gravestone for Oliver Cox Thompson. Oliver is Tommy’s 2nd great-grandfather who served during the War of Northern Aggression (or the War Between the States or the Civil War–depending on who you talk to). He was a private in Company H, 2nd Georgia Cavalry. This regiment began the war with 631 men. After three years of conflict including replacements, of which Oliver Cox Thompson was one, 18 men answered roll call at the surrender in the Spring of 1865.

The ceremony was performed by the Sons of the Confederacy at the request of my mother-in-law’s cousin Mack.

A few of Oliver’s descendants:

My mother-in-law, Doris, after revealing the new stone.

The old and new gravestones: