Fingers Crossed --- Days 13/342 & 343

Walks: Hood 

Distances: 5 miles, 3.75 miles

Today Ciwt has her fingers crossed for these things:

Many of her neighbors call these installers and deck their homes with lots of festive lights

Her neighborhood holiday decorations get quite a bit more elaborate, 

And the amaryllis her friend sent her will stay alive and bloom like mad

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Refinished and Warm --- Day 13/341

Walk: SFMOMA

Distance: 4.5 miles

When Ciwt moved into her new place, the outside wooden doors were weathered dark brown, dry, sad.

But now they look warm, golden and handsome like the front doors. 

Small Beginnings --- Days 13/339 & 340

Walks: Hood

Distances: 3.5 miles

The Winter Holiday Month begins with small neighborhood decorations:

Red and Welcoming --- Day 13/338

Walk: Presidio

Distance: 4 miles

HAPPY THANKSGIVING --- Day 13/337

Walk: Presidio

Distance: 4 miles

Have a delicious Thanksgiving meal

and a nice nap afterwards

Love, Ciwt (aka many years ago Pooh)

Possible Contest on the Horizon --- Day 13/336

Walk: Hood

Distance: 5 miles

So on her neighborhood walk today Ciwt caught sight of someone working on Christmas! house decorations.  And...as she walked further she saw a couple of other houses decked out for the upcoming winter holidays.

This is good and surprising news.  If it keeps up after Thanksgiving tomorrow, we may have quite a Neighborhood Winter Holiday Home Decorating Contest coming up!

No Expectations --- Day 13/335

 Walk: Hood, T. Joe's

Distance: 4.5 miles

Kieran Culkin and Jesse Eisenberg 

So hearing there was an actual, grown up movie in town, Ciwt went out in the rain to check it out.  She had no idea what it was about and no expectations except that Jesse Eisenberg would be his usual hyper/ compelling and Kieran Culkin would likely be excellent.  That is the way she suggests her readers go, and chances are they will find themselves, like Ciwt,  increasingly caring about the two characters and thoroughly enjoying the chemistry between the two lead actors.  And, yes, Kieran is every bit as outstanding as he was in his Succession Emmy winning performance.  

California Dreaming --- Days 13/332, 333 & 334

Walks: SFMOMA, Vogue Theater (A Real Pain), Housebound, Quick Hood in Light rain

Distances: 7 miles, 2/3 mile around home, 1.5 miles quickly around hood

So, from time to time Ciwt thinks "All I want is a little cabin in Alaska."  Then San Francisco gets its first big storm of the winter season, and she huddles inside thinking "Thank goodness I don't live in Alaska."