Thursday, November 18, 2021

Time For Thankfulness


We went grocery shopping today. I have almost everything I need now for Thanksgiving dinner. Even though a bought a small turkey earlier, I bought another one today, because it was free. Yep, I spent enough to get a free turkey, which is be the Christmas turkey. Seems fair since I paid full price for the first one, concerned as I was that they might be in short supply. 

I decided to decorate my table with pumpkins this year instead of having to go back out to get fresh flowers to arrange. Pumpkins are fun. 
 

The orange Thanksgiving cactus is blooming too. 

We got a lot more cleaning up done outside on Tuesday and I finished more up on Wednesday before going to lunch with friends. 


Sue, Jan, and DeeDee are dear friends that I worked with at McMicken Elementary School. We go way back. Jan invited us to lunch at her retirement complex. I had to feature that table in my photo because it's such a beautiful live edge slab and is made from a tree that was taken down on the campus. 

The afternoon was fading when I got home and got caught up, but I needed a walk, so out I went for my mile plus walk in the neighborhood under a beautiful late afternoon sky.


Rain will return for a bit this afternoon, but nothing serious this time. Northwest Washington and Southern British Columbia got hit hard and they will have a hard time recovering from devastating flooding. 

We who escaped count our blessings. 

12 comments:

  1. What a beautiful table, with wonderful retired educators! The lunch table is really stunning! That was a big tree. Nice to have it's local history. Linda in Kansas

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  2. That is a beautiful table indeed. And I do like your pumpkin decorations. I feel fortunate not to live too close to any streams or water sources here in Bellingham. We escaped because of a slight elevation where I live.

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  3. That is a beautiful table! Good for you getting all ready for Thanksgiving dinner!

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  4. It's very dry here. I wish a little of your rain would cross the mountains and swing back and hit the Rockies here.

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  5. Love the decorations and turkey, although I have never prepared one. I've always eaten it at other people's homes. One of these days, I'll do so! I'm glad the rain isn't around to stay. Today was very wet here though. Hope that NW WA and southern BC can repair their damage soon. Vancouver is in a real predicament.

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  6. When I saw the news about your area I worried about you and Djan. So glad you were mostly spared. Love those pumpkins and how nice to score a free turkey.

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  7. love your pumpkin decor...and your table cloth or mat-very nice...I still need to get a turkey!

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  8. Those two tables are lovely. I like that cactus plant, too. Nice to spend time with old friends.

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  9. Your Thanksgiving table is lovely, and the lunch table is a piece of art. Glad to hear you didn't get the deluge that the other areas did. It's quite a huge mess and will have repercussions for months here in Canada for certain.

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  10. Your table setting with quilt and pumpkins is wonderful!

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  11. Your Thanksgiving Cactus is blooming right on schedule. That table is a wonder!!

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  12. We saw all the terrible flooding hardships north of you. Our cactus has not shown any blooms yet so I guess it will be a Christmas cactus or a New Year cactus. Wow! Two turkeys? That's awesome! Your table setting will be perfect, Linda.

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