And a Happy Thanksgiving to all my fellow Canadians too! Love that extra day off to work in the garden. Thank you, Devon and Carla, from all of us, for your good wishes. And of course, we have roses for the table! Judith

Thank you rhizo, and other American posters! I wonder if you could give me your opinion on this. When I'm listening to Americans (on t.v.) discuss what they did for Thanksgiving and for Christmas, it seems as if more people make Thanksgiving their bigger gathering, if they can't do the same for both. In Canada, I feel as though Christmas is more often the 'bigger' holiday to get together. I'd say we also have more huge shopping sales around Christmas, than Thanksgiving. Anyone care to share which holiday meal they tend to celebrate more, with others?

Thank you, it was a happy turkey day!

Thank you for your good wishes, folks. Our thoughts are with the folks of southern Manitoba, where a major storm, including snow and high winds, so serious and widespread that the premier has called a state of emergency, necessitating calling in skilled help from neighbouring provinces and Minnesota to help clear snow and downed trees and power lines: tens of thousands without power, they report. People were advised to avoid travel. ----------------- I'm extra thankful, for I was having trouble with words reduplicating, was dragged back to the head of the thread 3 or 4 times, then to Google offering several links twice, couldn't get back, started the story again, then to be told that I was going incognito. I decided that I must write one sentence, then post and come back to edit. Then I hit the button to show all that I had open, found the latest edition of my story, opened it, came back ... hit "Submit" ... and here I am ... ... editing! ole joyful