It was lovely, and thank you. Our favorite Holiday. I forget how much i like turkey as it is often, for us anyway, once a year. This one from a local farm might be the best we have ever had. Just 9 1/2 lbs and gorgeous.

(i took panorama photos all through prep, lol) Just the two of us for only the second time in 20yrs...

Wow! What a fantastic group and lovely table. You must have a huge dining room. Food sounds wonderful. Glad it was great.

What a lovely table, John. It looks like full plates and good company, the perfect Thanksgiving (other than the absence of your daughter, of course).

sleevendog, I like turkey a lot too, and usually manage to get an extra one at the end of the holidays when there are a few "leftovers". That way I can cook one more in the late spring, I try to make turkey for Thanksgiving, Christmas, Easter and my birthday, but 4 times a year isn't quite enough either. I could revert to those frozen pre-brined breasts but they just aren't the same.

Happy Thanksgiving to you, too, Islay, you could have a turkey sandwich in solidarity with us, LOL. It's my favorite holiday, I don't have to do anything except cook, eat and be thankful, and fortunately, I LIKE to cook!

Annie

Turkey sandwich it is LOL!

It's a shame we only have Christmas. I really love it, but it's so hard to keep the commercial aspect at bay.

It was too bad that Daughter-San was not with us. She sent this plaintive text

"For thanksgiving dinner i had: 2 petit beurre crackers, 1 banana, 1 tbsp DIRT CHEAP peanut butter i found at an "oriental market", 1 piece of mint chocolate"

But I happen to know that just a few days prior she'd been stuffed like a turkey by our friend's grandparents in Narbonne, wave after wave of the best French food, served by a French grandmother who is desolated if you don't eat encore, and then grandmere sent the contents of her refrigerator with the girls as they got on the train to Carcasonne. So I'm thinking a meal of crackers and water was probably quite a relief.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Feeling sorry for John. All the cleanup and dishes to wash. LOL!

dcarch

So, Islay, how was that sandwich? (grin)

Here is my table, not as pretty as John's, but I had "custom" placemats!

Madi, Maci and Bud helped me by making decorations, including placemats. This was "Pilgrims", by Madi:

This one was a turkey, made by tracing handprints. Please note that the owl is saying "how how". He originally said "Ho Ho" and when I said that it needed a "w", well....

And this one was mine, made especially by Madison. It says "Grandma Annie" and it says "Madison" and that's as thankful as I need to be!

They also made turkeys out of battery powered lights and canning jar lids and ribbon, ever so festive...

And so, 4 generations sat at the table, gave thanks for our harvest and our meal and asked for understanding and healing for this great nation of ours.

Happy Thanksgiving.

Annie

Very good, thank you, though not as good as your dinners! Lovely to read of your celebrations.

Oh, and John, tell your daughter I'm sorry about that holiday meal she had, but I'd have felt more sympathetic if you hadn't told me about the French leftovers she got to keep!

Annie