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Comments (7)Ours was yesterday, Sunday - but still turkeying today. Triple b, it was probably good for you, yet a very sad feeling to take that walk. It must have been hard to do that, and yet have Thanksgiving on the same day. Though I am sure you have lots and lots to be thankful for. As we do not live close to our kids and usually do not even celebrate as we choose to garden instead, this year, I decided, I am ready for turkey so invited two sets of good friends. It turned out wonderfully. We had a glass of Champagne, well, you know "bubbly" - not the real McCoy, to begin with. I was pleased with the turkey and all the trimmings. We are all British ex-pats so we had roast potoates with our turkey. Was pleased with the way dinner turned out. For dessert, I offered pumpkin pie and cream or apple pie and custard! (or both). Unlike north Americans, everyone chose the apple pie and custard. Pumkin still in fridge untouched. So we still have that to look forward to. H mm! After dinner I made special coffees, called them Cafe Canadian, just like Irish coffe but with Rye, Canadian whiskey! Turkey is such good value. Separated it all and had another turkey dinner tonight, the rest is in the freezer for caserolls etc. and made the soup stock. I must sound patheic, but it is a number of years since I have done this. We spend Christmasses at our daughter's on the mainland. I am glad I got the attention of a couple of Cannucks anyway, but I know there are more of you out there. Missing Niecey lately - not seen her around, also Carol, really been thinking about her, she posted so much, then I know she was having a big move from Edmonton to Calgary. That is the last I heard. If you are looking Carol. I do hope all is well and you are settling down nicely. Hugs and cheers to all? Pauline - Vancouver Island....See MoreHappy Canadian Thanksgiving!!
Comments (1)Hope everyone had a good long weekend....See MoreHappy Thanksgiving to all the Canadians
Comments (12)I'm whipping up a dinner for 30 of my closest family members, LOL. We're doing the standard Thanksgiving fare plus some non-traditional family favourites. I've (with a surprising amount of help from my children) already made three pumpkin pies, scalloped carrots, sweet potato casserole and the stuffing, plus peeled the potatoes. Assorted family members are bringing rice rolls, perogies, taco salad, a ham, buns and pickles. I'm sure we'll have plenty of food. I love filling my home with my family! Happy Thanksgiving! Carrie...See MoreHappy Thanksgiving Canadians
Comments (18)Thank you very much for your good wishes, everyone. We, who live on this great North American English-speaking island (north of the Alamo, that is), who've not known international warfare for over 180 years, or within one major country for 140 years, have no idea of the ongoing fear of imminent catastrophe that millions know in many parts of the world, more or less daily. I said this a few years ago ... then remembered that the most recent military action was just over 120 years ago, against a local insurrection in this area of North America ... was in Canada, where a fellow called Louis Riel developed an uprising against perceived injustice meted out by an eastern establishment against developing Western Canada. He was elected to Parliament, the Eastern establishment sent a military action against him and his supporters (via U.S. rail system I think) and there was a battle at Batoche, in central Saskatchewan that went on for a couple of days in 1885, with a small number killed (I have no idea how many), mainly on the side of the rebels. Louis Riel ran to the U.S. for safety for a while, eventually returned to Canada ... was jailed and, later ... hanged! In recent years, he's been rehabilitated and considered to have led a reasonably legitimate reactive force against central government's rather heedless injustice. And ... the whole civil war issue was/is so minor that when I first thought of this military warfare issue in North America (north of the Alamo) ... ... I forgot about it! So much for Civil War in Canada (where we developed our independence in stages, by evolution, rather than revolution). Peacefully. Currently ... in a major portion of our country, where the official langage is ... a local variation of French, a substantial number of people say that they want to be idependent (and that the rest of us aren't to have much of a say in the issue) ... and they had a referendum (with a rather convoluted question) in their area a few years ago ... with close to half of the people voting in favour. But, it hasn't happened ... yet. So much for which to be thankful! And, we residents of the earth need to learn to live together in peace, using our scarce resources to work together to build, rather than smash ... and be seriously concerned to preserve our environment ... or we'll destroy ourselves. We have a number of endangered species - mankind is getting to be one of them! And, personally, as I approach age 80, enjoying good health, not having taken a pill in 30 years or so, living within my pension income, not currently needing the assets that have shrunk in current value recently, I'm living comfortably in what used to be Uncle's farmhouse, where I figure that I can stay as long as I can drive, I'm taking the produce of my garden to share with church folks and, on occasion, Food Bank and mission agencies helping the disadvantaged, locally. I can vote for the leaders of my country on Tuesday (in what many of us consider an unnecessary election - but, there it is) and things are going so well here that many don't even bother. So many take democracy for granted! How many more years? months? days? will be left to me to enjoy my good fortune, personally? I have no idea - who does, at this age? But, for the present, I am an independent, healthy, prosperous ... happy person. Our countries have some very serious issues with which to deal, and soon ... or later wish that they had ... but that's mainly for others to deal with. I'll do and say what I can to seek to deal with the illness ... but I long ago realized that God's the General ( a designation that I'm not too sure that S/He'd assent to)... I'm just a foot soldier, evaluating my society and the world as I feel called upon to do. Have a blessed, happy Thaksgiving, all of you Canadians! ole joyful...See Morecawaps
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