Happy Thanksgiving day also to all Canadian Garden Web members and happy Columbus Day to our American friends. We will be having Thanksgiving on Monday at my daughters. My son-in-law, the chef, likes to put on dinner parties, so it will be quite a feed. I am spending the rest of the weekend cleaning up my garden and getting ready for winter. The forcast says we are supposed to get sn** next weekend. I hope not. Cheers Al

Rosefolly, you said that so beautifully, thank you. Happy Thanksgiving to everyone here, may every joy visit your heart on this and every other day. Most of all I wish everyone much love and contentment for all the good things your life may hold.

Such cute kiddos! I gained a couple pounds reading what everyone had for the holiday. DD2 and her family came for Thanksgiving.. Weather was nice, so we walked to the beach each morning to build sandcastles and hunt for seashells, then back home to swim. We had traditional Thanksgiving food, then on Friday did a pre-3rd bday party for DGD2/JC - pizza, presents and she helped make cupcakes. I'm glad they were able to come (JC had been sick earlier this week) because my heart is broken. We lost our sweet Ellie on Tuesday. Or "Ellie no eyes" as JC called her. While I knew she hadn't been feeling herself the last two months, we had no idea the end was near. (Edited day, week has been a blur.)

Nancy, we always used the ham bone too, whether it was in soup, in green beans or with cabbage. I've never made ham stock, but my brother is always bemoaning the fact that you can't buy ham stock or ham bouillion cubes here, he loves ham gravy, so it would make him very happy if I did. Grandma would never get rid of that ham bone, it was "perfectly good flavor". You're right about the ration of meat to bone, though, that's 1/3 bone in your ham. I am having both turkey and ham, mine is a ham roast from the pig I bought last spring. It'll have a big bone too, but hopefully not 5 pounds! Annie