Enjoy , celebrate, give thanks. I wish you a moist turkey, smooth gravy, fluffy mashed potatoes and enough leftovers for the requisite turkey sandwich on Friday.

But must of all I wish you happiness.

I wish you happiness, too.

Wishing everyone a very happy and safe Thanksgiving.

Hope everyone has a wonderful day.

~Ann

Kate

I realize many of you won't be checking in for a while, so a Happy Belated Turkey Day to the rest of you!

Just turned on the TV for the big parade. When I was a little kid we would occasionally get taken to the parade. It was nothing like the current extravaganza, but to a kid it was a big deal. After the parade we would go to Schrafft's for hot apple pie with hard sauce. Nice memories from Thanksgivings past.

Happy Thanksgiving to all of you. I hope you all enjoy it surrounded by family and friends.

The turkey is on the counter, ready to go into the oven, after the pie is done. Making the dressing/stuffing, getting ready to peel the potatoes.

My granddaughter is on the sofa, she threw up all night. My DS and DIL are on their way, with the dog. The five cats should be pleased!

Just a typical family Thanksgiving. And isn't this what it's all about?

A slight edit:

Enjoy, celebrate, give thanks. I wish you a moist turkey, smooth gravey fluffy mashed potatoes and enough leftovers for the requisite turkey sandwich on Friday.

Gravy-free safe house in Venice! Roasted turkey breast with olive-fig tapenade. Instead of mashed potatoes, herb roasted sweet potatoes.

But must of all I wish you happiness.

I wish happiness to all as well.

Rain changing over to snow is in the offing for tonight; luckily, no one is travelling far. Everything that can be done/prepared ahead has been done - nothing to do but wait for mid afternoon. Keeping it simple; everything tried and true over the years.

I always knew Canadians liked to mimic our culture in other ways, but Thanksgiving isn't one, since it is, for many Americans, rooted in U.S. history when the Pilgrims first gave thanks for the first harvest back in 1621.

I wrote a poem about this when I was 10 years old , back in the 5th grade, that I have kept all these years.
It starts out:

"It's time for us to change our living,
and start to think about a new Thanksgiving.

First cam the Pilgrims to this barren land,
they cultivated, harvested, and worked hand in hand."

I illustrated the poem with colored pencil drawings of a Pilgrim hat. a turkey, gourds, hay, etc.
I looked at it this morning, and it reminded me of the days when all the holidays
were celebrated by us kids without the pressures, worries and health concerns that plague some of us these days. Now I am just glad to be alive for another one, and hope everyone else is healthy, happy and enjoys a peaceful holiday season with family, friends and the little creatures that beg for real food around our tables.

From the west coast

Seems very likely to me that Thanksgiving is rooted in the European harvest fest tradition.

My best to everyone on what we know as Thanksgiving.

I'm grateful for everything, good and bad, because all of it has made me who I am and given me the life I live. I'm grateful for my wonderful extended family, my close friends, and many others I consider to be good people. I'm grateful for too many things to list...

I hope everyone had a nice day. :-)

We had a "farm to table" Thanksgiving which we have been doing for several years.

Shout out to the farmers who grow/raise the food for my table.

Hope everyone had a Happy Thanksgiving.

ya got that right :)

ya got that right :)

Iroquois Prayer Returning Thanks To Mother Earth
We return thanks to our mother, the Earth,
which sustains us.
We return thanks to the rivers and streams,

which supply us with water.
We return thanks to all herbs,
which furnish medicines for the cure of our diseases.
We return thanks to the moon and stars,
which have given to us their light when the sun was gone.
We return thanks to the sun,
that has looked upon the earth with a beneficent eye.
Lastly, we return thanks to the Great Spirit,
in Whom is embodied all goodness,
and Who directs all things for the good of Her children.
Thanks to Pachamama Alliance
http://www.pachamama.org/blog/an-iroquois-prayer-returning-thanks-to-m other-earth

"Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life.

It turns what we have into enough.
It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity.
It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend.
Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow."

-Melody Beattie