Thanksgiving = Breaking in new boot leather while jumping into leaf piles, cinnamon sticks poking out of steaming apple cider cups, sweater weather crisp and clean, leaf-coloured tea towels and tablecloths, spiced pumpkin seeds and candy corn snacks, broken crayons and Halloween colouring books, cranberries popping into sauce on the stove, getting up early to put the turkey on, combing the laneway for acorns and leaves to decorate the dinner table, curried pumpkin soup, photos on the front lawn, canned whipped cream on homemade pie, frenzied hopping on the trampoline, mini corn cobs in baskets on the coffee table, using the 'good' china, lumpy mashed potatoes and pan-dripping gravy and green beans almondine, drawing names for the Christmas gift exchange, construction paper handprint turkeys in the window, blowing out candles on a shared birthday cake, Jack Johnson and Bublé on the CD player, the crackle of a fire over a rousing game of dominos, kids making cozy beds in front of the latest Treehouse holiday movie offering, packing up the last turkey leg for a midnight shift snack....Enjoying every single moment with the ones you love.Happy harvest blessings to all of you, readers. May you and yours experience a wonderful holiday weekend!
Bren: Enjoy NYC with the girls. Have a street chestnut for me....
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