Thanksgiving Day 2011 is now just a lovely memory of a warm and happy gathering of family to share a delicious feast of a dinner to which everyone there had contributed something or things which were very very special. And some wonderful little elves cleaned up everything and put it all away when my mind was occupied with something else .
May we all be here to gather together next year and share adventures. So much is happening next year!Next year I may be able to take the long walk after eating that everyone else did this year.
So here also are some promised pictures of my mother’s china which we used this year (Spode – Romney), the table when mostly set, but before food was laid out, of Sofia and Clara considering the utterly fabulous retes (pronounced ray’tesh -meaning strudel) brought by Alice and Barney, the book in which my favorite picture of a father is found, and the picture itself of a knight in armor with his son seen over his shoulder . The last two are not of Thanksgiving of course, but I remember promising to post them on my blog. I like to keep my promises.
And may all of you had a holiday as delightful as mine, filled with great company, friendly laughter, and delicious food. I could hardly wish you more.
(The picture of my granddaughters was taken by their father who is taller than 6’6″.)
Lovely china and a lovely table.
Love the overhead photo of the girls. And those windows! It must be a wonderful place to have a meal. And of course the china is beautiful. We have the same picture of the knight in our home. It’s a favorite.
Can you tell me the name of the book? I couldn’t read the title. Thanks, Kristi.
I love the china, you set a beautiful table.
I’ve had the FLU (which hit the day before Thanksgiving). I just popped the turkey in the oven a few minutes ago for a small belated Thanksgiving dinner later today.
Hi Kirsti,
Thank you for your always friendly words at my blog! Since yesterday I’m feeling better.
Beautiful china you have.
Lucy
Hello Kirsti, even though I do not always leave a comment, I want you to know that I read all your posts (I get notified by email) and enjoy reading from you always.
This Thanksgiving Dinner of yours reminded me a lot of the Advent Sunday Brunch we’ve had today at my parents’; there will be, of course, a post about it on my blog, too. Family and friends can certainly never be over-estimated!
What a beautiful room to enjoy Thanksgiving all around the table…at least 10 place settings…were there more? Wonderful photos of grands and favorite pictures and lovely dishes. I’m glad that you used them this year.
Thanks for dropping by, Kristi. I appreciated your answering my question as I get so foggy sometimes it frightens me. I wonder about this one or that one and I can’t quite remember when each one came along. I think we had a falling out one time, though I don’t remember the details. Was it about politics? Probably.
Anyway, it’s all water over the dam and I hope that you won’t mind if I drop in again from time to time.
This sounds and looks like a family event of the best kind the whole happening peppered with loads of love.I rather like this blog so I am going to sign up as a follower. Do come and see me some time.