Nov 26 2017
Thanksgiving
It was a quieter than usual Thanksgiving at stately Suzy Manor. I had the house ready well before noon:
and the outdoor livingroom was ready as well:
Rob brought some firewood over, but we didn’t need it. It has been oddly warm all week. I have even been sleeping with the balcony door open.
Erica and Jessica could not join us for Thanksgiving after all. Megan said it was the first time in Jessica’s life that she wasn’t with our family at Thanksgiving. We really missed them. Without them, it was more like an elaborate family dinner than anything else, though there’s nothing wrong with that!
Everything turned out well, from the turkey, roasted Nana-style:
to the maple and harissa roasted carrots, potatoes expertly whipped by Jonathan, who also made a wonderful gravy, and the stuffing/dressing, which as usual I forgot about, but which happened to be perfectly done when I did remember. Jonathan and Rio brought a wild huckleberry pie (in a pie dish made by Rob), and a pie from the cherries we grew. It was quite a spread:
Jonathan brought some of last year’s cider, and we toasted Thanksgiving and the many things we are grateful for with the cider in Nana’s wine glasses.
A YEAR AGO: A much busier Thanksgiving.
FIVE YEARS AGO: A fun and festive Thanksgiving.