Tiny slices of rainbows are dancing round about wherever the sun catches a prism on this cold, cold November day. I’m moving rather slowly today after several days of preparation and a great feast yesterday. There is really nothing quite like the mellow flavors of a turkey dinner; the thyme and sage and rosemary, the cranberries and sweet potatoes, roasted brown with a slight crunch. Sandy and Harvey brought us loaves of Challah bread, plucked from a bakery in New York yesterday morning to grace our meal last night. These tasty loaves were not deterred by airport security. Pies and cake and wine and good conversation flowed and a call from Katy wishing us well was the best desert of all. Heather brought a green tin filled
with Crate & Barrel Sea Salt Caramels. Have you every tried one? Caramel, dark chocolate, and a dusting of sea salt. Bliss. I noticed a few extra pieces missing when I opened the tin just now to click this picture. Aha! Jennifer, you have been discovered.
We have a new grandnephew, born on Wednesday, and, forevermore, our Thanksgiving child. Wondrous thing new babies are. I’m hoping to meet him soon, though pictures have floated my way already. Such a wonderful age we live in where a baby can be born and his picture sent via a cell phone for all the family to see.
I think I’ll eat just this one caramel now and then, fortified, go forth and brave this bright and frigid day.
It sounds like a wonderful day, Penny. Warmth exudes from your post, whatever the weather is doing outside! Beautiful pictures too. I have never really thought about Thanksgiving, living here so far away from it all, and for the first time, I feel I have been through it in a small way with my blogging friends.
Lovely. Thank you.
That is so kind of you, Kate. Thank you. Isn’t it wonderful that we can experience each others’ cultures and traditions through this medium? I’m so glad you have had a chance to experience Thanksgiving through the blogosphere. It is really one of my favorite holidays because of its theme of thankfulness, well, and of course FOOD!
How lovely your table looks. I think everything sounds delicious. What a special Thanksgiving you have with a new Grand- to celebrate.
To Kate whose comments I often read. I think it is time to start your own Thanksgiving tradition. It is always a good time to be thankful and to share a meal of comfort food with family and friends. Your celebration could be unique to you.
Thank you, Janet, and a good comment/encouragement to Kate as well. All was tasty and we were stuffed at the meal’s end, having a new Grand made it all-the-better.
Janet, what a lovely idea. And I can use some of that lovely relish more than once in a year
It sounds like you had a lovely Thanksgiving Penny! I have to say Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. It is celebrating for the sake of celebrating and it hasn’t been turned into a “cartoon” yet. Speaking of cartoons, after we had dinner and Declan left for the airport, Anton, Eoin and I went to the York Theater to see the Disney cartoon “Tangled” and I highly recommend it. All I can say is that the theater was mostly full of adults and the movie received applause at the end!
Thanks for the tip about the Crate & Barrel Sea Salt Caramels!
Me too, Janet. Thanks for the recommendation of “Tangled”. It looks like something I would love. Funny that the audience was filled with adults. Don’t you just love it when there is applause at the end of a movie? I hope the rest of your weekend is good. Brrr. Got pretty cold once the sun went behind the clouds.
You’re welcome. They are really good and I had to put the tin where it was hard to get to.
Happy Thanksgiving Penny, your celebrations look and sound wonderful. I have been away and am just catching up.
Thank you, Marilyn. Ah, catching up and can be a bit intimidating and fun at the same time. Welcome back.
Glad to hear you had a nice Thanksgiving! It all sounds yummy and do you know I have never had Challah bread! It’s chilly here as well–frost on the lawn, but I think I may trek down to the library anyway! Enjoy the rest of your weekend (and those yummy looking chocolates)!
Thank you, Danielle. We never had Challah either. It is a sweet, eggy braided loaf of Jewish bread and it was wonderful. We had frost this morning as well, but, the sun is out right now. hmm Wonder what your trek to the library will yield.