Celebrating Thanksgiving

 Celebrating Thanksgiving 

Celebrating Thankfulness with Thanksgiving is a family tradition.  I use my mom's turkey decorations I store in our closet to remind me of her love.  She gave us turquoise China I use each year because it's my favourite colour.  Gold plates underneath adds elegance.  Pumpkins that say let us give thanks etched in gold are placed in the center.  The blue tablecloth we purchased from Porto Portugal on a market near the river makes me thankful for our travels to beautiful destinations.  Napkins with sunflowers reminds me of our garden when the sunflowers grew tall towards the sky.  Glasses from Pier One with red and blue swirls add colour.  We remember the pilgrims who landed on Plymouth Rock 

to practice religious freedom.  Squanto helped them fertilize their crops using fish.  They celebrated for

three days using fowl, deer, squash, cranberries and maybe wild turkey. 

 

I like to stuff the turkey using dressing to make it moist,  

Homemade mash potatoes mixed in a Sunbeam mixer with milk and butter,

I went outside to our garden to pick fresh sage for the dressing.  

Lots of celery and onions with apples make it tart.

Pink begonias draped over our garden angel reminds me of the beauty of God's creation.