Totally timed perfectly!

A Nativity Scene was erected in a church yard.

During the night the folks came across this scene.

An abandoned dog was looking for a comfortable, protected place to sleep.

He chose baby Jesus as his comfort.

No one had the heart to send him away so he was there all night.

We should all have the good sense of this dog and curl up in Jesus' lap from time to time.

This is too sweet not to share.

No one mentioned that the dog's breed is a "Shepherd!"

Thanks to Elsie for sending this to me!

30 days hath September

April, June and NOVEMBER! Yikes, it's the last day of November! Now is the count down to the busiest and most hectic time of the year.

26 days until Christmas. Each year I know it is coming, I get lulled into an uncanny sense of timelessness as the New Year unfolds and proceeds through Spring, Summer and Fall.

The seasonal tasks that are connected with each month of the New Year fall into step and get done. Sometimes I don't know how they get done, but they get done all the same.

Please let it be so for this next 26 days.

No more complacent housewife for me....time to get into gear!

Christmas in the Colonies

has been changed to Christmas around the World.
But what it really is ... is a craft show. Nice crafts to be
sure, but still a craft show.

No colonial craftsmen hawking their wares, and certainly
no craftsmen demonstrating their skills.

Anyway, it was a nice little jaunt for a Sunday afternoon.

Linda, Daniel and I attended and we stayed about an hour.
The most fun was watching Daniel get his face painted by
a "colonial" garbed lady artist.

As you can see, the design he chose was of a
"Toy Soldier".

The face paint lasted a couple of hours before it started to
transfer to hands, pillows, shirt etc.

He had a great time and the passer's by smiled and pointed.

Cost: $8.00 for the face painting, $4.00 for the Santa Photo,
$2.00 for the Christmas craft (painting a small toy soldier)
Admission for Daniel: Free

Yup, it was a pretty nice couple of hours!

The best part of the Thanksgiving bird...

....is the sandwich! After the family and friends have gone home, I make myself a turkey sandwich. Just bread, turkey (white or dark) and mayo. A fresh plate, a few celery stalks and some green olives.

That is what I dream of when I prep for the Thanksgiving
cooking marathon.

Just the sandwich.

I imagine everyone else longs for a sandwich too....so that is why I cook two turkeys the day before Thanksgiving and have them all carved and cooled waiting for the "packing up of leftovers".

My guests appreciate the parcels they can take home as an extension of the holiday meal.

At least I hope they relish the sandwich after the feast as much as I do!

The glasses were placed on the table with care....

.....in hopes that the turkey soon would be there.

Sixteen family and friends gathered around this table soon to
be covered with bounty.

Sixteen people could not eat all that was on their plates.

The women cleared, packaged, washed and dried.

Most took packages of turkey and trimmings home for another
meal or sandwich and pie.

I am tired. But in a good way.
We are so blessed!

Two days and counting down..

Today is day four of prepping for the "Feast".

I love this particular holiday. I show "Love" with food and so this is my kind of gathering.

So far the prepping has included:

l. cutting and roasting three hubbard squash (baking with butter and brown sugar to come)

2. cutting, peeling and cooking five rutabaga to prepare braised with onion, bacon, sage and stock

3. cleaning and cooking four bags of cranberries and making into sauce

4. peeling, dicing and sauteing three lbs of onions and two bunches of celery in one pound of butter for stuffing

5. thawing three turkeys, (20 lbs, 24.9 lbs, 20.4 lbs)

6. polishing various and assorted silver tableware and silverware

7. shopping for cream to whip, pies to make (eight) green beans to casserole, sweet potatoes to roast and mash, corn to heat and butter, potatoes to mash, gravy to make, suttfing bread to dice,

8. vacuum and dust

9. table to set

10. Be Thankful and pray!

Thanksgiving Card I just received

Dr. Mark and I did a deal together this year. He worked really hard for his buyer.

It says :With all due respect to the visually impaired, herewith the traditional Ernberg Thanksgiving Card. The happiest Turkey Day to you and your family!



And the same to you!