Thursday, November 25, 2010

Happy Thanksgiving!

"The turkey's in the oven… now let's hope it cooks!"

So sayeth my wife a half hour ago, expressing a small amount of anxiety about the traditional Thanksgiving meal, which she has always successfully prepared. We're having a smallish Thanksgiving crew this year -- seven, I believe. Emily has other Thanksgiving plans, so while we might get a text or a call, we will not be sharing her delightful company.

Jeannine made the stuffing and the cranberry sauce, and has loaves of bread ready to go into the oven, while I made juice (apple, strawberry, cranberry and raspberry) yesterday and will be making the salad and a fruit dessert today. So I think we have things covered.




I tried to find a Thanksgiving-related drawing in my digital archive of old artwork, but could only come up with the drawing above, which is one that I did for "Hampshire Life" years ago. I'm not sure if it was done around Thanksgiving time, but it certainly could have been. You know, I could have sworn that I had some others, but then again, I haven't completely finished that archiving project -- there are still a bunch of drawings that haven't been digitized, so who knows? I should probably get back to that sometime soon.

But it won't be today. Today is for eating and drinking (juice, for me) and giving thanks for stuff. And I'll give thanks right now, before the turkey is even out of the oven, before we can even smell its tantalizing aroma, for (and to) the wonderful woman who is my wife, sharing our twenty-ninth Thanskgiving together. Thanks, Jeannine -- I love you! -- Pete

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Happy Thanksgiving, Pete and Jeannine.

Love,
Stan and Sharon

mikeandraph87 said...

Happy Thanksgiving,Mr.Laird! To bad Em couldn't join you,but she sure does get around with her job! I hope its a wonderful one for you! You too Mr. Saki!

PL said...

"usagiguy said...
Happy Thanksgiving, Pete and Jeannine.

Love,
Stan and Sharon"

Thanks, Stan -- and the same to you and Sharon!

Am I right in thinking you didn't get back from Croatia until AFTER our trip to California (we got back home on the 22nd)? If not, I must kick myself for not trying to see you while we were out there. (I assumed you were still overseas.) -- Pete