turkey love, two heritage tom turkeys in perfect silhouette in the Rio Grande Valley, NM, November 2008, photo © 2008 by ybonesy. All rights reserved.
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For the ones we love and the ones who love us.
For this moment, and hope for the future.
For inspiration, practice, our mentors.
For our health and our work.
For beautiful turkeys.
For one another.
For all of you.
Gracias.
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QM and yb
How lovely!! Such a heartfelt shaped poem with a fabulous photo!! 🙂
Happy Thanksgiving to you both!
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Thanks, A~Lotus! Hope your break from studying and classes is good and not too much coursework!!
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and happy thanksgiving to you! I’m thankful for red Ravine and many other writing friends.
That is quite a unique Valentine, uptop. Heartly poultry.
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Happy Thanksgiving to you both and to all the other raviners. This place makes me thankful every time I check in. We are truly blessed to be in such good hands and have such good company.
Turkey Love? Aren’t tom turkeys the male ones? Hmmm.
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Hmmmm…good point, Bob. And they are often hanging out together. 8)
Happy Thanksgiving, Bob.
And back at ya, amuirin. Have a good one. 🙂
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Happy Thanksgiving, yb. I’m grateful for you and for all of our red Ravine readers out there. I’m starting my end of year gratitude list today and you are all on it. It’s kind of strange, but I haven’t heard one thing on radio or TV all week long about the first Thanksgiving in this country. Giving thanks.
Getting a late start this morning. Liz has to work tomorrow so we are laying low today. I hope to do some reading and take some down time. Watching the parade at the moment. That Snoopy balloon dates back to the 60’s. It’s one of my favorites. I can’t believe how huge some of those balloons are. Nostalgic.
ybonesy, have a good day with your family. And to my family way out there up and down the East Coast, Happy Thanksgiving! I love you. And I’m grateful for your presence in my life. 8)
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Wow, thanks for the beautiful photo – the most unique Thanksgiving valentine ever!
This year is going to be a bit different for us. We had a dozen invited for the feast here, but last week my sister in law took a twisted fall off a curb, and broke both of her legs.
We are going over to see her today, and will have a turkey lunch at the hospital cafeteria. A little bit different than the usual Thanksgiving. We are grateful she is just broken, not damaged. We are grateful our sons are well and sober, and for our daughter and her beautiful family we will be seeing next month. We are grateful for a little bit of rain, and a few days off.
Love to all, Lil
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“Heartly poultry”…good one amurin
Happy Thanksgiving everyone 😉
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lil, Happy Thanksgiving. Sorry to hear about your sister-in-law. I hope the turkey lunch went well. So much to be grateful for, even when things seem tough. Thanks for sharing what you are grateful for today.
Heather, Happy Thanksgiving down in the sunny climates. The sun just broke through here in Minnesota; it’s windy and clear. I checked in with all the family back East. Now Heading to do some reading. No turkey for us today. But I kind of miss the dressing and mashed potatoes. 😦
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Well, I stand corrected on not hearing about the First Thanksgiving anywhere. I just heard James Taylor sing America The Beautiful with his family on the Ocean Spray Woodland float in the Macy’s parade. The Woodland float celebrated the First Thanksgiving. I didn’t know James Taylor had twin boys. I guess he’s got a new CD out, Covers.
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Happy Thanksgiving, to you QM and yb. You are on my gratitude list for today. Yeah, really! I am filled with gratitude to be able to visit a site such as this for great writing, amusements, and commentary. You are both a bright spot in the blogging community, and I love my visits here.
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Bo, thanks so much. So glad to have met you through blogging. Me smiling. 8) And Happy Thanksgiving to you!
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Back from our trip across town to have Thanksgiving in the rehab cafeteria – it was a really nice visit with just our family of 6, and Michele is amazingly better with the help of excellent medical care, chiropractic, homeopathic and spiritual healing. We are so blessed.
Wanted to finish the thought I started the first comment…Be thankful you have two legs and can walk around wherever you like!
Also THANKS to qm and yb – you have helped me to break through and trust myself to write again, I am so indebted to you both for that shift.
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QM & YB, I am so thankful for Red Ravine and its creators!
I don’t know how you find the time to create this wonderful place for all of us to participate in and enjoy. You are both amazing!
I have been feeling overwhelmed with necessary, ordinary work, and haven’t contributed much to the comments, but I usually find time to give your posts a quick read. Hopefully, life will calm down and I will “join the choir” again, as “ramblin’ in the ravine” has enriched my life immeasurably. Mil gracias!
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lil, thanks for saying that. What a gift to hear it.
Happy Thanksgiving, all. Ten minutes before the clock turns here in NM to Black Friday. I hope all stay safe the rest of the weekend.
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My stomach is growling. What’s up with that?
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oliverowl, thank you for the sweet comment. And to lil as well. Fills my heart. And the two of you add so much vitality and richness to our comment threads. Thanks to each of you for being you.
ybonesy, still hungry after Turkey Day? Try Amelia’s soft dumplings (LINK) with that leftover turkey. 8) We had sparse pickin’s for dinner yesterday. Started out with good cooking and baking intentions but, well, it’s a long story. It might be the Thanksgiving where I ate the least amount of food ever!
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Yes, QM, I heard about the “rocks” that turned bitter and the pinto beans that wouldn’t soften, thereby ruining your “Frito Pie.” I surmised that the nuts in the Rocks were rancid, (rancid poppy seeds spoiled a loaf of my Lemon Poppy Seed Bread, once,) and ancient Pinto Beans will not soften, even if boiled for days, I discovered. It happens to the best of chefs…do not be discouraged.
I once made Bess Truman’s Lemon Pie, which could have been slurped through a straw, and Irish Soda Bread that made a great door-stop. These culinary catastrophies that are created, don’t usually occur on the same day! (sigh)
Hope you made up for it today.
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oliverowl, I’m relieved to hear that other people have cooking and baking fiascos, too! Yes, we grabbed a bag of pinto beans out of the cupboard and they must have been really old because after about 7 hours, they never softened!
Then we also grabbed some pecans we had put in the freezer. I know they must have been from last winter. Anyway, I cut all the dates up, Liz mixed the batter together and it tasted great. Until we added the nuts, at which point, it tasted a little bitter. We baked them anyway and let me tell you they tasted terrible. And they were really hard and not moist.
I asked Liz what flour she had used and it was something we had around from when I moved in a few years ago that she was trying to use up. Well, it didn’t work out either. Suffice it to say, we gave up and cooked and ate breakfast for Thanksgiving dinner. It was good, but not as expected.
We threw all the rocks out into the front yard and the squirrels just love them. Then went back to the store last night and got fresh flour, pinto beans and more pecans, fresh as we could find them. We are hoping for better results later this weekend. I still want the Frito Pie to work out. 8)
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