Thanksgiving is finally here. And it’ll be tough, this being our first holiday here in New Mexico. So, no extended family dinner. Instead we’re going for intimacy this year, just the three of us. And the dog too, of course.
We’ll still do it up big. We’ve got a 16-pound bird thawing. I just picked up the parsnips, a good pinot noir, and a five-gallon pail at Home Depot for the “brining.” Tomorrow we bake the apple and the pumpkin pies. The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade and football show here just as well as they did in Massachusetts. Friday – a day I traditionally never leave the house – will dawn with its own usual traditions: leftovers, a good book, Christmas card writing, and The Muppet Christmas Carol.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhpu2tq9GG4
After Friday, heading into the Christmas season, we’ll see what goes. It’ll be time to find a tree and figure out how to decorate this new home we’ve found. We’ll make new traditions, I’m sure. And there’s always hooking!
Have a wonderful Thanksgiving Day, peeps! I know I will. If you can, share some of your traditions here. I’m in the market for some new ones. For Christmas too. I’ll be back next week with a report on the very cool Navajo Rug Auction that Tom and I attended last Saturday. Wait till you see the pics I got. Gorgeous rugs – some traditional and some less than traditional – like my own hooked rugs!
Back to my menu-planning now…
Laura, the sandhill cranes were spectacular, but not as frightening as the red dog at the end, which was not as scary as the wood carving at the exhibit! I wonder if it was a native Indian carving of his totum? I’d have loved to have seen a close-up of the face under the bird. Now that looked awesome!
Thanks so much for sharing your new life with the rest of us sick in the muds (oops, meant “stick”)but both apply to me anyway. Your Thanksgiving meal sounds scrumptious. Keep some left overs for us, we’ll be over as soon as we can.
Love, as always, Mary
Will keep some turkey warming for you, Mary. And some pumpkin pie too! There were all kinds of animals carved into that totem style carving. Very cool. It’s only down the road. Come on out and we’ll see it! Have a great day, Thursday!
Have a very Happy Thanksgiving ! Glad you are doing well out there.
To you guys too! We miss you. Hi to everyone.
Be sure you get up to Santa Fe in December. Their square is lit for Christmas and all the buildings have the luminaries on them. I’m sure Albuquerque is lovely as well. It’s fun doing Christmas in a new home! And I bet you will find some wonderful new decorations as well…
We’ll make sure we get there, Deb. Albuquerque’s luminaria tour sold out in 5 hours today! But plenty of folks put them on the rooftops. (We’ll wait to see how that works, then do it next year.) BUt I did pick up some reindeer for my front door today. 🙂 Enjoy the rest of the weekend!