Happy Thanksgiving

What a cute Tom Turkey! I’ll be heading off to my daughters house in a bit to add my goodies to her goodies and her Mother in Law’s goodies and will probably eat too much.

I can remember when my granddad would always kill the turkey we had for Thanksgiving. For those of you who have never had anything but store bought turkey, I can tell you its a strange site! Granddaddy had a chopping block, and he’d get the turkey by the head, pull him over the block and chop his head off. What amused us kids no end was that the turkey body would jump and start running away….without a head! Our job was to keep the dogs from catching it before it fell over.

Then of course, Granddaddy would put the turkey into a huge outdoor iron pot of boiling water for a minute, then pull it out and we had to pluck all the feathers off the bird. We got to make Indian bonnets with the feathers.

Cool stuff. I miss my grandfathers, grandmothers, and my dear sweet mother. Today I will give thanks that I was blessed with them and the memories they’ve given me. I’ll give thanks for our forefathers who fought so hard to make this land free, and for the service men who fight, even to this day to make sure that freedom cannot be taken from us. I’ll give thanks for my friends whereever they are today. And when I’m miseable with bloating and indigestion after the feast, I’ll thank got for alka-seltzer.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Hope everyone enjoyed their Thanksgiving. Well Im off going out to put up the lights and pulling all the boxes of decorations from the attic.
Have a great day!!!