and gloating about the price drop...
I made my way, "over the river & through the woods..."
to the "sleepy village" home of Mr.& Mrs. Green Thumb...
where I was to celebrate Thanksgiving with them...
and several of Mr. Green Thumb's family members...
when I arrived, HRH, Minka was lurking in her castle...
and would soon "dissolve" as more people arrived...
into her "invisibility cloak" mode...
and hide in the computer hutch...
then Mr. GT arrived with his Mom & sister...
just before we sat down...
daughter "R" arrived...
so as we sat down to dinner...
out came the cameras, as Miz Minka & I...
took pictures of each other taking pictures of...
well... you get the idea...
Mr. GT had roasted a 22 lb turkey...
I joked that it was the biggest one I'd seen...
since I stopped teaching jr. high...
there was a wonderful stuffing...
that included some of MM's homemade whole wheat bread...
and a secret ingredient that I'm NOT going to tell you...
but it was g-o-o-o-o-o-d...
we also feasted on roasted yams...
homemade mashed potatoes with garlic herb butter...
8 hour green beans, gravy, roasted Brussels sprouts...
roasted carrots, fennel, red onion & garlic..
there were 2 kinds of cranberries...
and Mr. GT's absolutely wonderful tabouli...
after we had finished stuffing ourselves...
daughter E arrived with her husband and new baby...
as well as another daughter, D...
they had already eaten elsewhere...
and were just "dropping by"...
if you're keeping score...
that's...Mr. GT's Mom & sister...
3 of his daughters, one son-in-law...
and the new grand-daughter...
Miz Minka, Minka[the cat]& me...
the grand-daughter was an instant hit...
as babies often are...
causing an attack of "click-click" fever...
which went on for some time...
finally, everyone started leaving...
on to the next stop...
work for some, home for others...
Mr. GT left to take his Mom & sister home...
MM & I traded pictures & visited until he returned...
we packed up the left-overs...
of which I was sent home with a generous sampling...[yum]
we visited some more...and soon...
I was on my way back to Mudville...
having spent a second really nice Thanksgiving...
with the Green Thumbs...
since I don't really have any family...
it was nice to spend the time...
with a multi-generational family...
on this family feast day...
so thanks to all the Green Thumb clan that I met today...
it was fun visiting with you...
and a special thanks to Miz Minka & Mr Green Thumb...
for including me...it was a memorable & happy day...
3 comments:
...and we loved having you over! :) Love the pictures. You got the daughters mixed up (easy to do): the one with the baby is E (or B, depending who's talking), the youngest is D. Yeah, I know, hard to keep track of... ;)
...at least I got the "R for red" right...[I always remembered my student's names by what they played...now if they had had instruments... ;D]
I did really enjoy the "family time"...
...it's been nearly 40 years since I got to spend any holiday time as a part of a multi-generational family group...it was very cool...
no surprise that Mr GT is positively "beaming"in all those picts we took...
...oh, yeah...
thanks for the "name" corrections... I have "edited" the post to correctly reflect those in attendance...;D
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