A sunny day...up to get a newspaper...as always, had to go to two or three places to actually find one...what the heck? No Michael's flyer?...Macy's parade...balloons are flying...not much parade left any longer...mostly acts...rainy; almost looks like snow...gets warmer outside...as James starts cooking open more windows...a quick vacuum...clothes in the washer...rack we bought doesn't fit in the turkey roaster!...James brined the turkey last night, now it emerges from the brining bag into the roaster...basted with merlot...heavenly scent comes from the kitchen...birds darting at the feeder: woodpeckers, the nuthatches of both varieties...rain seems to let up a little in New York...here's Santa Claus...Pidgie is singing...Willow wants to know What's Going On?...here's the dog show...terriers are first!...perusing the sale flyers...turkey's out of the oven, perfectly browned...James makes a killer gravy...here's his mom, sister, and niece...Nicki has a new laptop...the nickel tour...table is set...James finishes dinner...we sit down to eat...using Mom's china at least for the main course...it was up in the attic for 51 years and needs to see the world...I have a wing; yum!...talk over the table and watching the birds eat their Thanksgiving dinner, too: the woodpeckers again, "Greedy Guts" the white-breasted nuthatch (since he chases the other birds away), the brown-headed nuthatches, something that I think is a female goldfinch, a sparrow, and the little chickadees trilling "dee-dee-dee"...Pidgie entertains the family...Willow cleans plates...turn on the fire and chat...dessert: apple pie and pumpkin bread with cream...finally a family picture and they're off...cleanup...bye-bye fire...Lighting of the Great Tree at Lenox Mall...cool star; changes colors...This Old House in East Boston continues...perusing the sale papers again...complication: one sugar-free candy and one sugar-free slice of apple pie equals unhappy elimination system; urgh—paging Pepto Bismol...tryptophan effect during Ask This Old House; even slept through "What is This?"...close the windows again...only thing on now is CSI (still liked Petersen better with the beard)...Pidgie's on my head...

Labels: birds, celebrations, holidays, shopping, Thanksgiving

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