Latest bunch, yellow maple and giving thanks

- My latest bunch of grocery store flowers.  So much beauty for only $5.99.  I pulled those outer leaves from the last bouquet and it made it prettier, I think. 

- The yellow maple (not sure what it is actually called) at the group mailboxes at the condos.  So beautiful and perfectly bare this morning due to all the rain the last couple of days.  I'm so glad I snapped it when I could.

- A friend from church sent this Thanksgiving card.  I like that the turkey is wearing a pilgrim hat.  :)  I always enjoy Thanksgiving, a day we set aside in the United States to give thanks for what we have.  I am thankful for the family I am heading to visit, for having Friday off, too, and thankful for your friendship!

Have a wonderful holiday if you celebrate it.  And have a wonderful rest of the week, friends outside the US.  I will post next Monday, since I often have trouble getting my internet service when down at the farm.  Have a great next few days!

Happy Thanksgiving, view from the side porch and live oaks

- It began with a photo of my apple bowl and thinking how pretty it looks with the different colors.  Then I added a Thanksgiving card, sent by a friend in Huntsville, Alabama.  And of course, the Pilgrim salt and pepper shakers had to be in the picture.  :)  It turned into a Happy Thanksgiving photo.   It's our day of thanks in the US on Thursday and I love how this tradition has lived on over the years.

- The side porch at my cousin's home in Fayetteville, Georgia - all ready for the big day tomorrow.  My cousin Sam makes all of these arrangements and there will also be a magnificent one inside when he's done.  This is the first Thanksgiving in memory that I haven't spent with these cousins and will miss the hugs and laughter.

- But there will be hugs and laughter in abundance down here.  I'm heading to northern Florida to be with family.  Niece Amanda has to work on Friday, so we are having an "immediate family" Thanksgiving on the farm.  Pictured above - a "live oak" - so beautiful when the sun is shining through them.

Last call, Happy Mail and gratitude

- Attending the multi-media art show Big Angel Blowout with Laura and Nancy. You gotta love a place that has such decorative Sock Monkeys. It is the last year for the blowout, aka "Some Call it Art", the owner saying "our wings have somewhat outflapped their flutter."

- My latest Postcrossing card from John from Katwijk, The Netherlands, on the North Sea Shore. He says "Here is Happy Mail for you." I love that term and receiving something other than catalogs and bills in the mail.

- Gratitude for the guys in the back looking out for me. One of them notices a plastic bag stuck underneath my car and tells me not to go anywhere before they can get it out.