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Thanksgiving, Vegetables and Apple Pie

HAPPY THANKSGIVING
to all my American family, friends and readers. I just love that a day is set aside for being together and for being grateful for the people in our lives, no presents involved just eating a feast together at the family table. We will be thinking of you all as we have our mini Thanksgiving tonight. All the recipes I am using are from my lovely Sister-in-law – apart from the Apple Pie of which more later.

2 Aren’t the colours of these vegetables, just ready to roast,and the herbs, so lovely and bright.

Chopped chives for the creamed onions dish

Glossy carrots and parsnips

3 I have made a very special Apple Pie today from a recipe I was given on our first visit to New York to visit my sister in 1981. It contains its own custard and is the best apple pie I have ever tasted. I’ll post the recipe soon and you really should try it!

Americana Apple Pie

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on November 27, 2014 in America, Beauty, Food, Happiness, photography, Postaday 2014

Tags: Americana Apple Pie, gratitude, Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving, Toddler Talk and Garden Birds

28 Nov

1 Happy Thanksgiving to my dear family in Atlanta and in Hawaii, to our good friend Shelagh in Vermont and to all my lovely blogging friends in America. May you all have love and laughter in your lives.

Happy Thanksgiving

2 Such a lovely phone call this morning from two and a half year old Grand-Baby T who sang the following to us to the tune of Frère Jaques

Father Christmas, Father Christmas,
He’s got stuck, he’s got stuck;
High up in the chimney, high up in the chimney
What bad luck! What bad luck!

Try it!

3 The birds were very busy in the garden this morning – all kinds of tits, our wren, lots of Goldfinches and the usual Magpies, Blackbirds and pigeons. The Goldfinches were stripping the Verbena Bonariensis of its seeds. A Heron flew over yesterday which was a treat.

Goldfinches and a Coal Tit, taken from the kitchen, through the window on maximum zoom

I’m watching Comet ISON with great interest. This update just came through from my dear Sister in Hawaii and it’s all looking just a bit iffy at the moment as if it might not survive its close encounter with the sun.