Saturday, November 26, 2011


We had a wonderful Thanksgiving, for which, of course, I am thankful. There was none of the delightful acrimonious drama that one so often reads about in the advice columns. No one misbehaved, there were no ill feelings.  But then, there never is, as we all pretty much love one another.  There is occasional drama, as the time, years ago, when my grandfather went to the bathroom which is on the back porch, and accidently locked himself out of the house.  No one missed him for quite a while.  When someone finally did, and went to let him in, he was sputtering with rage. Another time, my mother said that she was too hot, so Dakki suggested that she take her clothes off, and she did.  Not quite all of them, of course, but enough of them to seriously embarrass her daughter.  There was none of that this year, but it was a fun, lively gathering nonetheless.  

Rachael, Dakki, and Patten

5 comments:

Samos said...

Awesome pictures! Did you'all talk about Father Ryan? I heard him on the radio news talking about those "other" catholics in Rome... :-)

Adventures in Daily Living said...

Looks like such a nice time. Wish we were there with the rest of you! Happy Holidays and thanks for sharing the photo's...it is almost as good as being there!
We burned out turkey to a nice blackened crust and smoke pouring out of the oven. I guess I get a new oven soon! 500 degrees or nothing is hard to cook with...

Marta said...

We had a similar Thanksgiving with no drama, good people and good food.
Love the photos especially Rachael, Dakki and the doggie.

Marta said...

I forgot to mention that you told one of my favorite stories (your mom disrobing)

Laura said...

Perfectly wonderful Thanksgiving scene. Norman Rockwell would have painted this!