Happy Thanksgiving

We’ve been busy wishing all our friends and family a Happy Thanksgiving. Went to the grocery store with a list of all the important things so we wouldn’t forget anything. I’m cooking fresh green beans, corn pudding, and the sweet potatoes – with mini-marshmallows and caramelized walnuts.

My sister is doing the turkey – it’s 26 pounds of terror if I had to deal with it. I have never cooked a turkey yet! I might make it until old age without having to deal with a big bird that is so easy to undercook or overcook and so hard to get thawed out safely and in time to get in the oven for a big crowd with high expectations. As long as someone else will cook the bird, I’ll be happy to do the rest.

A Squirrel with Manners

This squirrel was so cute! He would run over to the table and then stand up on his hind legs and look like he was begging. Then when he felt safe, he would dash over to the food that was dropped and pick it up.

He left people get very close to him, but he would not let anyone feed him out of their hand. The food had to be on the ground before he would take it.