We had Thanksgiving at my brother Jay's house today. Here's the plate with all the goodies sis-in-law Kara created:
The blurriness isn't deliberate but I like the softening effect. Clockwise from upper left, that's three colors of roasted potatoes (including purple!), sweet potato, mashed cauliflower, stuffing, turkey with gravy, jellied cranberry sauce and green beans. Silly/exhausted me, I forgot to bring the cranberry/mandarin orange mix, but I don't think it was missed all that much.
Afterwards some of us retired to the game room in the basement, where Jay and Robin had a go with the electronic dart board:
Kara's dad had stumbled prior to our arrival and his leg was feeling poorly so we had a bit of excitement with the EMT people coming in to take him to the hospital for x-rays. Not the ideal end to the day, but it's always great seeing Jay and Kara, and now that I have a car they're only an hour away (on days with little traffic; the trip over was about an hour and a half) via all those cute interstates with numbers like 78 and 95 and 87. Of course, it rained for much of the afternoon, in keeping with Robin's Rule of New Jersey (except for a trip or two to Newark Airport, every time he sets foot in the state it rains), but it was lovely and clear and full-moon'ish and windy on the drive home, and for some reason most of the highway streetlamps were off or set real low so it made for an interesting, somewhat white-knuckled drive home. It's almost like nature is saying "Okay, you've had your autumn, let's blow this joint and bring in winter." Just in time for my vacation daze...
The blurriness isn't deliberate but I like the softening effect. Clockwise from upper left, that's three colors of roasted potatoes (including purple!), sweet potato, mashed cauliflower, stuffing, turkey with gravy, jellied cranberry sauce and green beans. Silly/exhausted me, I forgot to bring the cranberry/mandarin orange mix, but I don't think it was missed all that much.
Afterwards some of us retired to the game room in the basement, where Jay and Robin had a go with the electronic dart board:
Kara's dad had stumbled prior to our arrival and his leg was feeling poorly so we had a bit of excitement with the EMT people coming in to take him to the hospital for x-rays. Not the ideal end to the day, but it's always great seeing Jay and Kara, and now that I have a car they're only an hour away (on days with little traffic; the trip over was about an hour and a half) via all those cute interstates with numbers like 78 and 95 and 87. Of course, it rained for much of the afternoon, in keeping with Robin's Rule of New Jersey (except for a trip or two to Newark Airport, every time he sets foot in the state it rains), but it was lovely and clear and full-moon'ish and windy on the drive home, and for some reason most of the highway streetlamps were off or set real low so it made for an interesting, somewhat white-knuckled drive home. It's almost like nature is saying "Okay, you've had your autumn, let's blow this joint and bring in winter." Just in time for my vacation daze...
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