Things for which I am thankful

I am thankful for so very much in this charmed life that I live, but I'll mention just a few here:

The wonderful family that I married into! Their constant giving, and not necessarily of material gifts, but their support, love, encouragement, and caring.

My ever constant and loving husband of 38 years and my awesome daughter and son-in-law.

Speaking of families: our extended Georgia family, which has shared their Thanksgiving with us for the past 30 years. Here is just a portion of the beautiful table which Heather and Scott had prepared for us this year:




Heather is 4th from left: one of the wisest, most caring and fun-loving women I have ever met!

She opened their home to 25 folks this year, many who had no local family with whom to share the holiday. It was an eclectic and fun crowd! Our Kristin and Dave are in the center of the picture below.......a little blurry, but what did you expect after running a half marathon in the morning and having already shared Thanksgiving dinner with Dave's side of the family!

Scott, our most generous host, is on the left, Catherine next, and Anna and her adorable son Roman behind Ben, Roman's Daddy, is barely visible behind Rene's shoulder.

I am thankful that Barack Obama has won the Presidential election and will take office in January! With his wisdom and guidance, WE CAN, YES WE CAN!!!


I am also thankful for all of you, who take the time out of your busy days to read and leave comments here. I've grown to know so many of you over the past couple of years, and that is a great gift for which I thank you. I know that there are others who read and don't yet leave comments, but I have faith that you will soon overcome your shyness and introduce yourselves!

Another thing for which I am thankful this year, is Georgia Tech's awesome football victory over the University of Georgia! It's been a long seven years since they pulled that off last!

Go Jackets!!!

PEACE

Happy Thanksgiving!

Look who had come calling early yesterday morning.

I know we shouldn't encourage these critters (and we don't), but I think they are so darned cute! I suppose I won't feel that way when they begin munching on my hydrangeas and azaleas next Spring.

Here's one of my current little fiber projects:

luggage tags out of the new Quilting Arts gifts edition. I'm using up a few of my hand-dyed scraps.

We went to see Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa last night with some friends. It was really cute and the animation was incredible. If you have young children, grandchildren, or are just a child at heart, you will enjoy it. Follow my link and click on the main characters with your mouse...cute!!!

I hope you have a wonderful low stress Thanksgiving, surrounded by loads of loving family and friends.......or something else about which you are most passionate!

I'll leave you with more of Maxine, courtesy of my good friend Bobbie:

PEACE

Rainy Day Monday

We always spend Thanksgiving with C's cousins Heather and Scott, and it is a lovely day filled with loads of friends and traditions that have developed over the years. I have always loved cheesecake and used to make many different ones, back in my baking and entertaining days. This yummy Pumpkin Walnut Cheesecake is the only one that I continue to bake...but only for Thanksgiving at Heather and Scott's!!

I like to make it a few days ahead, cool it completely after baking, and then pop it in the freezer. We have about an hours drive on Turkey Day, so I remove it from the freezer just before we leave and it defrosts just enough to be cuttable when it's time for dessert.

Here's the batter:

and here's the finished product:


It's been a very productive day, but I don't want to share too much with you just yet. Here is a piece that is exciting me:

When Dr Sock came over to tutor me in microwave yarn dyeing, we had thought that we would also dye some silk fusion, silk tops and hankies. Well, we never got to the silks, but I did pull out this piece that I had dyed a couple of years ago. Dr Sock admired it and we both thought that it would look great mounted on a piece of black fabric. Then I decided it needed some beads............so I'm working on that, but not 100% of the time!

Hope you've had a great and productive day too!

PEACE!!!