Thanksgiving!

[pyat]

Happy Thanksgiving to all my Canadian friends. Yes, it is the day we all join together to give thanks that God preserved the health and life of HRH, the late Prince Edward of Wales, and allowed him to grow in years and widsom to become King Edward VII. God Save the King!

Seven years ago, I had Thanksgiving at my parent's old house in Kingston, and it snowed heavily as the radio burbled news of the first strikes in Afghanistan. Today, it is sunny and very warm - rather humid, in fact. I went out and raked the leaves with the girls.

Yesterday was the Thanksgiving service at the Unitarian-Universalist church. The Sunday School kids baked us chocolate chip cookies which were served as we left. Following this, we spent a few hours celebrating the 5th birthday of doc_mystery and mrs_dm's daughter at an indoor playground. I got to climb through a human habitrail, and velvetpage continued her SCAdian giddiness to the extent of climbing into the play structure and going down slides. :)







In a few hours, we're going to my parents, where we'll join my older sister and her fiance, as well as some old family friends. I hope you all have something to be thankful for.

Oh, and tomorrow is the Canadian federal election.

Comments

[relee.livejournal.com]

Happy Thanksgiving or Else!

Happy Thanksgiving!

[catarzyna.livejournal.com]

Seven years ago, I had Thanksgiving at my parent's old house in Kingston, and it snowed heavily as the radio burbled news of the first strikes in Afghanistan. Today, it is sunny and very warm - rather humid, in fact. I went out and raked the leaves with the girls.

Global warming?

Re: Happy Thanksgiving!

[pyat.livejournal.com]

Might be a part of it, I guess. I was just sort of contrasting the difference in climate - weather and political!

[the-vulture.livejournal.com]

Happy Turkey Day!!! (I had to be different...)

[pyat.livejournal.com]

And to you, sir! Or happy burrito day, as the case may be!

[the-vulture.livejournal.com]

LOL! Ya know, I used to roll the finest, but that's a tale for another day.

[paka.livejournal.com]

I'm thankful to live in a social democracy like Canada, where manners and fair play are valued societal norms and a basic sense of decency keeps elections fair and crime more or less under control, and where all citizens can get health care regardless of income, unlike our neighbors to the south in the USA.

Oh wait.

Oh, damn.

[pyat.livejournal.com]

Well, you guys have more burrito chains than we do...

[thebitterguy]

I dunno, man. We're catching up there!

[slwatson.livejournal.com]

The children are adorable.

[pyat.livejournal.com]

Most of the time. :)

[kesmun.livejournal.com]

That picture of Claire has a very 70s-sepia look to it. And the way her hair pretty much matches the leaves is awesome.