Thanksgiving...

     I swear I was cooking for about 10 hours yesterday, and my little piggies are a wee bit tired, but no matter!  It was a fabulous food filled extravaganza of fabulousness, and my pants are feeling a bit snugger than they did the day before, but it's the holidays so fa-get-a-bout-it!!  After starting the day headed out to the grocery store for what felt like the fifteenth time for (I swear) more butter, as if I needed to add more to the 10 pounds that were already circulating through my Thanksgiving dishes, it was time to make the flowers and table scape for our meal.  This is one of my favorite things to do and every year it's a little bit different.

It included this artichoke on a giant stem which I thought I might need a chainsaw to cut, but my handy dandy knife finally did the job...who knew artichokes grew on a giant bean stalk situation?!?
 See the artichoke minus the giant bean stalk situation?  It's lookin kind of great don't ya think?




And then back to the cooking...corn bread for the stuffing...
Setting up the dishes...
 Definitely time for a much needed glass of Pinot Noir...
Here comes the deep fried turkey!!  There is my naughty monkey Wags planning out his turkey stealing strategy...
Carving time...
 Green beans with bacon and onion...
Roasted pears stuffed with gorgonzola, wrapped in bacon and drizzled with honey...
Then, time to light the candles...

And eat!


 And after all that hard work, we are filled to the rim...

And then the sun sets on another Thanksgiving that we can all be grateful for...


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