A Different Thanksgiving . . .


I hope everyone’s tummy is full with turkey and stuffing and you’re forced to spend the rest of the weekend on the couch from the delicious food coma.

That’s the holiday season.

This year for the first time we did not cook a turkey or holiday dinner.  There was no one here to enjoy it so going through the motions of fixing all the trimmings was to no avail.  We hung out watching the snow falling all day long as the one to three inches of snow turned into almost a foot as the weather system stalled out over Anchorage.

Overnight the skies cleared and today it is bright, sunny, and not a cloud to be seen.  Whiteness returns and everything is covered with a fresh coat of powder.  There is no left over food to munch on or find space for in the refrigerator and all of the paper plates from yesterdays ‘meal’ have long since been thrown away.

Missing is the kids and grandkids this year and my father in law who decided to become a snowbird this winter and headed for Florida for a time.  There is the dog, Gus who wants to play ball fetch all day with anyone who is home during the daytime hours.  The small birds are coming and going all day hitting the treats in the bird feeder under the cover of the deck roofing.  The birds sit on the tree limbs under larger limbs covered in the heavy snow and fly back and forth to the feeder all day long.

A different Thanksgiving for sure . . . missing the ‘family’ aspect that has been a long tradition within my family.

Ice

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