Monday, November 28, 2011

autumn frock

 Thanksgiving Day was different this year.

Only five gathered around my table.  Menu and food preparation amounts were substantially  smaller too.


But the day was like a stream of honey being drizzled into a cup of warm tea.



Charlotte wore her frock.

You just have to appreciate bare feet on an autumn's day.







                                                                

dumplings and cookies

" We'll all have chicken 'n dumplings when  she comes...." ( 4th stanza , She'll be Coming 'Round the Mountains,  ...