Wishing you a happy Thanksgiving, whether it be full of family and friends or a nice quiet time alone. Enjoy this day, think about what you have to be thankful for.
Catch you back here tomorrow!
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Category: THOUGHTS
Thanksgiving Day Prep – The Organized Way…
My hope is that this may help some of you who will be making a big Thanksgiving dinner tomorrow. I created a template, and just change it up as necessary. We usually eat around 1PM, so I work back from that time. I am a well-oiled machine, but do not talk to me as I will get distracted and then what? 😳 Ha ha… In case you need a plan, you can change the times and it gives you something to go by. Note that the turkey roasts much faster when set to Convection (if you have it). I love it! I’ve added a link (🔗) to a few recipes provided… This may be a bit weird, but it’s how my brain functions best, ha ha… Happy prep day!
Thanksgiving Dinner 2016 – 1:00PM
Day Before
🔗Bean Salad: Mix up bean salad and refrigerate.
Pie Crust: Make pie crust, freeze one, Saran Wrap and fridge other
Dressing: cut up celery/onion cook with sausage
Day Of…
Turkey (6# bone in breast)
Set turkey on counter by 7:45AM, olive oil, S&P, onion in cavity.
Preheat oven to 350 (turn on at 8:15AM) – put turkey in oven at 8:30 AM on PURE CONVECTION. Should be done by 11AM. Let rest 15 minutes. Carve. (Pour fat in fat separator, wait 3 minutes then pour off fat, reserve a wee bit). (Convection may speed this turkey breast up, but then I can move everything up if needed).
Stuffing
Oven back on 350 at 11:50AM. At 11:30 heat cooked celery, onion, water or broth, sausage, add to bread mixture and sage. Put in BUTTERED 3qt casserole dish and cover with foil.
Put in oven at 12:00 (noon), back 45 minutes (25 covered, 20 uncovered) – should come out of oven by 12:45.
Mashed Potatoes
Peel potatoes at 12:00 (noon), put in cold water. Have water boiling.
At 12:30, drop the potatoes in the water. When done, mash, cover.
Bean Salad: Remove from fridge at 12:30
🔗Cranberry Sauce: Remove from fridge at 12:45
Gravy
Start gravy at 12:50. Pour into warmed container (or pot with lid).
🔗Chocolate pie with homemade crust
Get coffee ready to turn on after dinner
Turn on coffee, slice pie.
Enjoy your Thanksgiving tomorrow and don’t worry if something doesn’t turn out. Thanksgiving is a day to be with friends and family, so don’t sweat the small stuff. It’s all good!
Catch you back here tomorrow!
Nothing like a photo in a parking lot mirror!
Nothing like a photo from a parking lot mirror! My family was in Charleston and we were out and about, as we walked by this mirror I thought it was the perfect opportunity to catch all of us in a photo. Ha ha…
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Veterans Day…
The words on this sign could not be any more true.
Any nation that does not honor its heroes will not long endure.
-Abraham Lincoln
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Get out and vote!
I keep politics out of my social media and blogging – for many reasons… Trust me, this has been a tough election to keep quiet about.
Be sure to get out and vote today (this is as political as I get) – it’s an honor and a privilege! This is an older photo, makes me smile. Enjoy your day!
Catch you back here tomorrow!
Playing catch up right now, posting photos this week, back to normal next week!!
Daylight Saving Time begins at 2AM – “Fall Back”!
Just a reminder to set your clocks back one hour before you go to bed tonight – “FALL BACK” – thereby gaining one hour of sleep – hot diggity!
Ever wonder about Daylight Saving Time? Read HERE from Almanac.com – short and interesting!
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Festive door in Rockport, Maine!
While in Maine earlier this fall, Fred and I drove around Rockport – a cool city with some really beautiful homes. When we came upon this house, whhhoooooa! STOP! Backup! Need a photo! Thought this would be the perfect Happy Halloween/Happy Fall photo! What an inviting entry, a beautiful door (fabulous paint color!), love the star, the American Flag is so stunning against this backdrop, the pretty flowers and of course, the pumpkins! How creative!
Wishing you a 🎃 Happy Halloween 🎃, and most of all a joyous fall! Catch you back here tomorrow!
Thinking of fall…
Fall has got to be my favorite month. Spring is nice with all the flowers and trees blooming, but it also means hot weather is on its way. Summer is just hot and humid. Winter is nice here in South Carolina, so I have no complaints, I like it, but… Fall is my favorite – when those humid days change to something beautiful where you can be outside without melting – definitely my favorite. It’s so beautiful, even with all the leaves and acorns. It’s all good, I love to be outside this time of year!
These are Monhegan (Maine) pumpkins, I thought they made for a pretty fall photo!
Catch you back here tomorrow!
Happy Birthday Wishes!!!
Sending birthday wishes to Fred, my husband – he finally caught up with me age-wise, ha ha… whew! I love this image of him while on Monhegan, out walking the trails and reading the map to discover trails we may have missed over the years. Ah, the peace and serenity of the island. Fred, if I could bottle it up for you, that would be my gift to you!
But… you did get a little piece of that peacefulness… a Cat Bates Bracelet – LOVE IT! I love the juxtaposition of the bracelet with the watch and boots :) It’s as cool as you are! ❤️
HAPPY BIRTHDAY to the best husband on the planet!
Love you with all my heart! xo, me (& charlie too!)
Backyard Vignette by Charles Sovek (Solved)
SOLVED!
Already! Thanks to Daniel Corey’s early guess! I had a feeling this one would be quick to be guessed! Charles Sovek had such style. His paintings were stunning and his style was all his own.
Over the next few weeks (until I run out of paintings), I am posting one of our paintings and then seeing who can GUESS THE ARTIST. I have retouched this photo on the bottom right corner to remove the artist’s signature.
Do you know the name of this artist?
Comment on my Facebook page or on this blog…
Catch you back here tomorrow!
Sunflower and Uncle Henry’s in Fog – Monhegan Island.
Stunning! I have taken so many photographs over the past few years of this very spot. In sun, light, shadow, but this year I was able to add fog to the list. I truly enjoyed those few foggy days. It kept things cooler, which I wanted more than anything! For those of you familiar with Monhegan, this is the view as you walk from the Lupine Gallery back towards the Island Inn – this is on your right – Uncle Henry’s, an iconic cottage that sits majestically on that hill between the wharf and the Island Inn.
It was really nice to catch up with friends – can’t wait until next year!
Catch you back here tomorrow!
Monhegan Sunrise… From the archives!
I took this photo of the lighthouse on Monhegan back in 2014. There is nothing that can get me out of bed faster than a sunrise of this magnitude! Everything about it was stunning. The light spilled across to Manana (Island) and into the water. The island was floating in this beautiful pinkish orange. I feel so blessed to have witnessed this!
Catch you back here tomorrow!
Thoughts…
A short post due to Hurricane Matthew… but one I didn’t want to miss!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM!!! ❤️ Love you! I distinctly remember this photo that dad took and developed in the basement of our first house! I love it… and you! Thank you for being such a cool mom! xoxo, me
Stay safe everyone!
Be safe…
I am replacing today’s post with a peaceful image for all of you evacuating your homes due to Hurricane Matthew. Oh, how I wish the roads looked like this! Be patient, know that it’s going to take a while to get anywhere, and be prepared…
Stay safe – a phrase that I have heard so many people say over the past few days…
Catch you back here tomorrow!
Live Oak Trees, Spanish Moss and Resurrection Ferns!
We live in an area where live oak trees were planted in front of each house (back in the 1930’s) – they are so beautiful. Each and every one makes the street we live on something extra special. I love when the sun hits the Spanish moss, or when the resurrection fern that grows on the limbs goes from crispy and brown to lively and bright green – it’s amazing! Click that link to see the before and after (rain), it’s so cool!
These trees are like something in a fairytale! Catch you back here tomorrow!
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