I'm back.......
If you celebrate, how was your Thanksgiving? We went to Philly via an eleven hour train ride to spend it with our daughter and SIL. The train we travel on is old, has bathroom issues and several cranky conductors. To be fair, there were a couple of nice ones. One was a model conductor, very helpful, so I shouldn't grumble too much. I wanted to take pictures for Andrew, but that didn't work out. Anyhoo, we made it to Philly safe and sound.
The next morning we spent a little time at University of Pennsylvania then went back to the house where M and J prepared Thanksgiving dinner and the HH and I stretched out on the couch and watched the Christmas parade and movies.
This is the feeder my SIL made.
And this is a frequent visitor. Look how chunky he's getting.
This lovely little pond is located at Penn.
Can you see the sparrows? There's several in the leaves.
This little guy was a show stopper. He'd come right up to you and beg for food.
Back to the house and the cooks are hard at work.
Vegetarian Shepherd's Pie
Ah, dinner.
It was a lovely day and luscious dinner.
What about you blogger buds? Catch me up on what you've been doing.
18 comments:
It looks as if you had a wonderful (and delicious) time. I am v glad for you.
Hi Sandra - sounds fun - despite the train trip ... still no driving, which I guess is a bonus. Dinner looks delicious ... yes I could see the sparrows ... while chubby chops might portend a challenging winter - he's stocking up ... lucky animals - cheers and welcome home - Hilary
Glad you had such a great time. But 11 hours on a train, oh dear. What a long ride! I have done nothing as always! Hugs, Valerie
Looks like quite the feast.
Squirrels are fattening up for the winter.
Looks like a great feast. Hope you enjoyed it.
Oe of my fellow behavioral health clients, an older guy, asked me over to his apartment for Thanksgiving. He has no family around so I offered to join him. I helped make the stuffing.
I began decorating for Christmas the following day, since I was off then.
We did, EC. Went to Longwood Gardens. You would have loved it.
Hi Hils,It was delish. Aren't those sparrows cute? I think the squirrels have stocked up enough to make it through a couple of winters. Heh.
Alex, It was and they are:)
Jamie, I did indeed and so glad to hear you had a good one too.
Sandra, I'm glad you're back -- you were missed! It looks like a wonderful holiday and the photos are really fun and very interesting, too. Your dinner looks just fabulous! And I love the photo of the squirrel. We had family around Thanksgiving (on the blog, just a bit of it, along with the rest of the recent times.) It was nice. And exhausting!
Looks like the perfect trip except for cranky conductors and bathroom issues. I love the bird and squirrel feeder. You are right that is one well fed squirrel! Had a great one here with both daughters and family, still recoverying from all that fun! xo
Wonderful family time!
That squirrel is chunky! Hahaa. It looks like you had a great time except for the rickety train. Sounds like our VIA Rail. I've just been working and working but did manage to make a couple of cards.
That is a long train trip but I suppose it is a long car drive too. Really nice staff can make such a difference. I'm glad you enjoyed yourselves. The squirrels looks very prepared for winter.
Jeanie, Thank you. That makes my day. Glad you had good holidays. Dinner was fab. And I know whatever you fixed was too:)
Denise, So glad to hear you had a great one.
Christine, It was for sure:)
Birgit, Chunky sure describes him. Can't wait to see your cards.
That looks so delicious! I haven't had dinner yet, so that is what I am obsessing about!
Elizabeth, Ha. I get it:)
Rica comida me a legra que lo pasaran bien. Te deseo un buen fin de semana.
The food and company were great. Wishing you a good weekend to, J.P.
Val, Yeah it was a bit of a ride:) Doing nothing sounds good:)
Lovely family time.
I enjoyed your photographs and that Vegetarian Shepherd's Pie looks tasty.
All the best Jan
What a fabulous Thanksgiving Day! Plus a trip to Longwood Gardens too! One of my favorite gardens. Looks like we should have visited the university too. . I interviewed the VP of the gardens for my Girls Succeed! book. What a sweet lady.
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