Happy Thanksgiving

The new pup says Happy Thanksgiving y’all too.
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My daughter is house sitting and pet sitting for friends who went to spend the holidays with out-of-state relatives. She brought over their puppy for our usual Thanksgiving duck. Came early enough to wear out the puppy so a nap time matched up with when we were about to eat. Needless to say, her cat was not too happy and stayed away until the puppy had left. :D

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Happy Thanksgiving NYSkiBlog family!

LET US GIVE THANKS

Let us give thanks for a bounty of people

For children who are our second planting
and though they grow like weeds
and the wind too soon blows them away,
May they forgive us our cultivation
and remember fondly where their roots are.

Let us give thanks:

For generous friends, with hearts as big as hubbards
and smiles as bright as their blossoms;
For feisty friends as tart as apples;
For continuous friends, who, like scallions and cucumbers,
keep reminding us we've had them;
For crotchety friends, as sour as rhubarb
and as indestructible;
For handsome friends, who are as gorgeous as eggplants
and as elegant as a row of corn,
and the others, as plain as potatoes and so good for you;
For funny friends, who are as silly as Brussels sprouts
and as amusing as Jerusalem artichokes,
and serious friends, as complex as cauliflowers
and as intricate as onions;
For friends as unpretentious as cabbages,
as subtle as summer squash,
as persistent as parsley,
as delightful as dill,
as endless as zucchini,
and who, like parsnips,
can be counted on to see you throughout the winter;
For old friends,
nodding like sunflowers in the evening-time
and young friends coming on as fast as radishes;
For loving friends, who wind around us like tendrils
and hold us, despite our blights, wilts, and witherings;
And finally, for those friends now gone,
like gardens past that have been harvested,
but who fed us in their times
that we might have life thereafter;
For all these we give thanks.

-- Max Coots
Knew Max Coots .........in Canton , Ny a "philosopher king " one of the drollest , articulate and insightful people you could ever meet
 
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