November 22, 2007

Our Park Thanksgiving dinner was fantastic. We had turkey, mashed potatoes & gravy, several different dressings, lots of casseroles, rolls & butter and pumpkin and apple pie for desert. If anyone left hungry it was his or her own fault. There was so much food that everyone was invited to come back later in the afternoon for a second meal. Although it was great, we did not go back as one big meal per day is enough for us.

As you can see, there was lots of great food.

Our loving friends sat across the table from us.

Here we are slowly making our way home after dinner.

In the afternoon, Charlotte & Vera worked on crafts. We all sat around our picnic table inside the screen room. Richard was busy crocheting and Mike was the keeper of the dog. He and Brandie are best of friends. I just sat around relaxing and watching everyone else. Occasionally, I took a picture or two.

Doesn’t this look like fun?

Notice Richard’s concentration.

Mike and his buddy Brandie.

This was my project. I watched the beautiful sunset.

Later in the evening, our ex-neighbor, Danny, stopped by for a short visit. He lived in his parent’s motor home next door to us last year. He now has an apartment and his Mom & Dad have the motor home again. He joined the card playing fun in progress. Mike was teaching Richard and Vera another new card game called “peanuts”. It is played similar to solitaire with two decks of cards and teams. It is a very fast paced game with cards and hands flying all over the table. Danny said his family plays this game all the time but knew it as another name. He is very good at multi-tasking so he updated us on school, work and his family while playing. He is going to school full time and working 30 hours per week. His school operates 24 hours a day and he sometimes has class from 9:00 PM till 5:00 AM and then it is off to work. He seems to be holding up well with his busy schedule. It was great to see him again.

Oh, in case you are wondering, we still have some of Charlotte and Vera’s terrific pumpkin pies left for tomorrow. If you are in the neighborhood, stop by for a sample.