Happy Thanksgiving

 I hope your life is filled with

blessings this Thanksgiving.

These are some things I'm thankful for.

A home filled with the love of family and friends.

A little spice.

A bit of whimsy.

Memories of simple times.

The change of seasons.

Rest.

Not Your Grandma's Turkey

My brother shows off the latest in fireproof fashions.

Maizy looks on as Tom takes the plunge...

in hot oil.

Now just kick back for 45 minutes...

and wa-la!

Hammy got a little jealous, he wanted to be the star of the show!

Potato Love

Our hosts.

We had 20 people in all but my photos of the other two tables didn't turn out. I'm sure they are all disappointed I didn't get to share photos of them chowing down!

The big game, featuring my other brother, his boys and my son.

A sweet ending to a fun day!

Hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving!

REDnesday ~ Thanksgiving Wishes

Don't you just love this Rednesday button Sue at It's a Very Cherry World put together for Thanksgiving! It's so beautiful. It ties in perfectly with the vintage thanksgiving postcards I'm sharing. You can click on the photos to enlarge them.

This is the beautiful red card I was so excited about yesterday. Actually, I was excited about all the vintage postcards I found in the attic yesterday. If you missed it you can read about it in my previous post below. Reading it now I'm a little embarrassed, but I was absolutely giddy!

Can you read this postmark?

The date on the postmark is exactly 100 year ago yesterday, the day I found it by accident in the attic. It gave me the chills when I realized it. A hundred years have gone by but the sentiments could pass for today..."All are well and having fine weather."

I love the typography on this one.

Did you know I used to be a typesetter, back before PC's? I still had a computer but it was the size of a whole desk and held 4 font discs that spun around from character to character exposing special paper that had to be developed in a dark room. It's still is in my dad's printing shop. Some day someone will look at it and say, "Wow, an antique computer! It was also before spell check so proofreading was one of my other jobs. So now you know why it makes me crazy when I find typos like in my post yesterday! I was too excited to notice them.

This guy's busting out, no way he's gonna be dinner!

No red here but it was the last of the Thanksgiving cards.They are obviously so into each other they don't even see cupid stealing their turkey! Do you think cupid planned it that way?

These last 3 cards only had the year, 1913, written on the back.

This is the stocking that had me rummaging around in the attic in the first place yesterday. The one posted by Jane at Mamie Jane's reminded me of it and I wanted to pull it out and see why.

The overall shape is similar, especially the hat, even though they are decorated differently. This one was made by a friend of my mom's in the mid to late 60's. You can see Jane's childhood stocking here. It was made by her mother in 1960.

I'll leave you with my Thanksgiving porch flag. This guy's trying to camouflage himself with a fall wreath. We don't eat the decor so I guess he's safe.

Have a wonderful Thanksgiving everyone!

Dawn