Colin carving
Don’t be fooled by the picture
of Colin carving in his starched white shirt and Santa Claus tie. The bottom
half was navy blue shorts, bare legs, and sandals. Reminded me of Covid days
when men I know worked remotely from home, dressed just that way.
This year Thanksgiving in
Tomball was a lovely, low-key family day, filled to the brim with tradition.
For me, it was turkey, a good book, and a nap. For some of the others, it was
football, with special appreciation for Dolly Parton and the half-time show.
And for still others, it was a day for a complicated, thousand-word puzzle. And
our meal was traditional as it comes—ham, smoked turkey, dressing, gravy, green
bean casserole, mashed potatoes, truffle mac ‘n cheese (that was never a traditional
dish for me until my kids began to demand it—I still have a hard time
associating it with holiday meals), rolls with cinnamon butter, pumpkin pie,
and apple pie. Couldn’t get more traditional, and I loved it. Of course, everyone
was too full after a two-o’clock meal for the pies, so we had them for second
supper in the evening.
The happy table
I had a lovely nap between first
and second supper and spent most of the evening reading a mystery I had just
started. Lisa and her mom spent a good four hours on the jigsaw puzzle—they still
have a long way to go.
Lisa and Torhild working on the puzzle.
To top the day off, I slept
hard for ten hours and woke feeling sleep-logged. Sophie slept all night,
though she wandered about the bedroom a bit in the wee hours. At six, when
Colin appeared in the kitchen, she was more than ready to go out.
Yesterday was chilly, damp
with a bit of drizzle—not a day to encourage sitting by the lake. This morning
is sunny and pretty, but Lisa tells me there is a chilly breeze. Maybe later,
with the fire pit and a heater, we can sit by the water, one of my favorite
spots. Meantime, I’m at my computer, enjoying the view from inside, with a cozy
heater at my feet, basking in the laziness of the day after.
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