The week of Thanksgiving..

Good Evening Everyone.. 

So happy to have you visiting.. 

Hope you are all having a great fall season.. 

It certainly is gorgeous here in New Brunswick .. 

Eastern Canada is well known for the beautiful fall foliage and this year Mother Nature has outdone herself... 

Just going to keep you up with our doings the last few days here in the post tonight.. 

Terry was a dear and collected some Sumac leaves for me.. 

These bushes just crown the countryside in their glory.. 

Lovely, eh! 

Everywhere you look there are pumpkins.. 

and more pumpkins.. 

This is a market over in Salisbury.. 

They have lots of fresh veggies, homemade crafts and antiques.. 

All kinds of stuff but in the fall they have a corn maize .. 

It is hard to believe how many people show up there on the weekends.. 

Amaizing!!  lol..

Did you have a happy Thanksgiving?  

We had a lovely one.. 

Headed down to our daughter's this year... 

The drive was beautiful... 

She always decorates so sweet... 

Makes almost all of her own decor.. 

And the table is so beautifully set... 

Everyone has a great time catching up and then the food was delicious!

The grand finale is her famous apple pie.. 

There were other desserts of course but this one holds a place in my heart... smile.. 

Grandpa is always the star of the show... 

Those boys love to tease him.. 

Believe me they get it right back.. grin.. 

We had an extra reason to be thankful on this Monday of Thanksgiving... 

This dear guy (our oldest son) Trevor works at the Irving Oil Refinery.. 

He worked all night and left his shift and went home.. 

At around 10 am there was a horrific explosion there.. 

What a terrible experience for the Irvings and their employees and the city of St. John.. 

It has been deemed a complete miracle that there were not even one major injury.. 

Not one... 

The God we serve was once again faithful... 

I honestly believe that with all the prayers that go up daily for so many people working there by their families that God has angels round about that vast refinery.. 

The largest in Canada.. 

So we are so thankful! 

Thank you dear Lord.. 

We had a blessed day with our precious family!  

Missed our youngest son, Dustin though.. 

Not there in body but in spirit I am sure.. 

So glad he is doing well out west, though.. 

This mama misses him at times terribly but I know he is God's hand... 

Trusting in that.... 

Anyway we had fun with everyone.. 

Mom and Gerald drove down and Dave's mom, Vivian and his niece Victoria were there along with a couple of sweet girls... 

Later on in the day we left them to it and went for a long way around drive back home.. 

Took a country ferry across the St. John River and drove through the Kingston Peninsula ...

Beautiful art work by the Master's hand... 

Hope you all enjoyed the weekend.. 

The weather here was awesome and all is well.. 

If you can believe it ... I am still doing tomatoes.. 

Oven dried those above and made a delicious soup today... 

Out of the Three Ingredient Cookbook.. 

Cabbage and Barley Soup... 

Here is the recipe although it is my version.. 

Chop up an onion and a head of cabbage and a minced clove of garlic... 

Put in a large pot along with 2 T. olive oil.. 

Cook this on low for several minutes until the cabbage wilts.. 

Add a can of tomato juice and 1/2 cup of pearl barley.. 

A large can .. 48 ounces..

Let this simmer away and add vegetable stock (I save this from our supper veggies) or you can add chicken or whatever stock you have on hand.. 

Just a cup at a time...

After awhile add another just so it does not get too thick.. 

I also added a large tablespoon of powdered chicken broth stuff, salt and pepper, hot chili flakes and a large tablespoon of my soup base that we made last fall.. 

Just add the herbs and seasonings to your taste...

I have read many times that the best soup is one that simmers a long time.. 

I just put it on and left it for a couple of hours except for adding broth now and then.. 

Sprinkle some chopped bacon or parsley on top to serve...

This made enough for a couple of meals easily... 

Here are a few vinegars that I flavoured.. 

Well dear hearts this is all for today... 

Sorry I have such long times in between.. 

This computer is a pain so I kind of put off posting at times... 

Praying for you all and thanks so much for visiting and I love your dear notes.. 

Before I go I want to share a bit of scripture that has blessed my heart so much this week.. 

I am memorizing  it... 

It so gives me joy... 

Remember that old old hymn of the church.. 

When the Redeemed of the Lord come gathering in.....

Isaiah 35: 9-10

But only the redeemed will walk there,
10     and those the Lord has ransomed will return.
They will enter Zion with singing;
    everlasting joy will crown their heads.
Gladness and joy will overtake them,
    and sorrow and sighing will flee away.

xo

Thanksgiving at the Olde Cottage....

Hello everyone..

Happy Thanksgiving, too... At least here in Canada.. smile...

I am afraid I have been missing a bit on the blogging side of things.. Sorry about that.. Kind of a lot of things going on last week..

And then we went to St. Martins to celebrate Thanksgiving with our family... There were 17 of us and we had a nice day...

It was very informal but the weather was gorgeous... We did not even need sweaters.... Thank you, Lord..

Terry set up another wee table and with the kitchen one we could all sit at the same time, which was nice...

As I said it was just a cottage Thanksgiving and our first one there in 16 years..So it was a nice change, I think...

Our grandsons were able to go to the beach and enjoy their clubhouse...

Our oven was not working so the turkey was brought in all cooked, gravy and all.. grin..

The slow cooker cooked the ham, though and along with lots of veggies and salads and desserts it was lovely..

How was your Thanksgiving?  I know the USA is not until later, though...

Terry and I had a vacation day yesterday and took a day trip...

Everyone was telling me how tired I looked so my husband decided to treat me..We just went across the border... It was nice..

But...

We had a flat tire on the way home and no flash light... Thank the Lord for cell phones.. smile... The back of the VW was loaded with stuff like 2 frozen turkeys and 2 huge bags of frozen stuff from our freezer at the cottage... Oh  dear...

We had to unload all of that and the dear man had to get out the tire and put it on in the pitch dark... God is so good,  though and the phone shone enough light that he did get the other one on..

Home never felt so good when we finally arrived here... smile..

Today I made a soup with the left over Thanksgiving ham..

It tasted really good and so easy to do..

Just add some chicken broth and water to the bones and simmer for a bit.. Then add the leftover meat, onions, celery, carrots, potatoes and seasonings...

I added 2 bay leaves, 6 cloves, 2 tsp. herbes de provence and salt and pepper..

Nice tasty lunch...

Well, my dears I only meant to say a few words but as usual I ramble on.... Sorry, about that..

Hope you all had a wonderful blessed Thanksgiving..

Peace to you all...