I baked 2 pies and yeast rolls, and sides for the feast. Monte was on turkey duty.
At exactly 1:09PM I stepped outside to cut some fresh rosemary to put inside the turkey before we put it on the grill. It was completely still, and 77 degrees. While I was out there the wind began to blow out of the north – the much talked about cold front had just arrived. By 1:30 the temperature had dropped into the 50’s. We knew it was coming but it’s still amazing to experience it.
As I was standing in front of the kitchen window, this buck deer trotted by. We usually see lots of deer in the winter, but I haven’t seen one in a while.
Well, one year ago today my dad passed away. I can’t believe how quickly a year has gone by. Rest in peace, dad.
I’m thankful for so many things. Friends. Family. Good fortune.
I hope your day was as nice as mine.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Sheila365 
The buck, the berries. Sheila, I love this picture!
I thought I would hate having to share Mother’s Day with the anniversary of my Dad’s passing but it turns out, it will always be a day that I get to spend extra time with my husband and that is exactly what I need each and every year. I know the actual anniversary of his passing doesn’t always fall on Mother’s Day but that is when I choose to mourn every year, and it is the day I choose to celebrate his life.
I am so sorry for your loss.
I typically wouldn’t post something like this on an open blog, but I think you already know I believe in God and well, anniversaries of my parent’s passing have been so difficult for me in the past that I LOVE when God sends me something to console me or comfort me on those two anniversaries. As much as I saw that you loved catching a glimpse of the deer on Lake Travis while we were underway, coming back from your Birthday Raft Up . . . I’m just saying . . . ahem – that’s a pretty cool deer you got a picture of yesterday!
What a huge week you are having – lots o’ love and warm thoughts headed your way!