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Grateful For The Harvest

I thought I would be doing some Thanksgiving decorations this year as my mother was coming down to celebrate with me but a sudden change in schedule has forced her to do some traveling the day after Thanksgiving so I’ll be celebrating at her house this year.

Before the change in schedule though, I was looking up cornucopia centerpieces thinking I could find a cheap one on Amazon but as I found out, they are pretty expensive – especially for high end ones like this.

not mine – from google

I just wanted to have a nice Thanksgiving themed dining room for my mother to enjoy. I may try (and try is the operative word here) to do something on my own in a DIY fashion. Id love to end up with something looking like this:

not mine either – from google lol

For those of you celebrating, I’m wishing you and your family a Happy Thanksgiving. My harvest this year was pretty decent. I may not have ended as strongly as I wanted to but there were many positive things about this year for me – not the least of which was starting this blog and meeting alot of you cool people. 🙂

So in turn, I hope that you guys had a good harvest this year and can look back on the process with joy and pride.

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19 responses to “Grateful For The Harvest”

  1. CJ Antichow Avatar
    CJ Antichow

    Happy Thanksgiving Mike! When is the actual day?
    Make sure you send us pics of your DIY creation-copia!

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    1. Michael Williams Avatar
      Michael Williams

      thanks CJ! 🙂 they make it a point to have Thanksgiving fall on the last Thursday of every November

      here was last year’s Thanksgiving because my schedule got wonky and I celebrated alone

      https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-JwQxG6L/0/KjM9mC7sjKPXwjbW4cg3Bnw6mGdMWrB3vLKpx5cb5/O/i-JwQxG6L.jpg

      https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-5Vqtcrr/0/LTBnMZn7RHqFGGxK6CmZq9hrhGbHpWkPLmZGz7553/O/i-5Vqtcrr.jpg

      https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-3rG7Dwx/0/LgqhvZfFLcSrHFqPJXTc5MMWSS6kJDsFn6xR5L3mp/O/i-3rG7Dwx.jpg

      😂

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      1. CJ Antichow Avatar
        CJ Antichow

        Omg Mike, was it okay that I laughed??
        Just really at the first one, the Stouffers’ turkey…your little piece of apple pie looks so lonely…I have those exact plates, I hate them lol, they are stacked up on the bad plate side of the cupboard and my “good” thrift stores mismatched plates are on the other side.

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        1. Michael Williams Avatar
          Michael Williams

          lol! 😀 yeah, if it weren’t for the fact that i had these plates for a while, i’d probably keep them tucked away too. in fact, I may just do that going into the new year! thanks for the inspiration CJ 🙂

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      2. CJ Antichow Avatar
        CJ Antichow

        Oh and why don’t they have it on a Friday? Why Thursday?

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        1. Michael Williams Avatar
          Michael Williams

          i looked that up and it said that the original celebrants figured it wouldn’t interrupt any church holidays! pretty smart to do it that way for sure!

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          1. CJ Antichow Avatar
            CJ Antichow

            Ohhh i see

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  2. Nancy Homlitas Avatar
    Nancy Homlitas

    I love the Charlie Brown celebration! Your desire to have a creative centerpiece for your Thanksgiving table is a good way to get into the spirit of the holiday. I, myself, am table centerpiece challenged. Happy Thanksgiving, Michael! 🙂

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    1. Michael Williams Avatar
      Michael Williams

      isn’t it great Nancy? 🙂 I love watching that Mayflower episode – probably more than the actual Thanksgiving one.

      I, too, am centerpiece challenged so I figured that massive cornucopia would leave all doubt behind as to the dinner theme lol. oh well, i’ll just get it this January or something when everything holiday related is on clearance.

      Have a great Thanksgiving! 🙂

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  3. Nancy Homlitas Avatar
    Nancy Homlitas

    Thanks! 🙂

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  4. ibarynt Avatar
    ibarynt

    Glad to know you’re still celebrating with your mum.

    I thought you’ve given up buying ‘realistic’ decor. The image you’ve put up is lovely. You can DIY that? 😱, now I am dying to see your creations 😊.

    The Charlie Brown celebration is lovely and thoughtful.
    Happy Thanksgiving!

    PS: is Thanksgiving a few days later this year?

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    1. Michael Williams Avatar
      Michael Williams

      hi Iba! thank you – i should have captioned it but these are not my creations, they are stuff I searched in google lol but I want to be able to do that! 😀

      thanksgiving will be this Thursday so I’m doing all the late scrambling to make sure all is in order before going up to my mother’s house!

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      1. ibarynt Avatar
        ibarynt

        Well happy scrambling 😅. Hope to see some wonderful photos on your drive.

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  5. NocturnalTwins Avatar
    NocturnalTwins

    Maybe you can use some of the colourful leaves in your backyard?

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    1. Michael Williams Avatar
      Michael Williams

      i’m wondering if those things can be laminated or something. i kept some last year and by January, you couldn’t touch them without it breaking apart! :/

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  6. Ana Daksina Avatar
    Ana Daksina

    Many of us have good reasons to be thankful for our wonderful WordPress family 🤗

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    1. Michael Williams Avatar
      Michael Williams

      absolutely Ana! 🙂

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  7. Ann Coleman Avatar
    Ann Coleman

    Happy Thanksgiving!!!

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    1. Michael Williams Avatar
      Michael Williams

      Hi Ann! hope you and your family had a great and very happy Thanksgiving!

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