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| Killarney |
Posted - Nov 08 2013 : 7:29:46 PM
Mine would have to be the Family Thanksgivings at my Grandparents Home in Friendship, Tennessee. There would always be at least 50 Family members, ages newborn to 90! My Grandparents passed away in 2005. Everyone's kids are grown up and scattered all over the U.S. I Miss all the Love, The laughter, and the Mountains of Food!LOL!
Connie
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| wildflower17 |
Posted - Nov 23 2013 : 12:26:22 PM
Thank you Ms. Connie...picture and poem are so precious:-) :-) :-)
Hugs!
Judy
THERE IS ALWAYS...ALWAYS...ALWAYS SOMETHING TO BE THANKFUL FOR...
Until one has loved an animal, a part of one's soul remains unawakened...
"Country Girl at Heart...Blessed Beyond Measure"!!!
Farm Girl #5440
Farm Girl of The Month September 2013 |
| Cindy Lou |
Posted - Nov 23 2013 : 07:29:27 AM
Connie and Judy,
Thank you. That poem is fabulous, and a good lesson for us all.
Susan
"Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?"
Mary Oliver |
| Killarney |
Posted - Nov 23 2013 : 06:54:20 AM
What to Pray For
I asked for bread and got a stone;
I used the stone to grind the grain
That made the flour to form the bread
That I could not obtain.
Instead of asking Him to give
The things for which we pray,
All that we need to ask from God
Is this: show us the way.
~ James A. Bowman ~
I posted this for Ms. Judy Mills, she is having trouble posting pics. So Precious!
Connie
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| FebruaryViolet |
Posted - Nov 22 2013 : 8:18:32 PM
Susan, just goes to show she was smarter than her previous "owner" gave her credit for. That's a great memory--one everyone can be thankful for. An open heart and home, a place for shelter and safety. The kindness of strangers. A life well loved.
"Hey, I've got nothing to do today but smile..."
The Only Living Boy in New York, Paul Simon |
| wildflower17 |
Posted - Nov 22 2013 : 4:30:17 PM
Oh thank you for posting it...isn't it so homey and reminisent of days gone by...I keep it up on the front of my refrigerator all Fall until Thanksgiving is over:-) :-) :-)
Hugs!
Judy
THERE IS ALWAYS...ALWAYS...ALWAYS SOMETHING TO BE THANKFUL FOR...
Until one has loved an animal, a part of one's soul remains unawakened...
"Country Girl at Heart...Blessed Beyond Measure"!!!
Farm Girl #5440
Farm Girl of The Month September 2013 |
| Killarney |
Posted - Nov 22 2013 : 3:57:15 PM
Judy, here is the picture of your magnet, it is beautiful!!
Connie
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| wildflower17 |
Posted - Nov 21 2013 : 12:58:39 PM
What a wonderful story!
Hugs!
Judy
THERE IS ALWAYS...ALWAYS...ALWAYS SOMETHING TO BE THANKFUL FOR...
Until one has loved an animal, a part of one's soul remains unawakened...
"Country Girl at Heart...Blessed Beyond Measure"!!!
Farm Girl #5440
Farm Girl of The Month September 2013 |
| Killarney |
Posted - Nov 21 2013 : 08:05:01 AM
Susan!!What a Happy ending! No wonder the dog ran away so many times, with such an angry owner!
Connie
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| Cindy Lou |
Posted - Nov 21 2013 : 07:57:39 AM
As you read this it may start out as a terrible event but the ending makes it an unforgettable Thanksgiving.
One Thanksgiving our whole family was enjoying a warm family get together. All 3 of us kids were home, my sister and I with our DHs and my brother home from school. DS and I were helping Mom clean up in the kitchen and Dad was visiting with the guys.
My brother looked out the front window, "Dad, do you know who's dog that is?" a female Doberman was slinking up the driveway. In a small farming community like ours, Dad knew all the neighbors for miles around and their dogs as well. He recognized the dog as belonging to a rather unsociable guy a couple of miles from home.
"She must be lost, we'll just go out and see if we can catch her and call him." Dad was always great with animals and few could resist him. This one could. She seemed very frightened and dashed into the barn, cowering in the haymow.
Dad said he'd call the owner to come get her, that she was hiding in the barn and she'd be OK there until he could get there later in the day. When he called the guy sounded angry. "She's run away so many times!"
The man drove up a few minutes later, didn't even stop by the house, jumped out of his pick-up with a rifle in his hands and stormed to the barn. We heard a shot. He got back in his truck and drove away.
Dad was in amazement." He came and shot that dog and left her in our barn!"
My younger sister was the first one out the door, running to the barn.
She found the dog alive with just a grazing wound on a shoulder. The dog growled but my sister was amazingly patient. She came back to the house, grabbed a package of hot dogs and set about the wait and coax method of first tossing the dog a piece of hot dog and gradually moving in closer. Eventually the dog, still shivering in fear let herself be touched, then petted. She seemed much calmer with a woman than a man eventually allowed herself to be coaxed into their car. They took her home and she was their devoted friend for 6 years.
Lacy was beautiful and loyal, never even thought of running away from her new loving home.
Susan
"Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?"
Mary Oliver |
| Killarney |
Posted - Nov 21 2013 : 06:26:36 AM
Thanks for sharing CJ, I think it is wonderful that you grew up on a Farm! I always wanted to own one! Glad you get to have restful ones!
Connie
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| ceejay48 |
Posted - Nov 20 2013 : 6:33:02 PM
Nothing really special comes to mind. I just remember it being a really wonderful family time on the farm as I was growing up!
Lately it's been more of a time to take a rest, relax, rejuvenate break from work routines.
Last year we had a wonderful "Thanksgiving al Fresco" at my daughter's in the Phoenix area . . . it was great!
CJ
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| Killarney |
Posted - Nov 20 2013 : 4:42:01 PM
 Jan, I love that!!
Connie
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| QuiltyMom |
Posted - Nov 18 2013 : 04:29:07 AM
Mine is when we'd go around the Thanksgiving table just before Dad said grace and we ate until we were stuffed, saying what we were most thankful for. |
| Killarney |
Posted - Nov 17 2013 : 6:02:03 PM
Diane , I love that!!
Winnie, It was 80 here today too!
Connie
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| Red Tractor Girl |
Posted - Nov 17 2013 : 5:01:39 PM
I love these vintage Thanksgiving posters! They are just the cutest ever. It is hard to believe that we are just a week and a half away from Thanksgiving too. There are several Christmas tree lots getting ready for trees to arrive by next weekend. It was in the 80s this weekend and surely does not even feel remotely like tree decorating time! The weather predicts cooler weather by Tuesday. PLEEZE!!!
Winnie #3109 |
| Chatty Wren |
Posted - Nov 17 2013 : 2:33:25 PM
Feeling blessed and greatful this Thanksgiving and wishing the same for all farmgirl sisters!
Blessings~Diane 
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| Killarney |
Posted - Nov 16 2013 : 09:18:59 AM
Connie
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| Killarney |
Posted - Nov 14 2013 : 09:26:48 AM
Jonni, What a interesting and fun memory!! The real meaning of Thanksgiving came shinning through! Your Dad was HOME!!!
Judy, I could smell and taste all the wonderful food as you described it! Thanks for taking time to share!!P.S. Not my Pumpkins, I had those, but like a lot of my stuff, My Holly coms over and goes crazy for something, and I say, "Take it home with you!"
Hugs!!
Connie
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| wildflower17 |
Posted - Nov 14 2013 : 08:59:46 AM
I am not sure if I have one favorite memory of Thanksgiving...I always loved being with my family...I can still smell the huge 22 pound turkey that my mom and granny made...you see I was blessed to have my granny live with us for about 18 years of my young life...there was homemade everything...banana pudding...German chocolate cake with homemade coconut pecan frosting...molasses stack cake with cooked apples that had been dried and brought out to use for special occasions...and my favorite...homemade dressing which had day old cornbread...leftover biscuits...toast and crackers in it...the smell of celery sautéing...salt...pepper and fresh sage......add the boiling turkey broth and celery to the bread crumbs...oooooohhhhhhhh girls:):):)and homemade dumplings...homemade mashed potatoes...peas oh how I love peas to this day...and rolls and gravy...we were set...it was always a family affair with everyone helping out...my dad always helped clean the turkey to get it ready for baking the next morning...he would get up about 5:00a.m. and put it in the oven...when it was done he and I would eat some of the meat off the turkey neck and some of the liver...we always put bits and pieces of the turkey into the homemade dressing...the smell from the kitchen was divine...there was always 6 of us and sometimes company would drop by...I think these are precious memories that my brother...sister and I will always treasure...for the past few years I have cooked and opened up my home to a few people who have no where else to go for Thanksgiving Dinner...my family and I always enjoy it...this is such a wonderful topic...and one last memory...some years ago for a few years in a row...the ladies in our church would cook a huge Thanksgiving Dinner and the men would deliver it out into the community...I think one year we deliverd almost 200 dinners plus what others came to church and ate...these memories are such blessings to look back on...
Hugs!
Judy
THERE IS ALWAYS...ALWAYS...ALWAYS SOMETHING TO BE THANKFUL FOR...
Until one has loved an animal, a part of one's soul remains unawakened...
"Country Girl at Heart...Blessed Beyond Measure"!!!
Farm Girl #5440
Farm Girl of The Month September 2013 |
| FebruaryViolet |
Posted - Nov 14 2013 : 08:37:23 AM
My favorite memories are a bit different, I guess...
I am an only child, and my father worked most of the time away from on with the horse racing industry. Thanksgiving was the beginning of the Winter meet here at Latonia Racecourse, in our hometown, so Thanksgiving was a bit of a homecoming celebration for Daddy.
He didn't eat Turkey. Or poultry of any kind. And, since it was just the three of us, we would get all dressed up and go to Walt's Hitching Post. Mr. Melton, a fellow horseman, owned the restaurant and bar and they served the best steaks and ribs in the area. Hot slaw, honey rolls, baked potatoes as big as your head. We were always welcomed with open arms, given a lovely table by the fireplace and top notch service.
This was the "the place to be" when I was a small girl and I remember all the ladies in the bar area, dressed to the nines, their earrings tinkling like the ice in their cocktail glasses. The laughter and warmth filled every nook and corner of that restaurant. I remember that having my father home was the only thing I ever wanted--truly something to be thankful for.
"Hey, I've got nothing to do today but smile..."
The Only Living Boy in New York, Paul Simon |
| wildflower17 |
Posted - Nov 14 2013 : 08:33:18 AM
Love all the stories and pictures...Connie do you have these pumpkins...I have a huge one on my coffee table that is the size of an real pumpkin...it says "Harvest Blessings" on it...sunflowers and leaves painted on it...I still have not figured out how to upload my pictures...so technically challenged...:(:(:(
Hugs!
Judy
THERE IS ALWAYS...ALWAYS...ALWAYS SOMETHING TO BE THANKFUL FOR...
Until one has loved an animal, a part of one's soul remains unawakened...
"Country Girl at Heart...Blessed Beyond Measure"!!!
Farm Girl #5440
Farm Girl of The Month September 2013 |
| Killarney |
Posted - Nov 14 2013 : 08:28:26 AM
Connie
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| Killarney |
Posted - Nov 11 2013 : 4:30:24 PM
I love this!!
Connie
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| Killarney |
Posted - Nov 11 2013 : 4:28:47 PM
Lorena, I so understand how you feel, Sherone what a wonderful way of Blessing others!
Tina! I love your story and your surprise!! I would have loved to have seen thee look on your face!
Thanks for taking time to share! I can see many girls have read this forum, and I am sure they smiled too!
Connie
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| oldbittyhen |
Posted - Nov 11 2013 : 3:58:41 PM
family Thanksgiving was a HUGE affair, my Mamma's side of the family was her parents, all of her siblings (14 in total), their spouses and children, and as time went on grandchildren as well, so there was up words of 100, we had the meal at my grandparents/parents farm, and we were spred out everywhere to eat, 4 or 5 turkeys, 3 or 4 hams, plus standing rib roasts along with all of the fixings, on top of every kinda pie and cookies you could emagine , missed those dinners sooo much after I got married and moved to California, but...my first Thanksgiving that I made at our home, my hubby surpised me with my parents showing up that morning, cryed and huged so much, and then for my Momma and Daddy both tell me that my first turkey dinner was the best they had ever eaten, that memory will never be gone, that was 39 yrs ago...
"Knowlege is knowing that a tomato is a fruit, Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad" |
