Thanksgiving at Debbie & Lynn's

We just got back from Debbie & Lynn's house where we had a lovely day. Lynn is from Louisiana and the best cook I ever met. She made the most gorgeous spiced tea which I drank all day to take my mind off the whisky egg-nogg, wine and cocktails. I snaffled the recipe from her and will post it later. We had a turkey dinner with cranberry salad, corn-bread stuffing, sweet potatoes, garlic mash, broccoli & cauliflower cheese, green beans and gravy. All this followed by homemade almond apple pie, pecan pie and ice cream.
Craig's upstairs right now groaning & rubbing his belly and Jack is flat out asleep. Cody's exhausted having run about 18 miles today with their dog Gracie.

Their house is lovely and located in the countryside . The house has a central vacuum system (please God let me win the lottery and get one) and they are currently turning their basement into the coolest bar and party room I have ever seen, complete with mural of New Orleans.

Debbie & Gracie get ready for our after-dinner walk. Gracie is a Louisiana Catahoula dog

Lynn gives one of her bird boxes a big kiss. On her 50th birthday, we made her 50 bird boxes that sit on the fence at her house. This one was was made by our friend Eric and he won the coveted "best box" award. To this day he swears he has no fingerprints left as the glue gun burnt them off, but that's what happens when you mix a glue gun & Maker's Mark.

Cody & Gracie played for HOURS, till his tongue was hanging out and he looked about ready to die. He still thinks he's a puppy but he's at least 8, maybe 9.

Jack gets to ride on the tractor (and play soccer, run about with the dogs, play with Debbie & Lynn, and watch The Wiggles that has thankfully taken favor over Barney). He had a packed day and loved being out there. This kind of thing makes you want to move out into the country.

I hope you all had a good day too, whether it was Thanksgiving, or just a regular Thursday ..