We’re talking Homemade Magic today.💖 Do come along, won’t you? MUSICA!
Thought I would talk about the magic of this season . . . We’re all going to be making some this next week (and month)!
We’re cooking up some magic at home and taking it to a friend’s house for Thanksgiving this year! I’m making my heavenly Pumpkin Cheesecake (you can make this gluten free by making one change in the recipe, use gluten-free ginger snaps for the crust, and voila!)
I’m also making my Sweet Potato Casserole ⬆️ a wonderful recipe which I sometimes serve in mini pumpkins . . . 
But this time I’m just baking it in a casserole dish so it’s easier for travel. (Like my apron? Quite the garment! No mistaking the holiday!)🎃
I’m also providing the cranberry sauce which I almost force them to let me do because I love this simple recipe so much, to me it sparkles ~ plus I’ll make extra for my must-have-for-the-holidays, Christmas Jam. Both recipes are below:
I get to jump over it this year, because they are making the turkey!
And we’ll taste someone else’s “idea” of stuffing 😱 but we’ll be brave, it’s good for us, makes us better people. But Joe has gathered the ingredients to add some extra gravy to the general good.
I’m not making Rainbow Jell-O this year because we’ll be all adults (and one new baby!) but if you’re having kids at your table, this is a wonderful recipe for them to put in their forever memory banks. It’s kid food, and they know it and I believe, feel grateful for it. But trust me, big kids like it too! 
This was our dinner last year, the leftovers looked almost as good as when we put the dinner on the table! We tried to make enough for every one to have leftovers to-go!
I thought you might like a few photos of Holidays-passed, of some of my decorated table ideas . . .
This was a casual dinner we had at the kitchen table using my old mix-and-match pottery collection, and the antique black-iron candlesticks I found somewhere along the way. (No marks on the bottom of these, I’m sorry to say, would love to tell you where they come from!)
Candlelight makes everything look better! More romantic, prettier colors, softer light, the food even tastes better in candlelight! And a little poem or a prayer written on a menu stand helps to set the tone. Because Thanksgiving is so wonderfully about gratitude and memory.
Cookbooks, wooden spoons, and recipe boxes (with mom and grandma’s handwriting on recipe cards) make evocative Thanksgiving table decorations. I love using stuff I have around the house. A table with lots of little framed 
photos works too. Makes for lots of happy conversation. Also, you can make placemats out of old photos (enlarge on copier), that’s fun too ~ you can even use them as place cards, “find your photo and that’s where you sit”. (I’ve forgotten to take pictures of my table settings in the past, I try not to let that happen anymore!)
Pile together a few of your favorite things, collections, or family memories, interesting things to look at that relate to you and yours . . . the little shoes, remember from my book? I wrote how I found them in the attic at Holly Oak, left behind by Agnes, my secret guardian angel. Now there she is, on our Thanksgiving table.
More found objects . . . Leaves and pinecones make perfect place cards!
Small low vases of flowers are good too, you can see over them! See the candlestick with the star bobeche? I found those bobeche years ago and LOVE them, I bring them out any time I need a starry night!🕯
I always use them for the holidays, but in the summer too, under the stars . . .
I looked for them for years to put in our web store, but never found them. Off and on, I’ve managed to get people to make them for us, but they’ve been very hard to get. See how you set the bobeche on top of the candle stick?⬆️
And then the candle slips through the hole and into the stick ~ 🕯
Voila! Anyway, I finally found a new manufacturer! And this time I had them made from lightweight acrylic, just like the ones I found so many years ago. In case you need some starry light on your holiday tables!🕯
Bobeche! Here’s how they look without the candles. And, something special, to celebrate this wonderful season . . .
For YOU! YES, leave a comment at the end of this post, and we’ll have a drawing, and see who is going to be the winner of this pair of starry bobeche!
I love it when they play Little Women on TV on Thanksgiving. It’s such perfect background “music.” Reminds me of simpler days and the things that really matter. The smell of dinner cooking is enough to set the entire mood of the day. And isn’t it wonderful, it’s not about gifts?! Only the little ones that really count. Like home. And P.S. Something special for PLU (people like us) . . . LOOK what’s coming this Christmas! 
Because magic can come in very small packages. It doesn’t have to be fancy. All this decorating is nice, if you have the time, and are in the mood, but there are no rules. Just one little pumpkin on a porch or a kitchen table is lovely and festive and says it all. That, a roasted chicken, a baked apple, a little candle, and a prayer is all we need.
And the day after Thanksgiving, while filled to overflowing with gratitude and contentment and pumpkin pie, and blessed by everything we have, feed your soul in nature on Green Friday. I fear we are teaching our children greed by celebrating consumerism the day after Thanksgiving. Instead, teach magic, take your spirit and your kids to the sky . . .
Because God made the dirt roads, the woods, and the critters and gave them to us has His gift. And it’s our job to take care of them for Him. Honor them for Him.
Quiet places with wind and bird sounds fill your heart with thanks and wash the stress away. (Would you like to read my Love Letter to Martha’s Vineyard? In your spare time!)
A wonderful gift from the sea, free! And we didn’t have to stand in line under klieg lights to get it!
The pause that refreshes. The sound of snowfall is good for you!
The gift that keeps on giving. Other things to do besides 
hugging trees that cause magic: have a turkey-sandwich, pumpkin-pie picnic outside, or surprise the lady down the street and have your whole family go to her house and plant bulbs. (I’ll give you my address!) Bring someone who’s stuck inside OUT, and take them to nature. Adopt a new petty pet! 💖 Or,
Cuddle in front of a fire . . .
Dreaming of a better tomorrow? Let it show in everything you do.💞 We are so lucky!
Here’s a Thanksgiving Prayer bookmark, for you to print out, just click there. I’ve memorialized the childhood prayer Joe “sang” to me when we first met. (Suzy, Nosey, Inky, and so on, were his family’s pets!❤️)
And don’t forget to leave a comment for the starry bobeches. Blessings on you and yours darling friends! Have the MOST wonderful Thanksgiving.🎃 
So thankful for you and all the fun things you post. Love, Love all your books and the great ideas you give to celebrate all the wonderful holidays we have! Thank you, Thank you!
Really loved this post. What can be more happy making than gratitude? and getting outside in nature! I loved the photo of you hugging the tree. It looked like you really are loving that gorgeous woody creature that has been on this earth so long. Your photos of nature make me want to run outside and embrace our beautiful Maine coastal area. Nevertheless the wood stove is toasty and I have made stollen shortbreads for tea.
I was stealing her power, sucking in her strength and perseverance and saying thank you.💞
Thank you for your perseverance in finding a manufacturer to create the starry bobeches. And thank you for posting all the magical pictures. A delightful blog post—as always! (And thank you for your small pocket calendar. It’s the go-to calendar for our mahjong group that keeps us all organized!)
I’ll have to tell my mahjong group you said that!😀
The starry bobeche are really fun.
I have some, but they are plain.
I am thinking how I could add to them.
I like that simple can also be festive.
May we appreciate all that we have!
Love your bobeches and am making your cranberry marmalade jam for my girlfriends! Texas hugs for You & Joe!
Susan,I loved your beautiful post. Happy Thanksgiving…hope it sparkles and shines!
I absolutely love your recipes! They are the best! I made your pumpkin soufflé last Wednesday for a thanksgiving dinner I went to and I got soooo many compliments I couldn’t believe it! It was absolutely divine! Now you’re famous among my a fellow Italian friends! Happy happy Thanksgiving! I’m so grateful for all you’ve given me through the years with your books ( I have them all) and calendars ( I get one every year ) and blog! Thank you thank you thank you!
Thank you right back Darlene!
Hi Susan! I have to tell you about my new “pet” here on my son’s horse farm (near Longwood Gardens in Pennsylvania). I have an apartment in part of the massive 5 story barn, circa 1776! When I was out walking in the field behind the house a couple of months ago I discovered 6 stuffed animals and a couple of rubber dog toys scattered around. So strange. They did not belong to my son’s dogs. I brought the stuffies and toys back to the yard close to the house. The next day they were scattered again in the field! I began spying and saw a wild Red Fox, come after dark and take the toys from the pile where I had put them and trotted off with them, one by one. Since then I go out every day and gather all the toys and bring them back, pile them up and then Foxy comes back and scatters them again at night. It has become our little game. And he has also stolen more toys from “who knows where”! and brings them to the field. There are no houses close by so he has to travel over “hill and dale” to bring them here. Some poor doggies somewhere are missing their toys for sure!. One day Foxy came during the afternoon, grabbed one of the stuffies and then ran around the yard, real fast, in big circles, just like a dog would. It was so cute. He sure is a riot and really brings me lots of joy. I sure love all critters, both wild and domestic. God is Good! I hope you have a supercalifragilistickexpealidocious Thanksgiving!! I am hoping to make your pumpkin cheese cake. Looks YUMMY!
He’s your friend! How lucky you are! Happy Thanksgiving!
I LOVE this cute, cute story!!! It would absolutely THRILL me to death to have this experience!! How awesome!! I can’t wait to share this story with our once a week breakfast bunch!! Happy Thanksgiving!
This adventure with the fox sounds like a children’s story book in the making! There is happiness and joy in nature and beyond!
I had a lovely red fox I
Raised
From a small kit named Aesoph…..he was so delightful and I loved him dearly!!!
Loved this post! Loved it.
Have a wonderful holiday.
Thank you for being you.
On Tuesday we will be leaving for WV to spend Thanksgiving with my darling mom, who just celebrated her 94th birthday a few days ago. She still lives in her own home, drives to the hairdresser and to church almost every week, and is as independent and spunky and cute as can be. We are so lucky and most richly blessed, indeed. Wednesday morning I’ll make your Christmas Coffee Cake for breakfast(she loves it❤️) and then I’ll make your cranberry sauce for dinner Thursday…because, of course, you can never have too many cranberries! Happy Thanksgiving to you and Joe. Hubby and I were just remembering..it was 56 years ago today that President Kennedy was assassinated. What a dark, unsettling, scary time that was. We believe our current situation is dark and unsettling and scary too, but we’ll take your advice..we’ll dream of a better tomorrow and let it show in everything we do. Thank you for this lovely post. Hugs❤️
Happy Thanksgiving Susan! I always enjoy your blog and seeing your holiday celebrations. When I was young I wanted to skip over Thanksgiving and get to the main event Christmas. Now I love celebrating Thanksgiving with family and friends. In the last few years, my husband and I have spent Thanksgiving with my son’s family and in-laws but I still make a small turkey and all the trimmings for leftovers. – Elaine
Savor…that is what I do with every single word and picture of every single one of your posts. Thank you for all you to do brighten every season for your readers.
I love the stars so much I couldn’t wait to see if I should win them. So I ordered a pair right away. Of course, another set would be a happy surprise! Happy Thanksgiving to all in your lovely home.
Happy Thanksgiving!!
Thank you for your beautiful Thanksgiving letter.
Have a beautiful and Blessed Thanksgiving! Georgia
Happy Thanksgiving Susan and Joe! I always look forward to your news!
Isn’t this such a wonderful time of year – so cozy and blessed! You filled this blog post with such heartwarming pictures. 🍂🍁🍂The Boboche are beautiful addition to your festive decorations. Happy Thanksgiving to you and Joe! 💛
Magic truly does come in small packages! This Thanksgiving, we will be bringing our family’s traditional dishes (including PA Dutch potato filling) to my daughter and her husband at the hospital. They blessed us with a beautiful baby boy who was born at only 27 weeks with a birth weight of just 1 pound 5 ounces. As he is doing astonishingly well and as he is surrounded by an amazing NICU team, we truly have much to be thankful for.
All my very best to you all LeeAnne! 👼
Bobeche is my new favorite word!
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Happy Thanksgiving Susan! I’m making your apple crisp to go with our turkey dinner this year 😄
Bottom line, my favorite!
Thank YOU for being who you are and so generously sharing of yourself. Your life and hope and love are inspiring. Add a barrel of deep faith and what more could you want?
All of these pictures were so very inviting. My favorite was that of the cardinal-he needs no special embellisments.
Many blessings to you always and thank you for sharing your blessings with us. I always get a shiver of excitement run through me when I see a new blog post from you in my inbox. Give Jack a gentle hug for me.
Starlight, star bright…how wonderful to bring the stars inside. I thank you for the sweet ppotato recipe. I am going to make it to share. Thankful for so many things everyday.
Thank you for continuing to celebrate the essentials – home and family, food and beauty. Happy Thanksgiving to you and Joe!
Time to re-read “Autumn” and “Christmas” books and bask in the cozy glow of the season. There’s always something to be thankful for, always ❤️
Love all your recipes and wonderful quotes.
Wonderful recipes, wonderful pictures and such heartwarming stories, as always! Thank you!
Happy Thanksgiving! Lovely blog. In California we’re still in summer, weather wise, and I have major change-of-season-envy. Reading your blog transported me to the proper season for November. Thank you.
Just so you know, I have a blanket wrapped around my legs, and a shawl around my shoulders right now, covering two sweaters. A pair of slippers warming in front of the heating vent, and some on my feet, which are whispering softly but getting more urgent by the moment, “Time to exchange places!” I wouldn’t change a thing, but you see what I mean!
Susan, Thank you for the homey lovely post. I can smell the compforting aromas ! of the good life! You made my day better today!! XX Sassy
Your corn pudding recipe has been added to our list for about 5 years now and it wouldn’t be Thanksgiving without it! Much Blessings on you and yours.
Happy Thanksgiving to you too Susan. I love the bedtime prayer!
Thank you for reminding us of all there is to be grateful for in our lives.
XO
Lovely, lovely, lovely! Thank you, Susan, for the ideas, and recipes and photos and drawings and quotes ~ all of which I love. I also love the starry bobeches, dare I even hope that this is the one time in my life that I will win something? I go outside when it’s really dark and marvel at the stars in the vast Milky Way and the teeny Pleides cluster and feel awestruck and grate-full to be alive. Here’s a little gift for you, Joe and friends:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpkEvBtyL7M&feature=youtu.be sent to me by a friend so I’m passing it on.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Absolutely BEAUTIFUL dear Sally, I just shared it on Twitter! Thank you! It’s always always the little things. xoxoxo
Thank you Susan Branch for all the magic and inspiration you bring to my life through your books and blog post!! I wish you a blessed Thanksgiving for you , Joe and Jack! I really love that Kitty! wonder if I ever can find those black candleholders!!
And now I know what is missing from my tablescapes – Bobeches!! I have followed you for years and I’m thankful for the bits of happiness you spread with your art and your words. Happy Thanksgiving!
Susan, your blog posts, art work, books, enjoyed with a cup of tea are such a sweet respite!
What a lovely, warm blog! (Yours always are!!). Feeling very thankful as I am surrounded by 4 of my grandkids today. Their mom and dad are across the states at Grandson #2’s USN graduation!🇺🇸 So very proud of our sailor! Three more arrive next week. My husband has always said, “the grandkids are God’s blessings for surviving raising one’s own kids!” And we have 9 beautiful blessings! Happy Thanksgiving one and all!
Oh, such whimsy with your bobeches!😍
Wonderful wishes to you, Susan, and your family and friends ~
Thank you for your recent thoughts and poems~ I’m smiling!! 🥰
Love your Bobeches! Really lights up the room with sparkles. Hope you, Joe, and your friends and family have a wonderful Thanksgiving! Martha’s Vineyard is so magical. ❤️
Such a lovely post, as always! I look forward to them so much as they always warm my heart. Thanksgiving is so special when family and friends gather together. I love setting the table with my grandma’s china set and the real silverware of her’s, lighting candles and feeling so blessed with my loved ones near.
Have a wonderful Thanksgiving!
Happy Thanksgiving Susan and Joe. 🦃🦃🦃 OXOX
Thanks for the beautiful post! Have a wonderful Thanksgiving!
Oh Susan :-} The sparkle * of it ALL =~} You always make me smile 😉 Thank you for being wonderfully YOU!!!!! What a treasure it would be to win!!! But if not :-] I’ll buy a pair anyway =-} Because these need to be on my mantle adorning my crystal candle sticks I received as a wedding gift 38 years ago!!!! :~}} Happy Thanksgiving Dear One!!!! Kiss Kiss =-0
I can’t tell you enough how much you mean to me!!! I feel that you are a kindred spirit. It seems that everyone is forgetting to slow down and celebrate Thanksgiving. We have so many blessings for which to thank God. I love the table settings that are so warm and celebrate the things that you love. May you have a wonderful Thanksgiving, Susan!
Blessings abound from YoU, Susan! Thankful for the richness of life you share and cause us to reflect upon! Happy Thanksgiving!
I’m in northern Ohio. I try to get outside every day and walk in the woods with my granddaughters. When I was a little girl my grandmother had a small home in Menemsha. We went to Martha’s Vineyard every Thanksgiving for years and years. I love it there. There is no place like it!
Thank you for another wonderful blog! Glad you get a chance to “relax” and not have to cook the whole Thanksgiving dinner. Enjoy the day with Joe and all of your lucky friends!
Thank you for sharing the recipes and photos of your holiday decorations. Your letters always feel like I am hearing from a dear friend. Happy Thanksgiving!
I have been waiting for this post! I knew it would be wonderful,and it was. Thanksgiving , really all the Fall is my favorite time of the year. Things are so beautiful, then it is darker earlier and everything becomes so cozy. Life kind of slows down a bit for awhile. I can not agree more about Black Friday. I refuse to go anywhere on that day but home. To me it just totally destroys the whole meaning of Thanksgiving. Not to mention what Christmas is really all about, and it certainly isn’t getting shoved and pushed. I am so thankful I found you many years ago. We share so many of the same beliefs about family, home, people, and yes gardening too. When some of this modern day thinking gets me down, I always know where to come to get my spirit refilled. Thank you so much. I hope your Thanksgiving is very special one.
Mary Jane
Mary Jane
Happy Thanksgiving! We are so blessed to live where we live and to live the way we want! Thanks for your blog!
Thanks again for a beautiful newsletter. I so love seeing all your lovely touches and of course the bobeches are beautiful. We were in Martha Vineyards about a month ago and had the time of our live. What a blessing to experience the lovely land that you talk and share about. Blessings and Happy Thanksgiving!
Blessings to you and Joe this Thanksgiving!!! Thanks for sharing your recipes and your heart!!! Donna (Idaho)
Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday! I have wonderful memories of my parents and grandparents cooking and baking. Miss those days! Happy Thanksgiving to you and Joe!
Susan- YOU are the antidote for the world!
Thank you for sharing you lovely art and recipes and stories.
Your the balm.
Wonderful post! Hope you have a marvelous Thanksgiving.
Thank You for the lovely Thanksgiving post! Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday and I’m glad for such a beautiful blog post.
Happy Thanksgiving to all.
I love your blog posts
Susan, Just read your post,such a beautiful Thanksgiving Card from your heart, with lots of info thank you. So much fun to read and get the “ole wheel house” (brain) thinking. Now I’m off to dig out the Thanksgiving dishes & deco, why wait !!Happy Thanksgiving to you, Joe,Jack family & friends.
Susan,
As usual, your post is full of magic and inspiration! It helps me to slow down and remember the niceties that make the holiday a little more special. Like how you include Agnes by making her present with her sweet shoes on the books. Such a beautiful sentiment. I sure needed this respite today. Your posts refresh my soul. And I can tell they do the same for others as well. May you be doubly blessed for all you do.
I have been seeing these bobeches in your posts for a very long time and have actually myself tried finding them online as I just love them. There are several other kinds, but not the stars. And those black antique candle holders of the ladies holding the candles. I covet them every time I see them! 🙂
I will be making the cranberries and then the jam. That sounds so delicious. Trader Joe’s has a cranberry orange relish that’s yummy, so I am certain your jam will be amazing, especially on a scone or buttered bread (or toast) with a cuppa!
I was glad to see Jack there at the end of this. I was thinking, ‘where’s Jack’? My husband is allergic to cats so I love them vicariously through you and other people with kitties 🙂
Wishing you, Joe and Jack a happy and blessed Thanksgiving (and Green Friday).
Maureen
He’s always very nearby! You will love the jam Maureen, it wins over TJ’s!
Happy Thanksgiving !
I have so many blessings to be very grateful for ….good health , the love a good man , a kind & loving daughter & 3 grandchildren that fill our hearts with joy & keep us growing & changing in everything from technology to new adventures . Many loving brothers & nieces & friends !
Thanks for sharing your wonderful recipes -definitely making cranberry sauce. Love the LITTLE WOMEN & plan on seeing it with my grandchildren.
Penny from Mt. Rose 🌹
Susan..I don’t know what it is about your writings, but it always touches my heart so much. I guess it makes me think about days gone by that will never come back again and also how quickly life is passing me by. I always smile when you say “come and get your happiness”, as I always remember little Shirley Temple singing that song. I also know what you mean about listening to the snow falling. I have done that so many time throughout my life and always have wondered if anyone else has ever done that. I have always thought the the U.S. folks sure know how to celebrate their Thanksgivings (far more interesting than us Canadians) . Your Thanksgivings (to me ) are more like our Christmas’s. Anyways..just wanted to tell you how much joy you bring me when your newsletter arrives in my inbox. ❤️
You are dear to write, Colleen, thank you so much. 💞
Thanks to you for sharing your treasured recipes.
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I believe I may just try them all!
The bobeche are candlelight magic.
Happy Holidays & Green Friday.
I always enjoy your posts! Happy Thanksgiving wishes to you and Joe! I would love to have the starry bobeches to decorate my table. Thanks for the giveaway.
How nice of you to look out for little bits of magic to share with us!
Oh I am so thankful for you dear Susan! Just got more of your books in the mail–they are truly delicious, sumptuous & lovely. I hope your Thanksgiving is truly blessed <3
Happy Thanksgiving…..you always make me smile!
Happy Thanksgiving Susan, Thank you for sharing Martha’s Vineyard Love Letter. I grew up in the Caribbean, after I got married with a USA Army man ( 15 years this December) and travel around the states. I fell in love with the seasons, the smell of pine trees and mountains. We moved this year to Utah from California and we are loving every moment. We can see the Wasatch mountains from our house. Closer to nature, closer to God.
How wonderful Johanna!
Thank you Susan. I love all that you create. Happy Thanksgiving!! May God bless you and your family.
Stars are the holes in heaven…..and I’d love to have some on the table with our candlesticks which used to be my grandmother’s.
I always look forward to your blog. It warms my heart. You have so many wonderful ideas, quotes, recipes, photos, etc! It always makes me happy to read every single word, and usually more than once!
Re your Rainbow Jello. It could be a dessert. especially after eating a big turkey dinner. It would be nice & light. The sour cream would just taste like regular cream like when I put sour cream & jam on my crumpet, it tastes sweet.
The sour cream keeps it from being too sweet . . . but anything Jell-O can go both ways.😀 It’s so nice to have something cold and colorful in an all-hot and brown dinner!
What a timely post. I’m relaxing after having hosted my sister an a friend for a lovely lunch and a time to make cranberry relish together. Everyone brings their own ingredients and jars and we help each other make enough to then share with other friends. We decorate the glass jelly jars and tie them with twine. It was a fun festive fall afternoon now I have my jammies on!!
Love all things Susan Branch
Just plain “💘you” Susan Branch…every holiday, every day you make seem special! 💗
As always, your wonderful post brightened my day. Thank you, Susan.
Hi Susan!
I wish you and yours a very Happy Thanksgiving! May it be filled with so very much joy, good health, gratitude and blessings!
Thank you for bringing so very much joy to my life with your books and blogs!
Sending Angel Blessings,
Janice
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You make life so lovely :).
Wishing you, Joe and Jack the most wonderful of Thanksgivings. Your blog was a welcoming pleasure to read as always. I was suppose to be with my dear friend this month on MV….sadly I wasn’t able to be there. Thank you so much for bringing the vineyard to me. It so warms my heart….Your the best !
Happy to do it Susan!
Like the Thanksgiving Prayer on the bookmark! This was a great Thanksgiving post.b
All of this is pure magic. YOU are pure magic!🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
love the post… I may make sauce…Have a great holiday season…. Love your book about England also… Sandi.
Love the photos of your table settings..so uplifting. ❤️
Have a wonderful Thanksgiving!
I put my hand in his & MAGIC
Happy Thanksgiving!🍂🧡🍂Thank you , as always , for something to smile about & the reminder that the little things in life are really the big things after all 🧡🍂🧡Love to You & Yours ~🧡🍂🧡
Bobeche! what a delightful word for a lovely object!
When I discovered you, Susan, I found a soulmate. Your magical words
resonate with me. This despite the fact that I live way far from you in
Florida. I do not understand, but from the time I “found” Gladys Tabor I have
loved your “neck of the woods”, and discovering you has been a blessing in my life. I treasure my “old” furniture, my blue and white dishes, and “dutch girl” quilt made from remnants of tiny dresses all lovingly stitched for me by my dear grandmother.
Love and all best wishes to you and Joe for all the wonderful pleasures that this season brings.
Love the sound of your quilt! I know how you feel, I was homesick for New England before I ever moved here! xoxo
This post was the calm I needed this evening. I love that you quoted Van Morrison too! 😀 Thanksgiving in Canada is long past but I understand we are thankful everyday. Black Friday is something I could never understand. You have inspired me to so something outdoors with my kids. I LOVE Little Women!! When I went to see my mother this summer in VA, she gave me the set I have been wanting since I was 13. I will cherish these porcelain dolls forever. I so wish I could post pictures for you…they are just beautiful.
I hope and pray you have a lovely Thanksgiving. 🙂
Ohhh, what a wonderful gift! I’m excited for you! XOXO
It’s lovely to see your Autumn colours. I become so engrossed in all things cosy and warm, I need to look out the window to remember it’s Spring here! Just want you to know I love to read every post you send us. Still inspires and grounds me ‘though far away on the other side of the world. Thank you Susan. Happy Thanksgiving to you, Joe and your friends.
Ha ha, I do think about you, Betty, down under, having an entirely different season… I need a side-by-side two-season blog! Happy Spring! Must feel wonderful! Love hearing from you! It’s a good reminder of how small this world really is, and how we are all hooked together. xoxoxo😘
Happy thanksgiving! Love your work. Trying to win bobeches for a friend who could use cheering up. She’s a fan!
Thanksgiving!I believe it’s over the river and through the woods to Grandfather’s house we go,not grandmothers.But,in you defence nearly everyone says grandmother.Have a wonderful Thanksgiving!Love how you decorate,so heartfelt.God bless you and Joe.Mary Elizabeth
Thank you for another fantastic post. I love Thanksgiving and the holidays. All your ideas help to make it extra special. Hope you, Joe and your families have a loving, beautiful Thanksgiving.
Kathleen Wilverding
Have loved your art for forever–the perfect combination of realism and whimsy.
😘 😘 😘
Darling Sue! Loved the blog post! So much inspiration! And, thank you for sharing the link to the new movie, Little Women! Can not wait!
Wishing you & Joe a warm and wonderful Thanksgiving!
Btw…I absolutely adore the starry collars for the crystal candle holders! When we unpacked this summer, I was thrilled to discover that I still had the candle holders!
Happy Thanksgiving dear Peg! 🕯
Thank you for your Thanksgiving gift. I love your blog and save them to look at when I need a little “Pick Me Up”. I love the recipes and will be trying some of these. What fun starry bobochet’s. Would love to have them!
Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours on the best holiday of the year when we can cook, eat and be thankful for all our blessings! Your writings are truly a visit from a dear friend with whom we have so much in common. You are a big part of my home with my collection of all your books, calendars and on and on, plus most recently a Happy Birthday English bone china cup!
I wanted another month of October and now as November is drawing down I’d like seconds of her too…as I sit here with our candles lit and a warm cup of apple cider mixed with brewed ginger lemon tea and a cinnamon stick I felt a warm tear trickle down my cheek as I drank in your pictures and stories.
Can we get a package of you to savor and share?
You are so kind and thoughtful!
Ohhhh, thank you Sharon. Yes, can we please have seconds of everything?!!
Thanks Susan for another heart warming missive. I am so grateful for my Friends that made sure I was not alone for Thanksgiving with 4 different Invites to dinner.
Lovely!
Ah…your blog posts are like comfort food for the soul, Susan! Thanksgiving blessings to you and Joe! 🦃
Happy Thanksgiving and thanks for your beautiful post.
Bobeches would be divine-have admired them for sometime.