Thanksgiving Dinner at Kenwood RV Park in La Feria, TX 2017

I am providing photos taken Wednesday during cooking and preparation in the kitchen and then during Thursday morning and during our Thanksgiving meal.  You can click on photo, then when it is open in new window you can right-click on it and save to your computer, if you want it.

Thanks for everyone who helped with the dinner; feel it was a success and everyone enjoyed.

Claire and Phyllis starting to clean, rub, and put 4 turkeys
in the roasting pans.

Kenwood RV Park Thanksgiving Dinner

Manager Rosie stopped by to see how things were going.

Rochelle, our new Office Manager, has never done a turkey
and is supposed to fix one for her family Thursday.  She is
getting a look at things -- and she wasn't excited about doing it.

Claire rubbing seasoning on a turkey

Ready for some heat

I ground up several onions for the dressing, with tears in my eyes.

Bread drying for the dressing; with necks, hearts, gizzards
and livers starting to cook at the right.

Phyllis getting ready to add things to the bread for dressing.

Tables all set up Thursday morning.

4 Turkeys cooked Wednesday, then cut up that afternoon.
This is Thursday morning with all the meat ready to warm up for serving.

Getting ready for food brought by the park people.

Gathering

Bobbi Raab, who just arrived in the park Tuesday from Minneapolis area, talks with
Ann and Steve DeBoom who got in this week from near Sioux City, Iowa.

11:40 am or so and food starting to come in.  Pat Sumner
setting his crock pot with Judy Chroninger supervising.

Pat and Lois Sumner had their daughter and family from
Arlington, Texas as guests for the dinner

Pat and Lois Sumner had their daughter and family from
Arlington, Texas as guests for the dinner, and got a family picture

People gathering

People gathering - coffee, tea and water table set up

Some food has arrived

People gathering

People gathering

Phyllis & Gene Fruth setting cooker of turkey out, ready to serve

Provided turkey, dressing, mashed potatoes and gravy set out and ready.

Food being brought in

People gathering

People gathering - many had center pieces and decorations for their table.

Ready for food

Visiting, waiting for time to eat.

Sisters Judy and Maxine waiting to set out food brought by residents.

Waiting

Servers getting in position

Phyllis ready to make announcements

Phyllis doing a reading before giving blessing of meal.

Final setting out of food

Little after 12 Noon -- people starting through line

Getting their food

Getting their food - Phyllis helping with  90 year old Jean Snyder, getting 100 year old Ralph's plate

Starting through the "carry-in dishes" table line

Miles' table in foreground with flowers received from
son and daughter-in-law Wednesday evening.

Phyllis and Darlene (who directed traffic for tables being released
to the food line) chowing down as last table to eat.

Our table - chowing down.

Still lots of food, but lot of food taken.

Pat Sumner, full, satisfied, and coming for some drink.

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This is a reading that I gave before Phyllis, as Activity Director and
organizer of the dinner,  gave a reading and then prayer before our meal.

Thanksgiving week

57º with rain at 10:00 am Monday morning as I start this in La Feria, TX.  Phyllis will start cooking turkeys Wednesday for about 55 people on Thanksgiving Day.

I helped serve Ice Cream last night at the Rec Hall.  Here Don
Ferguson is getting ready while his brother Lawrence, in the doorway,
is listening to Phyllis give the announcements to the crowd.

This is the group listening to Phyllis

After Ice Cream we played Pegs & Jokers with Felix and Betty on the left,
and Pat and Lois, on the right

Saturday Phyllis and Pat cooked breakfast for about 30 people
at the Rec Hall

I made the gravy, after this photo adding the Jimmy Dean Sausage

Don making the coffee

Toni pouring orange juice

The servers finally sitting down to our breakfast

Some of the crowd chowing down

Gabbing, as most of these are done eating.

All of the people fit in the Friendship Room - as the
hall is closed for some construction work on the walls.

Nana's on the web 

 Saturday we went with Finkens and Winslows to Nana's Taqueria in Weslaco

Celebrating Darlene's Sunday birthday with Phyllis

Bill Winslow and the Finkens

food arrived - all delicious.

We are back at Winslows, Darlene with her
'take out" box.

This is from website, but is my meal - the Progreso Ground
Beef Taco Combo - 4 corn tortilla tacos with ground beef, cabbage,
tomato, grilled onions, cilantro & baked potato with fountain drink
Also shows the cup of  charro beans that we all got.

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Saturday evening playing manipulation card game at Winslows.

After the card game we enjoyed Darlene's pinapple pie.

GROANER’S CORNER:(( There were these two elderly people living in a Florida mobile home park. He was a widower and she a widow. They had known one another for a number of years. Now, one evening there was a community supper in the big activity center. These two were at the same table, across from one another. As the meal went on, he made a few admiring glances at her and finally gathered up his courage to ask her, "Will you marry me?"  After a dramatic pause and precisely six seconds of 'careful consideration,' she answered. "Yes. Yes, I will."  The meal ended with a few more pleasant exchanges and they went to their respective places. Next morning, he was troubled. "Did she say 'yes' or did she say 'no'?"  He couldn't remember. Try as he would, he just could not recall. Not even a faint memory. With trepidation, he went to the telephone and called her.  First, he explained to her that he didn't remember as well as he used to. Then he reviewed the lovely evening past.  As he gained a little more courage, he then inquired of her, "When I asked if you would marry me, did you say 'Yes' or did you say 'No'?"  He was delighted to hear her say, "Why, I said, 'Yes, yes I will' and I meant it with all my heart."  Then she continued, "And I am so glad you called, because I couldn't remember who had asked me."

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A man drinks a shot of whiskey every night before bed.  After years of this his wife wants him to quit, so she gets 2 shot glasses, filling 1 with water the other with whiskey.  She gets him to the table with the glasses and has his bait box there too.  She says "I want you to see this." She puts a worm in the water it swims around. She puts a worm in the whiskey and the worm dies. She says "so what do you have to say about this experiment?"  He says "IF I DRINK WHISKEY I WON'T GET WORMS!"

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Be well, do good things, and keep in touch -- Lynn

Bit of a "Cool Spell" in the Valley

62º here in La Feria as I start this at 10:45 am Sunday.  Was 55º when got up.  Last night, as predicted, a "cold" front came through with high winds from the north - dropped from 78º to 74º! in about an hour.  Then a little cooler overnight.  Predicted high for today is 69º and we have 25MPH winds right now.

Been a bit since I mentioned the different reading I am doing, so here goes:

Lee's years after the Civil war.
He was quite a gentleman.

Almost done with this abbreviated version 

of Mr. Franklin's life.

Red this last year, but picked it up and
read it again.  Fine book about living
in British Columbia 200 miles north
of Vancouver in the 1930's to 1960's

In the middle of this one now.  Gives a
different slant than many books - 
written from the "far left" 
in today's thoughts.

Just started on this fine book of the western
cattle industry; given to me by Cam's this
summer.  Gives earliest history of the cattle
industry in the US, works up through
the various cattle trails from Texas
to Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming, etc.

Quite an in-depth look at Jefferson
Davis' life.  Interesting.

Just working on this book.  Gives a
little different slant than his biography.

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GROANER’S CORNER:((  Two Irishmen, Patrick & Michael, were adrift in a lifeboat following a dramatic escape from a burning freighter. While rummaging through the boat's provisions, Patrick stumbled across an old lamp. Secretly hoping that a genie would appear, he rubbed the lamp vigorously. To the amazement of Patrick, a genie came forth. This particular genie, however, stated that he could only deliver one wish, not the standard three. Without giving much thought to the matter, Patrick blurted out, "Make the entire ocean into Guinness!" The genie clapped his hands with a deafening crash, and immediately the entire sea turned into the finest brew ever sampled by mortals. Simultaneously, the genie vanished.  Only the gentle lapping of Guinness on the hull broke the stillness as the two men considered their circumstances. Michael looked disgustedly at Patrick whose wish had been granted. After a long, tension-filled moment, he spoke:  "Nice going Patrick! Now we're going to have to pee in the boat."
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A local priest and a pastor were fishing on the side of the road. They thoughtfully made a sign saying, "The End is Near! Turn yourself around now before it's too late!" and showed it to each passing car. One driver who drove by didn't appreciate the sign and shouted at them, "Leave us alone, you religious nuts!"  All of a sudden they heard a big splash, looked at each other, and the priest said to the pastor, "You think maybe we should have just said 'Bridge Out' instead?"
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Sometime later, Lynn

Warm day - before a cool down on Saturday evening.

77º here in La Feria, TX at 9:23 am Friday as I start this - predicted high of 87º.  Predicted high Sunday is 77º with predicted lows both Saturday and Sunday of 55º.

Finished putting screening over all of the newer roof at the gutter.

Got the boards I painted  Wednesday on
the ceiling yesterday

Been trying to put 5 miles or so on the trike each
day.  Got in 5 miles yesterday - this 2 miles this morning.

This was in this week's Winter Texan Times.
I am in the yellow shirt at the left.

Part of the article referring to Men of A-Chord

Rest of article with reference
to Men of A-Chord - shows dates
of performances January-March

"Get Out The Way - I'm heading for bingo"

With me fixing my own lunch many of these days,
I get to have things like this.  Used it to top a lettuce salad.

Contractors are finishing the wall in the upper area that has
never been done in the last 25 years.

Shows how it will be finished around the stage and storage
area.  It is planned to finished the ceiling  next summer.

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GROANER'S CORNER:((  Little Johnny's preschool class went on a field trip to the fire station. The firefighter giving the presentation held up a smoke detector and asked the class: "Does anyone know what this is?"  Little Johnny's hand shot up and the firefighter called on him.
Little Johnny replied: "That's how Mommy knows supper is ready!"

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A new girl called Carly came to Jimmy's school.  Jimmy really fancied her, but was already going out with Lorraine.  Some time later he heard that Lorraine's family were emigrating.  On her leaving day he went to see her off.  On his way home, he was singing to himself: "I can see Carly now Lorraine has gone.''

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Q. How do you know a blonde has been on your computer?

A. There is whiteout all over the screen.

Later, Lynn