On Being Thankful (Poems and Pictures)

Hey, guys! I hope you’re all having a fantastic Thanksgiving. Honestly, I feel like I was just doing this – as each year passes, the time flies faster. If you’re not in too much of a food coma, I hope that you’ll take a few minutes to read this post. The poems are not mine, and I’m not quite sure who wrote them exactly, but I thought they would be appropriate for today.

I’m accompanying the poems with pictures I took of things other than dolls. Quick warning, though – they’re completely unedited (except where I blurred out the info on Jax and Callie’s collars). 🙂 So if you dare to look, go ahead . . .

Mom and Dad and all the folks

Who sit around the table

Railroad tracks in Girdwood, AK

All give thanks to the Lord above

For the fact that we are able

 

Taken from a float plane but I have no idea where we were at the time 🙂

To have the food and shelter 

We all need to survive

And have the love of family

That makes it good to be alive

Lord, as we bow our heads to pray

We celebrate Thanksgiving Day

 

Homer Harbor in Homer, AK

Help us have the right attitude

As we turn to You (sic) in gratitude

 

 

 

Fireweed in Homer, AK

Thank you for our festive food;

Thank you, Lord, for this good food;

On the beach in Homer, AK

Thank for blessings great and small;

Thank you, thank you for it all

 

 

Near Nikiski, AK

So grateful for the whispers

Of loved ones departed

 

Kachemak Bay, Homer, AK

Still here to warm our hearts

As we gather ’round the table

 

Kachemak Bay, Homer, AK

So grateful for the right now

With loved ones by our side

 

For another chance to laugh and share

And speak out loud

 

University of Texas Campus, Austin, TX

Our thanks

For one another

 

 

Let me know what you thought in the comments, and tell me all about your Thanksgiving traditions and feast!

 

 

 

 

Credits: Thanksgiving Blessings by Joanna Fuchs

 

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Grateful (A Photostory)

Happy Thanksgiving, lovely virtual friends! Today is a day of joy and celebration, of food, and, most importantly, thankfulness. Today I challenge YOU to list . . . hmm . . . twenty-three things you are grateful for, since it’s November 23rd. I know you have at least that many. Here’s my list:

• Jesus!
• My blog
• A computer to write on
• Essential oils that smell amazing
• All of my friends I have from blogging
• My dolls
• My rabbits
• My dogs
• My chickens
• My family
• Living in the beautiful state of Alaska
• I have a camera to take pictures of beautiful Alaska with
• My house
• My warm, cozy room
• My warm, cozy clothes
• Books
• Delicious food
• The outdoors
• Pretty pictures of the outdoors
• Cute clothes for my dolls
• School
• Friends
• Orange-scented bath products

That last one was a little random. Sorry.

Now, let’s get on to the fun part of this post. I have for you my first-ever Thanksgiving photostory! And, at the end, a little bonus behind-the-scenes explanation of the making of the photostory.

Enjoy!

“Thanks for dinner, Grace. It was delicious,” Morgan tells my younger sister.

“Oh, you’re welcome. It was my pleasure,” Grace responds.

“I have an idea,” Molly begins. “Why don’t we go around the table and say what we’re grateful for and why? For example, I’m grateful for my education because I’ll be able to get into a good college. Now McKenna can go.”

“Oh!” McKenna exclaims, looking a bit surprised that Molly picked her to go next. “I’m grateful for my gymnastics coach and teammates. They inspire me and help me to work harder. Um . . . Emily.”

“Me?” Emily squeaks. “Well . . . I’m grateful for my piano and flute because . . . I love music. Morgan?”

“I’m grateful for Chocolate Chip and the other dogs,” Morgan tells us. “They make me so happy and bring me so much joy. Crystal.”

“I’m grateful for my beautiful clothes, because when I look good, I feel good,” Crystal says. “Grace?”

“I’m super-duper grateful for all of my baking supplies,” Grace says. “I love being able to surprise people with yummy treats. What about you, Lindsey?”

I look across the table at the shining faces of sweet Morgan, intelligent Molly, shy Emily, and fashionable Crystal.

I glance over to my left at spunky Grace and sporty McKenna.

“My sisters,” I finally say. “I’m grateful for my sisters.”

-End of phostory-

I hope y’all enjoyed that photostory. And now, onto the behind-the-scenes of Grateful (A Photostory)!

First, I placed two chairs across from each other in our hallway downstairs.

 

I placed benches on either side of the chairs.

Next, I placed books on the chairs.

I then took this yet-to-be-set-up chicken ramp . . .

And set it on top of the books.

Voilà! The perfect Thanksgiving table setup! Since the set took up the entire hallway, it was a bit difficult to get back and forth to either side, but I managed by squeezing behind the narrow gap between the dolls and the wall and climbing on the benches. Of course, that mussed up their hairstyles a bit, but it wasn’t too terrible.

My original photostory idea was to have them eating and then praying and then sharing what they were grateful for, but I could not make doll food, so I had the photostory take place after dinner.

I want to know how your Thanksgiving went. What did you have for dinner? What are you grateful for? What is your favorite Thanksgiving food and/or tradition?

Happy Thanksgiving!

-AGs in Alaska