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  • Marple
    Marple Member Posts: 19,143
    edited October 2009

    Oh gosh Kathleen, I'm not that pure..............I do eat meatEmbarassed............but not meat I know personally.  I do love veggies though.

     

    I LOVE the kitty pic. 

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  • KAK
    KAK Member Posts: 1,679
    edited October 2009

    Snow!!!   No, no, pk, not the "S" word!!!

    Happy Turkey or Whatever you eat Day, my Canadian GF's!   Is it next week?  I've got to go look it up.

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  • Marple
    Marple Member Posts: 19,143
    edited October 2009

    It's this weekend KAK.......gobble gobble gobble.

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  • pk0199
    pk0199 Member Posts: 586
    edited October 2009

    I can almost smell Tom cooking now!!hmmmm

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  • Marple
    Marple Member Posts: 19,143
    edited October 2009

    Hahaha, pk, come and join us.  Bring the fam.

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  • kmccraw423
    kmccraw423 Member Posts: 3,596
    edited October 2009

    Just curious Sharon - what is the story behind the Canadian Thanksgiving?  I know here we joined with the Indians and enjoyed a meal (then we drove them off and took their land - but that's another story).

    I love this country but let's face it we have not always behaved well under pressure.

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  • Marple
    Marple Member Posts: 19,143
    edited October 2009

    Lol, I think we did the same thing Kathleen Embarassed.

    I'm not so sure of our Thanksgiving history but I think it's to give thanks for a bountiful harvest. 

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  • arnie2two
    arnie2two Member Posts: 1,215
    edited October 2009


    Thanksgiving Canada

    The Canadian Thanksgiving Day came about because of a combination of traditions. Before the first Europeans arrived in North America, the farmers in Europe held celebrations at harvest time. The farm workers filled a curved goat's horn with fruit and grain to give thanks for their harvest having been a good one. This horn was called a Horn of Plenty.....or a Cornucopia, and the farm workers who started a new life in Canada took this tradition with them.

    In Newfoundland in 1578, the English navigator Martin Frobisher held a ceremony to give thanks for surviving the long journey. He was later knighted and had an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean in Northern Canada named after him.....Frobisher Bay. As other settlers arrived they continued these ceremonies.

    In 1621, in what is now the United States of America, the Pilgrims celebrated their harvest in the New World. By the 1750's settlers moving to Canada from America had taken this celebration to Nova Scotia. At the same time, French settlers arriving in Canada with the explorer Samuel de Champlain held thanksgiving feasts and shared their food with their Indian neighbours. After the seven years war ended in 1763 the citizens of Halifax held a special day of Thanksgiving.

    At the time of the American Revolution, the people who remained loyal to the Government in England moved to Canada and spread the Thanksgiving celebration to other parts of the country. Other English settlers were also used to having a harvest celebration in their churches every Autumn.

    In 1879 the Canadian Parliament declared the 6th November as a day of Thanksgiving and a national holiday. Over the years the date has changed with the third Monday in October being the most popular time. Finally on the 31st January 1957 the Canadian Parliament proclaimed that....

    'A Day of General Thanksgiving to Almighty God
    for the bountiful harvest with which Canada has
    been blessed.....to be observed on the second Monday in October.'

    Thought this was interesting and I'd share... xoxoxo
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  • EWB
    EWB Member Posts: 2,927
    edited October 2009

    Kathleen- I think its more like... I love this country but let's face it we have not always behaved well   .............. Tongue out (under pressure) this is optional

    Thanks Arnie

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  • kmccraw423
    kmccraw423 Member Posts: 3,596
    edited October 2009

    Thanks guys!!!!!  Not only do you get the company of some really fabuous women but you learn a thing or two here!  I love it!

    For whatever reason, a time to join friends and family to give thanks is a good thing.

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  • Merilee
    Merilee Member Posts: 3,047
    edited October 2009

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  • Marple
    Marple Member Posts: 19,143
    edited October 2009

    Good morning cute chicks.

    That's a sweet 'whatchamathingy' Merilee. Wink

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  • kmccraw423
    kmccraw423 Member Posts: 3,596
    edited October 2009

    Awwwww ... all of God's creatures are so beautiful y contribution ...

    Where did everybody go?

    Caption: Of all the ridiculous-looking chickens, Silkies may take the cake. They're also one of the most loved because of their hair-like plumage and extraordinary docility and friendliness.

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  • Marple
    Marple Member Posts: 19,143
    edited October 2009

    Love the 'do' Kathleen.

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  • KAK
    KAK Member Posts: 1,679
    edited October 2009

    Thanks for the edification, Arnie!!

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  • Merilee
    Merilee Member Posts: 3,047
    edited October 2009

    Good morning friends

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  • Marple
    Marple Member Posts: 19,143
    edited October 2009

    Good morning cute chicks.

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  • kmccraw423
    kmccraw423 Member Posts: 3,596
    edited October 2009

    Sharon - how adorable!  Here they are as teenagers:

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  • mumito
    mumito Member Posts: 4,562
    edited October 2009

    Not in the turkey theme but oh so cute.

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  • KAK
    KAK Member Posts: 1,679
    edited October 2009

    Morning, cuties!

    Have a great Thanksgiving weekend, Canadian ladies!

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  • mumito
    mumito Member Posts: 4,562
    edited October 2009

    All these birds have arroused some interest.

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  • KAK
    KAK Member Posts: 1,679
    edited October 2009

    Oooooohhh!   Pretty kitties!

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  • faithandfifty
    faithandfifty Member Posts: 10,007
    edited October 2009

    Popped in for cute.

    Leaving with learning.

    WhooopWhooop!!

    xx00xx00xx00xx

    I guess that shoulda been: gobble, gobble.

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  • arnie2two
    arnie2two Member Posts: 1,215
    edited October 2009

    SUCH CUTE PICS!!!

     Happy Thanksgiving!!!

    xoxoxo

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  • pk0199
    pk0199 Member Posts: 586
    edited October 2009

    Thanks Arnie for the hx lesson, ashamed to admit, I didn't know that,learn something new everyday.

    Thanksgiving is great isn't it. There is so much to be thankful for. Friends, family, food on the table, a table to put it on, a house in where we can eat this meal, but most of all, we are here. Some still may have issues or a battle ahead, but we are here. For me, that is enough and i consider myself blessed.

    Happy Thanksgiving to all! 

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  • KAK
    KAK Member Posts: 1,679
    edited October 2009

    Okay, cute story:

    A couple of years ago, I had driven to see a home care patient who lived in this beautiful wooded area by Narragansett Bay here in Rhode Island.  They had a house right on the water at the end of a wooded road.  So, I pulled into the driveway and started gathering my work stuff, and when I turned to open the car door and get out, there was a flock of about 20 wild-but-very-tame turkeys gathered around to greet me.  Now, you should all know that I seriously thought about becoming a veterinarian and I like most animals and most animals like me, and I'd actually "met" a flock of turkeys before.  So, I was amused and bemused, but not alarmed.  I proceeded to open the car door and sat there, half out the door, and said hello to my welcoming committee.  As I stroked all the turkeys within reach and they all fluffed themselves around me, my patient's husband came out the front door to "rescue" me.  He said they had been tossing out some cracked corn for the turkeys once in a while, so the gang was checking to see if I had a snack for them.   LOL!

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  • Marple
    Marple Member Posts: 19,143
    edited October 2009

    Neat story KAK.  We have wild turkeys out back many mornings.  They are not as friendly as those though.  I love to watch them.  The babies are almost the same size as the adults now.

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  • arnie2two
    arnie2two Member Posts: 1,215
    edited October 2009

    pk1099...You're welcome!  Wink  KAK...precious story!   Sharon...would love to have them around!!!

    When I was up north one winter...we were sitting in a friends' great room with alot of windows.  It was getting towards dusk and I saw these huge birds jumping up into the pine trees.  I couldn't tell what kind of birds they were as it was getting dark...my friend informed me they were wild turkeys and they jump up in the pine trees at night to roost.  Learn something new every day! lol

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  • Marple
    Marple Member Posts: 19,143
    edited October 2009

    I remember the first wild turkey I saw was out the kitchen window while doing dishes.  It took me a couple of seconds to realize what this flying UFO actually was.

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  • Marple
    Marple Member Posts: 19,143
    edited October 2009

    Mum, is this what those kittys are looking at with such interest?

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