PORCH PONDERINGS

After Thanksgiving

I woke this morning to find this Blog mentioned in the Blogging Bliss Newsletter "November 2022 Blogging Bliss Newsletter One Hundred Nineteen"  - thanks Wordsmitty ✍️!! Lots of good Blogs to peruse in that newsletter. Give it a read.

So what did everyone do for Thanksgiving? We went to Big Timber. It's a nice, small town about 2 hours from here, where there is always a good wind blowing. In Big Timber, there is the Grand Hotel. It's been there since 1890. They do a wonderful buffet for the holiday. We stayed two nights in a decent hotel room, had a great meal, then made our way home after doing some shopping in Billings on Friday. But since we did food shopping, we avoided all the crazies at the malls and other retail stores.

Now the push is on for Christmas. Egads. Doesn't everyone have enough stuff? We never send Christmas presents anymore. That stopped when we stopped working. All I do now is Christmas cards.

We have a Christmas Stroll here in town. As treasurer of the Chamber of Commerce, I get the applications for vendors. So there is a bit of jockeying for the best location for booths. Everyone wants to be in the best location to sell their little trinkets. Goodness.

Everyone in the Northern reaches of this great land, stay warm! Winter is upon us. I am waiting for a thaw. I still have some potatoes in the ground, safe and secure under their blanket of snow. I need to get them inside. Perhaps soon.