Not a normal Thanksgiving…

Let’s face it – Thanksgiving 2020 is not going to be the holiday we are accustomed to. Many people are bemoaning the fact that they can’t get together and have their usual celebration with family and friends. But this is not the first time Americans have struggled at Thanksgiving time. Consider these photos:

https://www.wnyheritage.org/content/thanksgiving_in_buffalo_during_depression_-_1931/index.html

https://www.thevintagenews.com/2016/01/22/47210/
These guys were stuck in Korea, about six thousand miles from home, and with no cell phones or Facebook to connect with their loved ones.

Norman Rockwell painting of a homeless woman on Thanksgiving Day, 1948

And this painting by Norman Rockwell summed up what Thanksgiving was like in many places in Europe, where cities had been been bombed, leaving many of its residents in rubble for years.

So wherever you are, be thankful for what you do have, instead of what you don’t have this year.

First Walk Of Spring

 

The sun is out, and temperatures are over 40° Fahrenheit. Hey, I can actually take a long walk outside!

 

Where the sun doesn’t shine, sidewalks are still covered with ice, so I have to walk in the street.

 

Good grief, the sidewalk snowplow really goofed up here.

 

And they missed part of the road as well.

 

A orange flag atop this huge snow pile to remind us it’s here!

 

The storm drains are carrying away the snow-water.

 

Part of the woods is gone! When did that happen, and how did I miss it?