happy Thanksgiving!

We had a great Thanksgiving with the Hoangs - delicious food, lovely company, a perfect day. We played outside at the field and cooked during the morning, feasted at 1:30, and then lolled around in the afternoon playing games, watching Charlie Brown's Thanksgiving and Sound of Music, and talking. The men fell asleep; Anne, Sebastian, and I took our dogs for a walk to the pond; the girls had a dance party. Then we ate dessert for dinner. Delightful.

 

We decorated our dining room wall with colorful leaves listing some of the many things we are thankful for. 

 

Food (we went nontraditional): roasted duck, rack of lamb, wild rice gratin, scalloped sweet potatoes, brussels sprouts with pancetta; roasted spiced carrots; pickled beets; cranberry sauce; radicchio with dates, pistachios, and chevre; Cuong's homemade fig and pumpernickel breads. 

Apple pie and gingerbread bundt cake for dessert.