Thanksgiving

Thankful for the time I've had...and the time that's left.

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Thanksgiving 2022

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Thanksgiving 2021

 

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Pandemic Thanksgiving...

 

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Thanksgiving Dinner

Broke TFL tradition and cooked real food instead of a TV dinner.  

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Happy Thanksgiving!

I have 2 this year so I can go back for seconds on everything...

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Happy Thanksgiving!

The TFL tradition continues...video tomorrow.  

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thanksgiving day..

Been a busy two days.  1. Got all the redundant axle ends finished. 2. Got the paramotor firmly attached to the cart. 3. Broke the pull rope on my generator - replaced it. 4. Rigged a makeshift seat so I and do some ground testing - still haven't decided on how to do the final seat rig yet so I will see if anything else breaks before I commit.

Was just about ready to fire up the machine for a ground test when I decided that Thanksgiving Day is not a good day to get hurt so I will wait til tomorrow.  Looking forward to an extravagant seasonal meal tonight.  Happy Thanksgiving!  67,78,52,0,B

Thanksgiving 2015: keeping it simple

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thanks...

George Washington giving thanks to whom thanks was due.

Thanksgiving Proclamation

Issued by President George Washington, at the request of Congress

October 3, 1789

By the President of the United States of America, a Proclamation.
Whereas it is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey His will, to be grateful for His benefits, and humbly to implore His protection and favor; and—Whereas both Houses of Congress have, by their joint committee, requested me “to recommend to the people of the United States a day of public thanksgiving and prayer, to be observed by acknowledging with grateful hearts the many and signal favors of Almighty God, especially by affording them an opportunity peaceably to establish a form of government for their safety and happiness:”
Now, therefore, I do recommend and assign Thursday, the 26th day of November next, to be devoted by the people of these States to the service of that great and glorious Being who is the beneficent author of all the good that was, that is, or that will be; that we may then all unite in rendering unto Him our sincere and humble thanks for His kind care and protection of the people of this country previous to their becoming a nation; for the signal and manifold mercies and the favor, able interpositions of His providence in the course and conclusion of the late war; for the great degree of tranquility, union, and plenty which we have since enjoyed; for the peaceable and rational manner in which we have been enabled to establish constitutions of government for our safety and happiness, and particularly the national one now lately instituted; for the civil and religious liberty with which we are blessed, and the means we have of acquiring and diffusing useful knowledge; and, in general, for all the great and various favors which He has been pleased to confer upon us.
And also that we may then unite in most humbly offering our prayers and supplications to the great Lord and Ruler of Nations, and beseech Him to pardon our national and other transgressions; to enable us all, whether in public or private stations, to perform our several and relative duties properly and punctually; to render our National Government a blessing to all the people by constantly being a Government of wise, just, and constitutional laws, discreetly and faithfully executed and obeyed; to protect and guide all sovereigns and nations (especially such as have shown kindness to us), and to bless them with good governments, peace, and concord; to promote the knowledge and practice of true religion and virtue, and the increase of science among them and us; and, generally, to grant unto all mankind such a degree of temporal prosperity as He alone knows to be best.

Field Lab Thanksgiving

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time and a half...

Decided the best way to celebrate Thanksgiving this year (and the lack of harvest from my greenhouse) was to work and not eat all day.  Perhaps I will be ready for a real home grown feast next year.  Put in 8 hours backfilling the area with 5 wheelbarrow loads of desert dirt, leveling more sand, then got over 100 more pavers laid.  Cheers to all that got stuffed and lazily watched a football game all afternoon.  That's on the list for next Thanksgiving here at TFL.

Had a late afternoon visit from my new friend Jens Smits - from Germany.  He is a chemical engineer that has been away from home working in Houston for the past 4 weeks.  He is taking some time off to visit the Big Bend and is also a geocacher (Angepitou).  He got the mini tour then zeroed right in on the find here at TFL.  Awful nice of him to drop me a bottle of wine.  63,76,35,0,B

HAPPY THANKSGIVING

More later, but for now enjoy this bit of classic TV history...
http://www.in.com/videos/watchvideo-happy-thanksgiving-wkrp-turkey-drop-2125525.html

Well it's later now and I just can't top this mornings post. Last year on this day I was on a trian to Houston to visit my old high school chum Peter and his wife Donna, and met their daughter for the first time - my BFF Rachel....spent the night on the train in San Antonio before arriving at my final destination at 6AM the next morning. 54,68,36,0

Happy Thanksgiving

On the road...spent the night at the Antelope Lodge in Alpine...couldn't find an internet connection until this morning at the Alpine Chamber of Commerce....My train leaves at 2:30 today and I get in to Houston tomorrow at 6AM...Probably a good thing that I got out of my desert yesterday as it's raining today. UPDATE: found a weak signal after midnight thanksgiving night...Im in San Antonio waiting for the train to take off for Houston at 1AM....good train ride today...now for some sleep.