Looking back, looking forward

 2018

One of the best things about a picture blog is looking back over many years, and remembering little things that would otherwise be forgotten.  Like Nova, basting the turkey last year.

Frankly, at my age, all those past Christmastimes and Thanksgivings tend to morph into one big similar holiday.  Not so, just take a look down memory lane...

My kitchen buddy, 2017
We still miss you, dear Roger.

In 2016, a rare and welcome break from cooking. We had an elegant Thanksgiving dinner with friends, and the hostess sent me home with the real prize: a carcass for next day soup.

That's Maya, sweetly underfoot in the kitchen in 2015.

Wow, it snowed here in 2014

In 2013, we braved a winter mountain drive for the holiday weekend in Twisp.

Ditto 2012, when Maya was a newborn babe.

Here's little Nova in 2011, setting the table.

Tom and Nova in 2010, with another snowy Thanksgiving. 

And way back in 2009, the year I started the blog, Amanda and Baby Nova with her cousins (now all grown up) at a family Thanksgiving in Seattle.