The Kitchen for Thanksgiving or the LOST HOLIDAY!

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Wow, only two weeks away...Thanksgiving is just around the corner!

Saturday I went shopping with one goal in mind, to find some cocktail or luncheon napkins for Thanksgiving for the snack and dessert tables...NOTHING with rich colors or even a vibe of Thanksgiving. I believe it has become the LOST HOLIDAY...sadly!

Thanksgiving was always my mom's holiday, while Grandmother's had Christmas. She fussed and fiddled, and her home was always in earth and grass tones...so was perfect for the holiday. 

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I keep a lot of warm tones in our home also, despite all the blue and white.

The sunflower arrangements are for the moment still in the kitchen, I added some dark berries and some blue wild grasses, just to keep the Fall theme going. I may switch them out for dried look Hydrangeas before the holiday.

My last post I talked about cleaning---I did the windows, sills, high shelf, all the pottery items and the blinds (they were disgusting) and the floors.

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I also added new greenery (Eucalyptus garland and fresh LED lights) above on shelf. The other stuff was quite old, and brittle, the lights were shot and not LED. 

All the Danish plates are very old, some from 1911, even and one from 1898. 

This morning I tackled the refrigerator which is quite empty at the moment, and chucked all the 'old'--what was it....stuff! Garbage day tomorrow so all that suspect stuff will be gone.

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I didn't drag up all my 'Fall' dishes, but supplemented the blue and white with color, mostly naturals, dried gourds and dried flowers.

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It's been four years since I dragged out my painted canvas artisan Pilgrims..upside they are heavy and secure my Turkey Platter into the Cabinet. That platter is HUGE.

A small fresh pumpkin and a few other multicolored pieces help finish this. 

Decorating is always a work in progress, and who knows what will be added or subtracted by the Holiday!

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I can't give up my broom lady with her Danish proverb, "If everyone swept their own stoop, the whole world would be clean!" A great reminder to mind yourself and your own stoop! 

The arrangement is faux, but with natural grasses added in a tall blue glass vase. It really brightens up this corner which can be quite dark.

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A full view of the shelf---everything on here is really antique except for the Pilgrims, the teapot is maybe from the 50's, everything else is really old.

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Our side buffet, now hosts my pots of fresh herbs: Parsley, Thyme, Rosemary and Oregano. 

My Sage from the garden is drying on the back stairway...really is a recipe for Turkey day!

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My favorite Teapot from a vintage dealer on Etsy is next to a blue stoneware crock I have had for over 50 years. The shoe is my Granmother's, while the little gnomes were found in a thrift store, they are porcelain and very nice. The homespun tablecloth was also Grandma's and is so soft from many years of washing it no longer needs to be ironed...YAY!

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My Happiness is HOMEMADE sign is a reminder...to not BUY, but reuse and redo.

Still on the list to do are the cupboards with glass, amazing how scrambled the contents can get in a year. And, the sink window Hubby is going to have to do---ugh, that's a chore, but still needs to be done.

Our silver pieces haven't been used for awhile, and 

I need to choose which dishes to use, and tablecloths. 

I will use cloth napkins for the dinner table if I can find them.

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The giant blue enameled coffee pot was minus a lid and found in a thrift store for a song. Maybe I will switch out the sunflowers, right now it's fine or I'll move it to the porch. One thing we can't redo or reuse is our settee and coffee table on the front porch.

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This is the last photo of the table and the gold cushions to the right of the photo. We've had it for at least 20 years and all the legs had totally disintegrated. 

We took it apart and put the glass in recyclables, and stacked the metal pieces on the driveway. Two hours later the local metal pickers took it...and it will go to the recycle center. The cushions were really beyond hope and are ready for garbage pickup tomorrow.

We have all winter to figure out what we want to put on the porch, meanwhile, I brought up our metal bench from the backyard. Tonight we sat on the porch after ALL the Yardwork was finally done and actually had a beer, first one for me this year.

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So with the kitchen 90% done, tomorrow I have to move on to the living room and the buffet. I'll serve snacks and dessert from here, so seasonal decor will be along the back, and I will be picking from my old items from the family stashes and of course, pumpkins, a turkey and some more Pilgrims. 

So we are getting ready to GATHER!

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