peace, hope and love on this thursday

i actually watched the parade on greg's computer this morning. i could tell the performers were so incredibly happy to be working again; dancing, singing, guiding the balloons . . it felt extra joyful this year. 

 

the macy's chorus sang so beautifully.

 (greg kept talking to me while i was trying to film . . i think one of the cats was attempting to drink my coffee which was on the table - he was complaining to me that i had left my food unguarded.)

the last float of the parade - santa claus rides into town.

morning panettone . . i had bought a little $2 one the other day. (usually we don't open a panettone until christmas morning.)

afternoon walk along the river . . 

we walked to the dog run to see what dogs were out and then back home for an early dinner.

no french bulldogs this afternoon . . 

purple blooming asters - michaelmas daisies . . 

and a rose still in bloom . . 

back at the apartment i watched a little bit of the national dog show. we loved the english bulldog and were hoping he would win best of show, but the deerhound won for the second year in a row (the first time any dog has won consecutive years).

dinner at 2:00 . . 

buon appetito!

we had our family zoom call and we played our "caption this!" game with an old photograph from my extensive photo collection (!). i'll include that a little later as i'm writing this on friday and greg is waiting for me to go for a walk. happy thanksgiving!

 

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this year's photo was of my paternal grandfather and grandmother at the 1964 world's fair in flushing meadows, queens, and the captions that we came up with:

kathy, warren and jason (two entries): "and i thought they had big schnozzes in sicily!"

"this is who you meant by your goofy american cousin?"

 

morgan: "give me all the meatballs!"

 

me: "josephine! these americans are getting goofier every year! i think we need to go back to sicily!"

 

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dessert in the evening . . 

 

our apple pie which finn ended up stepping on (last night while i was putting the lasagna together), but thankfully it was covered by a cloth.

and that's all, good night everyone.