Posted on 10/07/2005 7:37:44 AM PDT by Billie
HAPPY THANKSGIVING CANADA
"A Day of General Thanksgiving to Almighty God for the bountiful harvest with which Canada has been blessed... to be observed on the second Monday in October."
T for time to be together, turkey, talk, and tangy weather.
H for harvest stored away, home, and hearth, and holiday.
A for autumn's frosty art, and abundance of love in the heart.
N is for neighbors, and October, nice things, new things to remember.
K for kitchen, kettles' croon, kith and kin expected soon.
S for sizzles, sights, and sounds, and something special that abounds.
The first North American Thanksgiving was celebrated in 1578 when the English Navigator, Martin Frobisher, held a formal ceremony in Newfoundland. He did this to give thanks for surviving the long sea journey, and other settlers arrived in Newfoundland, and the tradition was continued by them.
In 1879, Parliament declared November 6th a national holiday of Thanksgiving. Over the years this date changed, and on January 31, 1957, Parliament declared the second Monday in October of each year to be "A Day of General Thanksgiving to Almighty God for the bountiful harvest with which Canada has been blessed".
LOL!!!!!
Excuse me, I feel a growl coming on...
I got spurs that jingle jangle jingle...
Hello!
Wet and rainy here, but we've needed the rain.
Rain isn't cold either, so if I was up for it I'd wander out in the rain.
Oh good, I need to see them.
I left my saddle in Houston,
Broke my leg in Santa Fe.
Lost my wife and a girlfriend
Somewhere along the way.
I'll be lookin' for eight when they pull that gate,
And I hope that judge ain't blind.
Amarillo by morning,
Amarillo's on my mind.
Hi Darks. A little bit of rain is good.
I was just quoting old song lyrics. ;-)
Hi Amy, are you coming back this evening?
How are ya? Happy TGIF!
You mean, you don't have spurs? I don't believe you.
Yes, best part is that this is a nicce gentle rain, not that five minute heavy pounding rain.
So it is a good soaking and not a 'wash out roadways and creeks' rain.
:(
Probably not. I usually get home about 10:00. By the time I get Marissa to bed and see my FriendAnn on her way home, it is after 11:00.
For some reason, I'm not sleeping very well so I 've been trying to get to bed by 10:00 or 11:00.
I know ..... as Marissa would say ... BORING!!!
That's good. What I like about the rain is that everything looks much cleaner after that... streets, cars, etc.
How about the world's biggest chocolate egg!?!...
A Belgian city has entered the Guinness book of records with the biggest Easter egg ever.
The Belgian chocolate producer Guylian made the chocolate egg with at least 50,000 bars (or 1,950KG of chocolate) on behalf of the city of St. Niklaas.
Well, there's always tomorrow. :-)
OOPS!! I forgot my red!
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