This post is lovingly dedicated to all my vegetarian friends but especially to Claudia and Don at Mockingbird Hill Cottage [here].
Thanksgiving Dinner
by Edna St. Vincent Millay
"I will cook for my love a banquet of beets and cabbages,
Leeks, potatoes, turnips, all such fruits…
For my clever love,
who has returned from further than the far east;
We will laugh like spring
above the steaming, stolid winter roots."
A delicious Thanksgiving Day dinner to all of you!
I hope you enjoyed the beautiful words of Edna St. Vincent Millay above.
A huge thank you to my cameraman, R.H., who went to the barn in 28 degree weather
this morning for props, spent hours arranging all my vegetables for me
and then photographing them.
[No vegetables were harmed during the filming of this post,
but they will be eaten afterwards!]
Oh, thank you so much for the dedication, Dewena! Those vegetables look scrumptious! And yes, we will be having a vegetarian Thanksgiving. (I've always loved the side dishes the best anyway!)
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Claudia
The vegetables are lovely. Like an oil painting.
ReplyDeleteAgain another wonderful post. You put such effort into melding the words and photos. I must ask..how did you achieve the effect on the pictures? Beautiful!
ReplyDeleteOh,beautiful, beautiful and every vegetable looks like a piece of fine art! I am not a full fledged vegetarian but I do love my veggies!
ReplyDeleteLovely Dewena...you hubby is a terrific; beautiful pictures I thought they were paintings; enjoy your Thanksgiving banquet with your family!!!!
ReplyDeleteThat is a lovely feast for the eyes, Dewena. I love Claudia-she is such a good person and dear soul. I am doing a turkey myself!;>) xo Diana
ReplyDeleteThose are amazing photographs Dewena!
ReplyDeletemakes me want to eat my veggies now.
Beautiful photos for a healthy Thanksgiving!
ReplyDeleteI am working on the place cards for our table for Thanksgiving. I will put this poem on my son's card since he is the family vegetarian.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely gorgeous photos! Lovely post.
ReplyDeleteVery nice post!
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Have a nice day! Cath.
The photos are art! I am jealous; your vegetables look so delicious. Are they all from your garden? R.H. Is a gem! Happy Thanksgiving.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous photos! My ten year old granddaughter is a vegetarian (and has been, since age six), so I will send her a link to this post.
ReplyDeleteWorks of art! When did vegetable ever look so appetizing and artistic at once? R.H.'s hidden talent for styling has been discovered - just like new actors, scene stealing or understudies in the theatre, getting their lucky break when the leading lady unluckily comes down with a flu or loses her voice! Colourful,crispy, and healthy, vegetables certainly have the wow factor to be served solo for any occasion, including Thanksgiving!
ReplyDeleteWonderful!
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Poppy
Typo: First sentence should read, 'vegetables'.
DeleteDewena, The photos are beautiful! I hope you have a wonderful and blessed Thanksgiving.
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Sherry
Beautiful post. I love all the beautiful photos they look like paintings they are so pretty!!
ReplyDeleteMy husband is a vegetarian. Thank you so much for sharing this post.
I hope you and your family have a happy Thanksgiving.
R.H. is becoming quite the stylist, Dewena. I really like the rustic appeal and beautiful colors in these photographs, and Edna St. Vincent Millay's words fit perfectly with them. Happy Thanksgiving to you and R.H.!
ReplyDeleteI could go vegetarian easily for Thanksgiving, especially if I had a LOT of sweet potato dishes! Lovely post, my dear!
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ReplyDeleteSo many delicious vegetables on here. Nel used to be a Vegetarian many years ago, and one day she had ribs, and it was all over. How nice of your cameraman to go in the barn in such cold weather and take these pictures. My dad used to have a garden, and he would come in with the most amazing vegetables and fruits.
Happy Thanksgiving to you, dear.
~Sheri
Hi Dewena,
ReplyDeleteSometimes I wish I lived in America...sigh. Your Thanksgiving is so much more spectacular then the Canadian one and doesn't exist at all in England. Love your veggie options. We are not vegetarians here, but do keep meat to small portions because I feel it's not entirely healthy for us to eat large quantities, but that turkey!!! I love it!!! Especially at holiday times. Hope you have an amazing Thanksgiving and take photos. :)
THESE?? YOUR vegetables? WOW.
ReplyDeletethese pictures have an old world look to them. they're just beautiful. sheer abundance.
i'm like claudia above . . . I've always loved the side dishes the best too! I LOVE BEETS!!!
i hope you have time on that busy day to take a picture of your table and share it with us.
i love your table settings. and can only imagine what thanksgiving and christmas must look like at your home. lovely. just lovely. xoxo
Dewena, your photos are fabulous! I've never met a veg I didn't like but the way they're cooked...a different story.
ReplyDeleteR.H. is definitely a keeper!!! Those vegetables look beautiful and delicious.
ReplyDeleteHave a wonderful Thanksgiving,
Mary Alice
Love each and every picture! Never seen vegetables look so good. lol! Actually I love oven roasted winter vegetables. YUM! My oldest grandsons girlfriend is a vegetarian. I will find out tomorrow whether or not she will be coming with him. We do have some veggies on the menu as well as a relish tray. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving!
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Jann
Beautiful post and images, Dewena.
ReplyDeleteHappy Thanksgiving!
Ha! What gorgeous photos! Happy Thanksgiving :)
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Beautiful words and photos! Happy Thanksgiving, Nancy
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by French Lique and leaving your sweet message. Blessings
ReplyDeleteThe words and these photos are remarkably beautiful! Thank you and I need to share with my little veggie girl Hannah! She is a vegetarian too and eats all the side dishes! As for me I am walking two doors down to retrive some leftover ham for my homemade pancakes this morning! :-)
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