Our Thanksgiving

Here is our little group about to devour Thanksgiving dinner - except for Annie, who stood up from the table to take the picture. We had a very thankful day!

Our Pecans

We have a curiosity at the Tower House - a pecan tree. Last year it produced no nuts but this year it is loaded. I was turning the vegetable garden today and saw the pecans were popping out of their skins like the ones in this picture. In two hours I picked and dehusked 525 nuts, a total of seven pounds (still in the shells). Now my fingertips are black - I wonder how long it will take for that to wear off. But it was worth it, because now Lee Ann is going to make a pecan pie for Thanksgiving.

Wikipedia indicates that pecan trees are native to a large part of the south and as far northeast as Louisville Kentucky - and then there is a tiny dot of range up in Ohio, right where we are. Lucky us!