Wishing you a warm and blessed Thanksgiving

Dear friends,

I wanted to take a moment to send to you and yours warm, blessed Thanksgiving wishes.  My hope is your home is kindled with the love that fills it and the gratitude you carry make your heart blissfully content. I appreciate the bounty of friendships I’ve gathered in Blogosphere. I count you among my blessings. May the Lord sprinkle His goodness upon you this day and always. 

Now for some peaceful entertainment, I found two wonderful YouTube playlists.  The first one is a beautiful collection of hymns and the second one is a lovely classical music collection.  I enjoyed listening to these playlists as background music while doing various tasks online and off.  Unwind, with a piece of pie and cup of coffee while you listen to some excellent music!  

Track list borrowed from YouTube:

1.  Come, Ye Thankful People, Come (St. George’s Windsor) 0:00
2. Praise to the Lord, the Almighty (Lobe den Herren, den mächtigen König der Ehren) 2:28
3. For the Beauty of the Earth (Dix) 5:03
4. We Gather Together (Wilt Heden Nu Treden) 7:38
5. Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing (Nettleton) 9:30
6. Now Thank We All Our God (Nun Danket Alle Gott) 12:12
7. This Is My Father’s World (Terra Beata) 14:46
8. Rejoice, Ye Pure In Heart (Marion) 17:40
9. Sing to the Lord of Harvest (Wie lieblich ist der Maien) 20:38
10. Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken (Gott Erhalte Franz Den Kaiser) 23:16
11. As the Sun Doth Daily Rise (Innocents) 25:47
12. When Morning Gilds the Skies (Laudes Domini) 27:53
13. We Plough the Fields and Scatter (Wir Pflügen Und Wir Streuen) 30:44
14. For All the Blessings of the Year (Oldbridge) 34:24
15. Count Your Blessings 36:12

Track list borrowed from YouTube:

1. 00:00:00 Symphony No. 6 “Pastoral”: 1st movement Ludwig van Beethoven CSR Symphony Michael Halasz, conductor
2. 00:09:23 String Quartet No. 12 “American”: 1st movement Antonin Dvorak Moyzes Quartet
3. 00:16:34 Piano Concerto No. 1: 2nd & 3rd movements Frederic Chopin Istvan Szekely, piano Budapest Symphony Gyula Nemeth, conductor
4. 00:35:21 Eine Kleine Nachtmusik: 1st movement Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Cappella Istropolitana Wolfgang Sobotka, conductor
5. 00:41:11 Rodeo: Hoedown Aaron Copland CSR Symphony Stephen Gunzenhauser, conductor
6. 00:44:27 The Four Seasons: Autumn: 1st & 3rd movements Antonio Vivaldi Accademia Ziliniana
7. 00:53:22 Serenade for Strings: Valse Peter Tchaikovsky Hungarian State Opera Chamber Orchestra Tamas Benedek, conductor
8. 00:57:28 Piano Quintet “Trout”: 4th movement Franz Schubert Ensemble Villa Musica
9. 01:05:33 The Moldau Bedrich Smetana Slovak Philharmonic Barry Wordsworth, conductor
10. 1:17:58 Symphony No. 9 “From the New World”: 2nd movement Antonin Dvorak CSR Symphony Ondrej Lenard, conductor
11. 01:29:21 Intermezzo No. 3, Op. 119 Johannes Brahms Iaszlo Baranyay, piano
12. 01:31:25 Appalachian Spring Aaron Copland CSR Symphony Orchestra Stephen Gunzenhauser, conductor

I thought I’d include this week’s Tuesday4 questions here since I didn’t get to answer them earlier in the week.  This week’s subject is Thanksgiving.

1. What are you most thankful for this year? Good health, everything else is icing on the cake.

2. Company or just immediate family? Just the two 👩‍❤️‍👨 of us. We’re keeping our distance from others in an unmasked environment.  It pains us to be away from our family but this will pass.

3. Cooking or catering? Home or eating out? Cooking at home always! 👩‍🍳

4. What’s for dessert?  Coffee ☕️ served with a choice of pumpkin pie with whipped topping or pecan pie made with Georgia pecans and if you can’t decide then we can have a small slice of both. 🍴

I’m not sure what my plans are regarding the Internet but if you’re poking around Blogosphere tomorrow, then you’ll find a new edition of Friday Funnies for some grins and giggles.  If you’d like to get the laughing started a little early, you can practice those smiles with this collection of vintage Thanksgiving cartoons found in The Saturday Evening Post or with a Holderness Family parody or two. Have a wonderful holiday weekend, my friend! X💋X💋, Cathy