{"id":573895026,"date":"2022-11-16T21:40:53","date_gmt":"2022-11-17T02:40:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/wordpress\/?p=573895026"},"modified":"2022-11-18T13:24:11","modified_gmt":"2022-11-18T18:24:11","slug":"the-beginning-of-thanksgiving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/wordpress\/blog\/2022\/11\/16\/the-beginning-of-thanksgiving\/","title":{"rendered":"The beginning of Thanksgiving"},"content":{"rendered":"

I finally figured out how to take photos of autumn leaves. It is the shutterbug’s lament, how to express the majesty of autumn. Even the best, high definition lens, top-of-the-line processor, perfectly saturated image leaves something out. You can’t get the emotion, the smells, the crispness of the air and the texture of the foliage in a photograph. <\/p>\n

So, of course, here we are at the end of fall, the beginning of winter (it has been snowing again) but I finally figured out something important.<\/p>\n

Night, and light.<\/p>\n

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This stand of American sweetgums is right by the parking deck I use on campus. There’s a nice set of street lights that, just now, are doing some quality work. Those red and greens are terrific. <\/p>\n

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I would have stayed to admire them, but I mentioned it has been snowing again meaning it is just cold. All the time. <\/p>\n

I stopped by the grocery store, hoping to get ahead of the holiday rush, and found I might have been already been too late. There are turkeys … <\/p>\n

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… but not the size we want. On the left side of the case a bunch of eight and nine pounders. On the right side they go well into the 20+ pound range. I got a bigger one (More leftovers!) but it is sensibly oversized. Someone else needs that 29-pound bird. I need to leave room for all of the other tasty things that will be on the table.<\/p>\n

We wondered about freezer room, but that’s not a problem. I could put this thing outside, in the shade on the windward side of the house, and it’d probably stay frozen. I did not — we have coyotes within earshot, after all — but I could have. It’s cold, is what I’m saying.<\/p>\n

There are also turkeys living on the hillside behind us, but I don’t think those turkeys and this bird would … ahhhh … get along, seeing as how mine doesn’t have much to gobble about.<\/p>\n

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Since I mentioned, yesterday<\/a>, the band playing in the studio, here’s that show. Hank Ruff and The Hellbenders: <\/p>\n