We flew home from Florida to Philadelphia for Thanksgiving to be with our kids, grandkids, and family. The weather was relatively mild (40′ and 50’s) until the last day when it was 28 degrees in the morning.
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| My husband took a picture with the Eagles display at the Philly airport |
I loved the crisper weather ( for the week) but most of all I enjoyed the lights and festive decorations on all the houses. In South Florida, there are mostly condos where I live and the personal decorating is at a minimum. However, the streets and condo building are highly decorated. Maybe it just doesn’t feel like the holiday season in South Florida because it’ still so warm (70’s and 80’s).
Anyway I’m back in Florida after a 6 day visit to the Philadelphia area.
During my stay, I went to a few doctor appointments on Monday. On Tuesday afternoon I got together with friends to play canasta, on Wednesday I met a good friend for a full day of activities: we treated ourselves to facials, had lunch out, decorated the tree near her front door, and went to the movies to see Wicked.
Thursday, we spent Thanksgiving Day at my older son’s home with 30 other people (all relatives).
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| I made baked butternut squash topped with homemade cranberry sauce |
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| I took a pic of the table for 30 before it was done being set
The dinner was served buffet style . |
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| Someone brought this gluten-free vegan donuts from a gluten-free baker |
Friday we went back to my son’s for leftovers, played Rummy Cub with the grandkids, and said our teary good-byes.
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| Me and one of my granddaughters |
Saturday, we cleaned up the house, took off for the air-port, returned our rental car and sat in the airport for 4 hours waiting for our flight.
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| Left everything nice and neat |
While we waited in the airport, we had lunch, window shopped, and read. The Philadelphia airport is quite large and actually hosts a small mall that was fun to browse.
Thank goodness our flight was happily uneventful.
