Tuesday, November 23, 2010

SHARE with YOU

 I'm packed and ready to roll for our evening flight to Seattle. 
I have a few goodies to pop in the mail, including this sneak peak for one dear friend...
 New York Public Library at night...(above)
 Boo and I went for stroll last night, (it was 60 degrees and beautiful out) to do some Christmas shopping and walked past Lord and Taylor's to see there Holiday Windows... They weren't very exciting... But I do love seeing all the lights up...(below)

I spent as much time outdoors yesterday as possible...
Central Park west w Getting ready for the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade!

 I had a goal to photograph people who were out enjoying the day, singularly.
But everyone I looked at was on a cell phone...
I had to look hard to find anyone who was clearly enjoying the day.
But  I did find a few...

 Obviously this woman with THREE kids in NYC was enjoying the
moment. As busy as she was, handling three, 
the kids were Joyous to be in Central park. Snack time!
This guy, totally had it right.... in the sun, comfortable, and pondering.

That's the peace I am grateful for this week.
My family, my friends, and keeping the goal to find that peace with in...


Leave a comment and 
tell me what your grateful for this year.
and I will choose a winner when I return Monday, 
for a 
half yard of that super duper cute 
Anna Griffin Sierra bird fabric
you all have enjoyed from my StarBird quilt...

Happy Thanksgiving Blog friends!

76 comments:

  1. I'm thankful for my new Juki and the time to play with it. Happy Thanksgiving to you and all your American readers. We've already celebrated Thanksgiving here in Canada. Thanks for the chance to win that great fabric.

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  2. Oh that sneak peak has me so intrigued!! Seattle? You are one busy lady! And I was going to say how much I loved the Sierra bird fabric in your quilt, but now you are sharing some! So generous. Me, I'm thankful for my family, our health and my friends! Happy Thanksgiving.

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  3. I am grateful for the freedom to live my life as I want, doing things that I love.

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  4. I'm thankful for a roof over my head, so I'm dry and warm...

    happy thanksgiving!

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  5. I'm grateful for my husband. He's been a rock through what has been a very rough year for me.

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  6. One of our traditions is to go around the Thanksgiving table and each person say one or two or three things for which they are grateful. You are making me think about this a little early.

    1.] Good medical care, so I can still do what I used to do, even tho' I have diabetes and Macular degeneration.
    2.] Plenty of food and shelter.
    3] MUSIC -- singing with a women's chorus and listening to the orchestra/radio

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  7. OH I love this post! :) I'm so happy you reminded us all to enjoy the moment. I have been working HARD on that all year. It is so sad how much people miss being connected to the acutal world by "being connected" to the digital world.

    There was a murder of a co-worker by one of my patients a month ago at the hospital I work at and I find that being thankful for the little moments with people I enjoy and love is a wonderful blessing. Unfortunately, one of the things that we are not promised in this life is safety. There is no where, where we are completely safe and so when I am, I cherish the moment I'm in and am thankful for the beauty of life. Sorry for the long post but there is so much abundance in this world that some miss, I'm thankful I'm trying to be more aware of the abundance! ;)

    Happy, Happy Thanksgiving! :) I love this time of year.

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  8. I'm thankful for a dear husband who is my best friend, my healthy children and their awesome spouses, my precious grandsons, and a life that just suits us fine.

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  9. I am thankful for my husband and daughter. My life is rich with them. I'm thankful for our English Setter, Ginger, but am very worried about her health as we head back to the vet for the 3rd time in two weeks due to lameness in a front leg that is worsening.

    I hope you have a great trip with safe travels and a very Happy Thanksgiving!

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  10. I'm thankful for my new hip and new grandson, husband, son, daughter, and son-in-law, and especially, God's grace! Enjoy Seattle!

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  11. I am thankful for my house. I've been remodeling an old farm house for 1.5 years, and it's finally at a place where we can move in!!! Yay!!!

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  12. Great reminder to remember what is important in life and to enjoy everyday. I am so grateful for my wonderful daughter and my fabulous friends. Life isn't always a picnic, but if you surround yourself with loving souls, you'll do just fine. Happy Thanksgiving! Enjoy your trip to Seattle. ox

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  13. Well, I'm NOT grateful for the -27 celsius (-17F) temperature this morning, but I am grateful for my warm, cosy house and for peace and quiet once in a while.

    (Don't enter me in the giveaway, V, because I won your last one - I just wanted to say hello!)

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  14. I am grateful to have four unique and amazing sisters and a wonderful mom who all like each other and support one another and are looking forward to gathering in January!

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  15. I'm thankful for big smiles, sticky hugs and warm cuddles - every year my kids get bigger I realize there is going to be less of these.
    I always enjoy your pictures of NYC - what a remarkable city!

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  16. Thankful for my faith and my family. Blogland is also a lovely place. ;) We're blessed. Happy thanksgiving to you!

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  17. I'm grateful to have a passion for quilting. I love making things...especially with friends!

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  18. Happy thanksgiving V to you and yours! Have a wonderful trip.

    I'm thankful for a loving family, great freinds, and those special moments of peace, be they 15 minutes at the sewing machine or an hours work on the allotment. And finally, I'm thankful for the abundant garden that continues to feed us through autumn and winter after the joys of spring and summer :)

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  19. Wishing you a truly fabulous Thanksgiving! Love the photos you share from your wonderful neck of the woods. I'm grateful for a happy, healthy family, very dear friends and the sweetest dog in the world.

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  20. This year I am grateful that my younger daughter has married a man who loves her, That my older daughter her husband and children are all very happy. I am also very grateful they all have jobs. I am grateful for my wonderful husband and the friends that share my world with me. I am grateful for the ability to enjoy the things I love. I am grateful that my health issues are all controllable.

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  21. I'm grateful for my wonderful family and that we are all healthy and happy.

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  22. I am thankful for my husband who understands my need to sew, for my son who melts my heart a million times a day, for my health, and for the opportunity to get to know some really wonderful quilters this year.
    Happy Thanksgiving V~

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  23. Hi from the Seattle area! Are you sure you really want to come here? Right now the temp is about 18 degrees and the city is blanketed with snow and ice! We hunkered down yesterday...daughter got lots of studying done, and I spent some quality time with my Juki and fabric!

    I am thankful for so many things, especially my husband and daughter and my church. However, when the weather is frightful, I am ever so grateful for a roof over my head, a working furnace, and blankets for cuddling!

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  24. HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYONE!
    Blessings to you and those you love!
    I am extremely grateful for my family and for my friends. I give thanks for every person on this earth who chooses to demonstrate the power of love and acceptance rather than uncourageously act out of fear and misunderstanding.

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  25. I'm grateful for the sun just about everyday here in Florida...it warms my bones! I am also thankful for a wonderful husband and our continued health, as well as loving to quilt and being able to do it to my heart's content!

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  26. I am most thankful for family - we have lost a few along the year's journey, so we hold those still with us all the more closely.

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  27. my wonderful kids, my kind and understanding husband, my close knit family...its the people in my life that i am grateful for! have a wonderful thanksgiving. best wishes and safe travel!

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  28. my work, family, my best friend and having plenty of time for sewing and travels

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  29. I'm most grateful that after re-settling I have finally found that I feel at home....here in this place, in my skin, in my heart ~ and that life looks promising again. I thank God for that.

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  30. oooh...so many things. But to narrow it down...I'm grateful for my lovely husband and for having been born in a beautiful part of the world, where I have so many opportunities denied to others...I'm grateful for the lovely little dog who chose us earlierthis year...because of him we have discovered a wonderful walk only 5 minutes away, wherewe can enjoy the changing seasons...And I'm really grateful to you Victoria for the effort you put into this great blog and organising the bee, which is really fun!! (Guess you can't choose me now!!) Happy Thanksgiving...maybe we can introduce it to the UK...it's such a great idea to be reminded of just how fortunate we are...

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  31. I'm thankful for family and friends of course and fabric :-)

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  32. Lately I've been especially thankful for my husband. He is such a hard worker, and recently hurt his back. Seeing him in pain and suffering has helped me to realize how much I take him for granted and helped me see him in a different light - sounds odd, but that's the way it is...

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  33. I am thankful that a neurologist finally, after 6 months of being boccied from one doctor to another with no results, correctly diagnosed my husband's mysterious critical illness and my tootsie is on the return road to good health

    I am truly very thankful for your blog, V - a more personal communication will follow this thought directly to you - you and your friends have truly helped me through a very dark time with nay-sayers totally mutilating my creativity - NO MORE ! =}

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  34. I've got so many things to be thankful for! The thing particular to this year would be- A year ago, pretty much to the day, my partner and I took a leap of blind faith and made a tree change from living in inner city Sydney to the more country Blue Mountains. It means some things aren't as convenient and we commute 1 and a half hours each day to our jobs in the city but we have not regretted it for a moment. Our life in the mountains looks like the starbird fabric, happy, fresh and full of amazing bird life. The cherry on the cake is that we just bought a house yesterday, or I should say a home, so we're here to stay! Life is very good indeed!!! Have a wonderful Thanksgiving! May all your yams be yummy!

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  35. I am thankful for my job, home, and loving family and cuddly cat.

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  36. What a lovely post! It's true, we are always too busy! I am thankful my health is finally improving a little and for the many lovely blog friends I have met through the internet.

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  37. I'm thankful for all my quilty friends. AND the block wall we just put up between our house and the crazy neighbor!! What a blessing that is!

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  38. I know the woman in your photo! Funny, funny! (And those aren't all of her kids!) Glad her kids were an example of someone enjoying the park! :)

    I'm grateful our profile is almost, ALMOST finished, for our lovely home, for a long talk with my mom, for quilting friends and especially for family.

    Have a lovely trip to Seattle!

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  39. I am grateful for all the blessings that the Lord has given me this year

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  40. I love that super bird fabric, and I'm thankful that there are so many quilters like yourself who share ideas, inspiration, techniques, thoughts, humor and friendship.

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  41. Happy (US) Thanksgiving! I am thankful for family, friends, travel, time off, creative blogs for inspiration, yoga ... Thank you for the giveaway!

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  42. I am most thankful this year for my son who just turned 18 and in his senior year of high school. He is turning out to be a person I not only love to pieces, but an almost adult that I can sometimes learn from and continually laugh with. A good boy growing into a really nice young man. I can't believe I just said that!

    **the library was my fave place in NY. It was nice to see the lighted picture

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  43. I am so grateful for my friends in blogland who over the past year have formed relationships that we cry and laugh together and share fabric and projects along the way. This "girl" time has brought joy to my life that then spills over to my homelife and career and the opposite. SUch a blessed life!

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  44. great photos!!
    I'm grateful for my love, my family and the good health we all here have!. Happy Thanksgiving and many thanks for the chance to win that lovely fabric!!

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  45. I am thankful for each day that my eyes open and I know my family is healthy and safe. That's it; just one day at a time.

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  46. Not very original, but I am so grateful for my family's continued good health and happiness. Love that fabric - fingers crossed I win - then I would be grateful for that, too!

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  47. Happy Thanksgiving! I'm thankful for all the wonderful bloggers who share their lives and quilts with us. I love that fabric, thanks for giving us a chance to win it.

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  48. Hope you had a wonderful and safe flight to Seattle! I love all the photos that you took, just gorgeous. Personally, I am thankful for my family and friends. Especially all the new friends that I have met this year, like you!

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  49. I am grateful that I live in the United States of America. Even with all the contentious voices, it would not be possible anywhere else. Have a safe flight...it's NOT 60 degrees in Seattle!

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  50. Grateful for so many things...two healthy granddaughters born this year, for the blessings of this year including a place to live, food on the table, relative safety and liberty, and for the brave men and women, past and present who have laid their lives on the line to give us this and more.

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  51. I'm thankful for all the blessings in my life; wonderful husband, family, and friends.

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  52. Thanks always to my family for being so supportive and encouraging.

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  53. Thankful my youngest will be able to come home from Japan for the holiday! Thank you for the giveaway. nanasew at gmail dot com

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  54. I'm thankful for a wonderful husband with whom I'll be celebrating 22 years of marriage and 27 years of life together with tomorrow. We're Canadians that eloped to Washington D.C. 22 years ago on the American Thanksgiving weekend. The minister who married us told us that it was a miracle that we had found each other and he was right!

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  55. Victoria,
    I am grateful for the love of family and friends. I am blessed to live in a warm house, have food on my table and warm clothing on my back. I am fortunate to have reasonably good health and a functioning brain. Most of all I count myself fortunate to be alive each and every day.
    Happy American Thanksgiving from a Canadian friend,
    Anna

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  56. I am praying for a chance to go back to NY next year for Christmas decorations and inspirations....wanna get together if it happens? Would love to go to Tinsel Trading etc., together

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  57. I am thankful that my older son has found a job after 8 months hunt, my younger son is doing well in his study at university. They are discipline and caring young men. My husband and I are still going strong after 27 years together.

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  58. I'm thankful for all my quilting friends who inspire me and challenge me to do my best work.
    And for my wonderful family --

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  59. Happy Thanksgiving to you too V.
    Have a safe trip.
    Well I'm grateful for so much but this week for laser surgery that can correct my glaucoma for a while and that I get to enjoy my good health.
    I do enjoy my blogging friends too....Happiness begins with being grateful :0)

    Happy Sewing

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  60. I am truly grateful for my loving daughter and husband, my crazy sisters, my wonderful quilting friends, blogland and the host of people I feel like I know but I don't really, and always my comfy house. Through all my crabbing, I have to say life is good! Wishing all a wonderful Thanksgiving!

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  61. I am grateful for my family and friends and their neverending support and inspiration... and I am especially grateful for our good HEALTH this year. Thanks for the chance to win this pretty fabric... enjoy your holiday!

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  62. I love all these fabulous shots you always share of your fabulous city! What a cool goal to photograph people out enjoying the day. Fun to see the variety. Safe travels and enjoy your holiday weekend!

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  63. I am grateful for my mother and siblings, plus their "brood" and for God who gives daily blessings.
    Wishing you a safe and happy Thanksgiving holiday.
    And, please enter me into your drawing for the lovely fabric.

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  64. i am thankful for having so many friends here while my families are so far away. These friends (real/blog)have been big part of my supporting group! I am thankful that I am able to discover the world differently and able to share with others.. Happy Thanksgiving V~

    p.s. NYC was so pretty when I visited two weeks ago. The farmer's market has been my fav. on this trip!

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  65. I'm so very thankful for a husband who puts up with my quirky ways, for living in a country that allows us the freedom to worship as we wish and for the wonderful sharing I find on all of the blogs I follow.

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  66. Beautiful photos of the city.
    I am grateful for my family and friends and the gift of crafting that enables me to create beautiful things.

    I hope you and your family have a wonderful Thanksgiving.

    Debbie

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  67. I am grateful for many things. Family, our new home, friends near and far but mostly for how God has blessed us through the year. Thanks for the giveaway :-)

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  68. I am thankful that I know and trust my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. That my family is all in good health, we all have a job, and are together to celebrate Thanksgiving.

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  69. grateful for ...
    a safe return and home! having been away, there's nothing like the embrace of the familiarity of your own space!

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  70. I'm thankful for Everything God has blessed me with!
    Thanks for the chance :)

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  71. hey i don't need anymore fabric but wanted to stop by and wish you and yours a fabulous thanksgiving!

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  72. I'm thankful the mercury has risen in Seattle! I hope you made it here safe and sound - we hardly EVER get snow so it's been crazy here! Happy T-day to you! xo, Nan

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  73. Thank you for the chance to win the pretty fabric! I am grateful for my health & my husband's health. I am thankful for our freedom. Louise

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  74. you might regret asking V, but today, right now, i am so very thankful that a very dear friend has woken from a coma. it's been a scary week. so now i am thankful for miracles, friends and the endless power of love.

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  75. I'm thankful for blog friends who are generous and sharing :- )

    Seriously, I'm thankful for the warm world of art/craft/quilting bloggers that I have come to know since I've had to quit attending my local guild meeetings. Over and above my family and local friends of course!

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  76. I'm grateful that Canadian Thanksgiving is over and I can just enjoy the American sales! :)

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