Thanksgiving Flowers

We usually have Thanksgiving dinner at our house. It’s the same this year, except it will be in a new location. We moved to northern Virginia about seven months ago. After thirteen years of living on Capitol Hill, we had enough of the excitement and decided it was time to live a bit more comfortably after I retired from the Library of Congress. It took a few years to figure out where, and we finally took the plunge. In preparing for the usual dinner items, we went grocery shopping last Saturday. While there, we looked at the flower selection. We wanted something a little different for the holiday. We have a double glass vase on the wall that we always put flowers in. But now we also have a large vase that was moved from on top of the TV/bookcase that would do nicely for another floral arrangement. It sits in the middle of the plant console table in the dining room, under the very large mirror that reflects the light in to the room. So we found some strange looking orangy/red “flowers.” I don’t know what they are, but they looked seasonal and very different. I needed to hold them in place with a wire and filled the vase with some greenery. You can’t go wrong with plants and flowers. They always look so inviting. I only hope they last the week!