Views of the Neighborhood – Thanksgiving Decorations

~ John W. Howell

When we see Christmas decorations, there is cause to ask, “What about Thanksgiving?” We just finished an outstanding Halloween so let’s see if we can find some Thanksgiving festive decorations. We are being catered by Lucky Robot of Austin. Our entertainment is Bob Seger ( I know he’s been here before, but we Detroit boys have to stick together.)

T O K Y O B R U N C H Saturday and Sunday 11-3

NIKKEI OMURICE Japanese omelette, crispy rice, red bean, shiitake, & cremini mushrooms, peas, choice of salsa macha or ponzu Verde
add Niman Ranch pork belly

CHIRASHI BOT tuna, salmon, dutch yellowtail, striped bass sashimi over sushi rice, avocado, cucumber, sunomono pickles, sesame, 144 degree egg

PRIME CHIRASHI BOT Big Glory Bay king salmon, Bluefin Tuna, 2 types of daily prime market sashimi over sushi rice, avocado, cucumber, sunomono pickles, sesame, 144 degree egg

NOMNOMIYAKI Japanese savory pancake, Niman Ranch pork belly, napa cabbage, topped with 2 sunny side up eggs, spicy mayo, tonkatsu, sriracha, bonito flakes, microgreens

MIMOSA
ROBOT MICHELADA
CHOMAME FIZZ butterfly tea-infused sake, peach, lemon, brut

Top-shelf cocktails, beer, wine, coffee, tea, soft drinks

Picture of an old time school bus

Let’s go.

Nice show of pumpkins.

One kind of turkey.

Another kind. (It looks like he’s been celebrating early.)

Looks like a happy display.

 

Harvest guard.

Our favorite lantern with friends.

Fall flowers and gourds.

Interesting pumpkin.

Yard celebration of the season

All wooden decorations. Handyperson house.

The flag says it all.

76 thoughts on “Views of the Neighborhood – Thanksgiving Decorations”

  3. I ate my NOMNOMIYAKI while I enjoyed the Thanksgiving tour. I haven’t seen anything around here. One neighbor actually put their Christmas lights up near the start of November, same time as my ‘favorite’ radio station went to full-time Christmas music!! 😏🙄😖

    Liked by 1 person

  4. Thanks for the tour, John. It’s fun to see the different ways people celebrate. I put up our fall decorations the second week in September. By the first week in November, I’m ready for Christmas so we are fully decorated! My father does ask “What about Thanksgiving?” For the past two weeks, I’ve been listening to non-stop Christmas music on our local radio station during my commute. I love it!

    Liked by 1 person

  5. Wonderful displays, John. I particularly love the pumpkins. We had our pre-Thanksgiving meal yesterday. The turkey had defrosted so I went ahead and made a full meal – along with pumpkin/cranberry muffins. Grateful for family, nation, and you. Happy Thanksgiving. 🦃

    Liked by 1 person

  10. Hold the bus while I opt out of the sushi and make a quick run to the local Cracker Barrel for their delicious blueberry pancakes. I love the blowup turkeys, esp the one who looks like he overdid the sushi…

    Liked by 1 person

  12. I’ll confess it: I hate blow-up decorations. Now, a plywood turkey or a collection of pumpkins and squash? I’m there. And any radio station that dares Christmas music at this point gets turned off. So there!

    Liked by 1 person

  14. Definitely nomnomiyaki with a mimosa! YUM! Definitely loved the slightly tilted turkey! We can’t have front yard decoration here (growl!) – if we did, we would be flying against the wind! 😉

    Liked by 1 person

  15. We rarely have autumn or harvest decorations here. Doesn’t help that our Thanksgiving is before Hallowe’en. And lots of Quebecers don’t even celebrate Thanksgiving at all! How weird is that?
    Nothing wrong with a double-dipping of Bob Seger

    Liked by 1 person

  16. Fun! I rarely see Thanksgiving decorations. My granddaughter talked me into one this year. I usually only have up my thankful tree.

    Liked by 1 person

  19. What strange turkeys,dear John. They seem to have been celebrating Halloween.😂 & forgot the time. Indeed, the Christmas is coming. I’m crafting Christmas trees. 😁😁😁 Three items are ready, two more are in progress. Email you pictures later. Enjoy the Thanksgiving period. 🍗🍖🍗🍷🍷🍷

    Liked by 1 person

  21. Lots of great fall shots! I’m fascinated by the number of people with stonework or brickwork outside their homes. I think that’s less common where I live, but it’s a nice look. Where I grew up (the Dakotas), most of the homes have basements. All those tornadoes! We don’t have those, but earthquakes are not too far from the mind.

    Liked by 1 person

  24. Fun tour, John, and it’s not often we see Thanksgiving decorations around here, but we do have pumpkins out front and our fall flag flying. 🙂 Next weekend after Thanksgiving, we’ll be ready to get the Christmas decorations out. We’ll wait to get our tree until mid Dec. though, so it’s still good to New Year’s. Love the menu and music too!

    Liked by 1 person

  25. Before I say we don’t do that kind of thing around here, I really should check myself. Because the truth is, I just really don’t pay attention to whether certain peeps are doing it. I just notice the Christmas decorations since they usually start early and are pretty festive.

    Liked by 1 person

  26. Thank you, John. I’ll bet you had to work to find those Thanksgiving decorations in the midst of all the Christmas decor! We’ve got some of those same items (particularly the pumpkins and the inflatable turkeys) here. With all that’s been going on worldwide of late, I think we’d better NOT skip over Thanksgiving!

    Liked by 1 person

  27. How fun and festive! I agree that one Turkey looks like he hit the eggnog a bit hard. 😂
    There aren’t too many houses still decorated for Fall or Thanksgiving in our neighborhood but, a lot have already decorated for Christmas!

    Have a wonderful Thanksgiving, John!

    Liked by 1 person

  30. I recently read an article about a local woman who purchases inflatable turkeys that weren’t bought the day after Thanksgiving to “save” them. She adds them to her yard decorations the next year with the others. I couldn’t even count the number from the picture in the newspaper, lol. Sure was colorful!

    Liked by 1 person

  31. Glad I found a moment to check out your neighborhood tour, John. As always, it’s great to see so many of your neighbors celebrating autumn and Thanksgiving. I can’t say as I’ve seen anything like that going on around here, so there’s a blessing you can add to your list, if you haven’t already done so. Neighbors who celebrate each season! Love it!

    Thanks for sharing, and I hope you are having a wonderful and blessed Thanksgiving today!
    🍂🍁😊🍁🍂

    Liked by 1 person

Comments are closed.