In the Kitchen

Early this morning just as soon as it was light enough to see I headed out to get the weanling paddock ready for a new bale. Mark went into the barn to start the skid steer and move the bale. Emma followed me out and found a 'treasure'.  The Sauders had butchered the deer and dropped off the carcass yesterday as we had arranged to bury the bones but it was raining and I forgot to look. Emma was pretty thrilled. She pulled off a big hunk and was stripping any meat off of those bones.

 Mark dropped the bale then got the bucket on the skid steer to bury the bones and had to get off the skid steer, take Emma's treasure away from her to get them all buried. 

Other than taking care of moving  a bale in and burying bones almost the entire day was spent in the kitchen. One 20 pound turkey was roasted, 2 pans of gravy made, 3 bowls full of stuffing, and 4 pumpkin pies were baked. The fridge is packed. Joan is roasting a turkey as is Rachel. We are hoping these 3 big turkeys will satisfy the 50-60 guests coming tomorrow.  Ruth was peeling 20 pounds of potatoes today for the mashed potatoes. There will be all the usual foods fall foods at this Thanksgiving feast. Mom made some amazing apple pies, a chocolate pie, there is a pecan pie and some kind of heath bar pie. It will be hard to choose when it comes time for dessert. Joan is hosting this year.
The wind was shocking each time I had to leave the house to feed horses. On our walk this morning we noticed 2 big trees down between the drive and Diane's house. We are having sustained winds of 35 mph with gusts over 50 mph. The wood burner was kept burning all day.  The antenna broke off so we have no TV and didn't realize that until it was time for the news.  Mark ordered a new antenna so for the next few days we will get news off the internet.
Heading to bed now as tomorrow is a big day.