WANISAN

It may not stay around long enough for us to have a white Christmas. Actually, I’m hoping it won’t 😉

But, we did get a good snow that came in fast last night and made a mess of things this morning here in Nagoya. This is the most snow we’ve seen in a while.

The weather forecast said it might snow last night, or early this morning, but there was no indication of how much snow were going to get. The weather has been at freezing for the last few days, and that makes it a lot easier to for the snow to stick. It was heavy, wet, and very sticky.

Trains were late, and traffic was brutal.

Here are a few shots from my balcony, and one from my home office window.

The one with the icicles is the apartment next door. We did get a few on our house, and there’s one picture of those, too.

Today was officially Thanksgiving Day. Last Sunday we celebrated our Thanksgiving with a potluck dinner at our church.

Potluck dinners are an interesting tradition where people bring their favorite dish to share. There was of course turkey and people brought several other dishes to eat along with that.

One of the things I miss about being away from home is this kind of meal. We can have turkey, we can have dressing and even cranberry sauce, but it isn’t the same as fixing it at your house, gathering your family together and then sharing that meal, that time, and hopefully some thoughts of thanks.

Here is a picture of the table, and the turkey. We’re still eating some soup made from the leftover turkey, but I think everything else is gone – except the extra weight I have gained 😉