Turkey Feathers and Turnip Green Soup

Fall is my favorite season. I love the changing color of the woods, cooler days, and the anticipation of Thanksgiving. I  have so much to be thankful for. I am blessed with wonderful family and friends, special memories, and an awesome God, who makes all this possible.

 It's always a  fun challenge to bring the Fall inside as we decorate for Thanksgiving. This year, all the turkey feathers laying on the ground inspired me and I went a little "turkey crazy"! I washed  them in Dawn and went to work.  Add some oak limbs, corn, pumpkins, pine cones, and leaves, and you have a festive, unusual,  and inexpensive decor.

Feathers at the Dinner Table

  The limb was recycled from an oak that was cut down for firewood. The turkey feathers were arranged around the wood and candlesticks and then embellished with some other treasures found in the woods and around the house. So many possibilities.

For the kitchen table, a 2 inch slice from the tree was used to hold the pumpkin filled with turkey feathers and Fall flowers and berries.  I love the addition of a cute little bird,



Feathers on the Porch

The wreath is my favorite. It added a nice touch to the front porch.

Turnip Green Soup 
   After all the decorating, there is nothing quite like a hot bowl of soup to warm you up. I promise this will become one of your Fall family favorites (if you like turnip greens, that is). All you do is add all the ingredients below into a large pot, heat to a boil and simmer for 30 mins.   Add a skillet of cornbread and you have a hearty southern meal. 

1 pkg of conecuh sausage (cooked under the broiler and sliced)
2 cans of rotel
1 pkg of Knorr or Lipton Vegetable soup mix
2 pkgs of turnip greens
2 cans white northern beans
32 oz Swanson Chicken broth
Salt and pepper to taste

Happy Thanksgiving!
          "Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth.Worship the Lord with gladness;come before Him with joyful songs...enter His gates with thanksgiving and His courts with praise; give thanks to Him and praise His name "Psalm100 :1-4