<a href="http://www.karolineskitchen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/tday-006.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-786" alt="gratitude tree" src="http://www.karolineskitchen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/tday-006.jpg" width="331" height="500" /></a>
<p style="text-align: center;">A gratitude tree for writing out that which we are thankful for.</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">Squashes leftover from Halloween decorations made the perfect base for flower arrangements.  Note each napkin is tied with twine and sealed with one star anise.  The china belonged to my husband's grandmother, Shirley.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.karolineskitchen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/tday-023.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-788" alt="squash flower vases" src="http://www.karolineskitchen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/tday-023.jpg" width="342" height="500" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">More squash arrangements and candle holders made from cinnamon sticks.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.karolineskitchen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/tday-045.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-789" alt="pecan pie" src="http://www.karolineskitchen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/tday-045.jpg" width="500" height="331" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">My husband would leave me for another woman if I did not include pecan pie on the Thanksgiving menu (baked in this FABULOUS Le Creuset pie dish.)</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">The kitchen table featured more squash arrangements and my Grandma Esther's china.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.karolineskitchen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/tday-134.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-791" alt="challah" src="http://www.karolineskitchen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/tday-134.jpg" width="439" height="500" /></a></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">And, because it was also Hanukkah, I made my first challah.</p>