Town quiet

The foot of one crow

Steve took Youngest Daughter to San Francisco for their annual Christmas shopping trip. They have been doing this for about 25 years -- so long that YD doesn't remember not going! They seem to enjoy the commotion of enormous crowds, lights and decorated windows and streets full of holiday spirit.  It's their big father-daughter event which includes dinner at the St. Francis Hotel.  Wow!

In the meantime, I had the day to myself and there are definite advantages to that. While they were doing city-noisy, I was doing town-quiet, moving through the day at my own pace. I made a big pot of turkey vegetable soup, stored three extra quarts of fresh broth in the freezer and filled a container of turkey meat for sandwiches and casseroles. I can remember other years when I let the turkey just sit in the 'fridge taking up way too much space.  Not this year!