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Today there is a festive feeling in the air. People are gathering with families and friends, preparing feasts, indulging. Most businesses and many shops are closed, there are a couple of extra football games on TV, and there are even parades with huge cartoon balloons! I know it's an important day, but I never dreamed that the 1000th post of my blog would ever cause such excitement!

Yes, it's true. According to Blogger, this is post number 1000. Oh, and it's also Thanksgiving Day here in the US.

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As far as US holidays go, Thanksgiving is top of the list in my mind. It's the most reliable holiday, as it's always on Thursday and therefore guarantees a four-day weekend for most people. President Lincoln set aside the last Thursday of November as a national holiday in 1839, but it was switched to the fourth Thursday of the month in 1941 and signed into law by FDR, making the Thanksgiving holiday a federal law.

As a day for reflection on what I'm thankful for in my life, I have to thank the readers of my blog. Whether you've been reading from the start or have just recently found me, I appreciate your readership and comments. Thank you!

Since this is post 1000 about my garden, why not go back to the start and see how my garden developed over the years? I did a series of posts about it two winters ago.

Before it was a garden: 1990 - 2000
Becoming a garden: 2002
The garden fills in a little: 2003
A little bit more: 2004-2005
Clearing the slate: 2006 part 1
The patio takes shape: 2006
Finishing up 2006
A year of not building anything: 2007
Let's add some bamboo: 2008
A storm and more bamboo: 2008 part 2
A pretty calm year: 2009

My first blog post, 2010. In case you're interested.

Seeing the transformation from yard into garden is a great way to spend some time today, especially if you're not into football or parades.  (At least it is for me -- hopefully it's interesting to others too!)

Now I'm going to turn on the TV and see what the "It's not work, it's gardening!" float looks like.

I hope the giant ballon of my head doesn't break free and cause too much havoc...

Happy Thanksgiving*!


*or "1K posts day" if you're not giving thanks

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