Monday, November 21, 2011

Thankful for some pumpkin pie:)

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 Pumpkin Pie, I bet a lot of you will be baking one of these this week:)  Pumpkin pie is not my favorite pie, but it certainly does conjure up memories of Thanksgivings past and Christmas for that matter.  I had never made a pie until I got married.  Pies are a huge deal in the Waller family.  A Waller Thanksgiving has been known to have just about every pie you can think of.  My mother-in-law is the Queen of making pie crust and I am happy to say she has taught me.  This was, I believe part of my marriage proposal, will you marry me and will you learn to make pie:)

The photo reference for this painting is from a pie that my Mother-in-law and her sister made for our early Thanksgiving celebration.  My hubby left for Afghanistan about a week ago so we had an early Holiday this year.  And of course pumpkin pie present for this celebration, in fact there were 2 pumpkin pies.

So when Crystal Cook and I decided to start a monthly challenge and she proposed Thankfulness as our first challenge inspiration I had a lot of things go through my mind.  I settled on pumpkin pie.  I'm thankful to have married into a family that taught me the importance of a from scratch crust and pie.  I'm thankful that I became a Waller and I'm thankful for my husband, who loves his pumpkin pie:)

To check out Crystal's answer to the challenge click here.

So Have a fabulous Turkey Day everyone!  What are you thankful for this year?

Carrie

8 comments:

  1. I LOVE this!! What a fantastic thing to be thankful for. :) Especially with the proposal story. lol! THe light on the pie is gorgeous. This is awesome Carrie.

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  2. I have never had a pumpkin pie, but it looks delicious here..

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  3. Debe de estar muy buena esa tarta de calabaza, da gana de comersela. Enhorabuena por tan magnifica acuarela. Un saludo.

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  4. Carrie, like you pumpkin pie is not a favorite of mine, however your painting is 'delicious' !
    BJ

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  5. A stunning painting and a lovely post. I'll be sending good thoughts to your husband. Have a wonderful day. You deserve only joy in your life!

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  6. Beautiful post, Carrie!! I don't like pumpkin pie but I do love this little painting..Enjoy your Thanksgiving!!!

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  7. Love that - and the whole pie-making family history : ) I adore pumpkin pie and could happily eat it 3x a day. Great piece Carrie!

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  8. Yum! I love food with family traditions and history. My favorite apple pie recipe is one that my grandmother received when she was 13 years-old.

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