14Nov 07
Homemade Turkey
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This week most of the family is diligently attending a Hunter’s Safety Course. Joshua, Hannah, and I are staying home this week. We have had fun 
coming up with exciting things to do each night. This evening we decided to make an extra special dessert. Hannah put together the list of ingredients. They are: 1 Apple, 1 Pear (including the seeds), 1 thin Carrot, a small handful of corn, Pineapple chunks, and a box full of toothpicks.
With Thanksgiving coming right around the corner, all three of us decided to create our very own ‘Turkey.’ Using delicately sliced fruits and 
vegetables with toothpicks, we were able to construct a scrum-dilly-licious looking turkey. We learned some fun things about the turkey:
The frontal caruncle (the large growth that appears from the base of its bill) and the waddle (the skin underneath the turkey’s throat)change colors depending on their mood. When the male turkey struts around the 
waddle and caruncles become a bright red. When scared, the head take on a pale blue color. When the bird is butchered the head changes to a whitish blue.
The turkey demonstrates availability by preparing itself for the needs and demands of others. Early in the fall, the male turkey spends much time eating and storing up food in its body. Later in the fall, as the hens begin 
to lay their eggs, the male turkey sets aside his own agenda and needs so he may assist the ones he is called to serve. It listens for a yelp or cluck and then quickly runs to help. Later, after all the eggs have been laid, the Tom can begin to take care of his own needs once again.
That’s all for now – Joshua, Hannah, and Markie signing off!
Availability: Rejecting ambitions that hinder us from being where we are needed.
Wow Markie that turkey is pretty neat.
I liked making the turkey with you and Joshua. Hopefully we can make another one soon.
That looks like fun! Those smiles say a lot.
“Way to go team”!
It was sure interesting to see that a turkey can show availability like that. I also didn’t know that the “wattle” on the front of the Tom’s beak is really a “frontal caruncle”! I’ve been studying birds for a long time and I am still learning new things about the turkey.
One thing we all know is that it tastes good! That first one must have tasted especially good after all the work you put into it. Happy Thanksgiving Joshua, Hannah and Markie!
Really cute turkeys! I will have to teach cole (the little boy I babysit) how to make those…:-)
What creativity! I like how you made all the parts of the turkey fruit looking forward to Thanksgiving tremendously.
Hey! I like it! What a great Thanksgiving project! How did it taste?
What a very creative project to do while the rest of the team was gone! I think making these turkeys would be something really fun to do ourselves sometime this Thanksgiving. See you soon!