Ed gives Ronnie a flower bouquet composed of red flowers, which subsequently becomes a bouquet with white and yellow flowers.
When Ed (John Lithgow) meets Ronnie (Blythe Danner) in the supermarket, he is pushing a shopping cart; when arriving at the cashier desk, his cart becomes a shopping basket.
Ed fills up a 5-gallon gas can and then carries it from his truck to the house. If full, that can would weigh about 30 lbs. Yet he easily carries it in one hand like it is empty.
Thanksgiving in Upstate NY would have bare trees and less than bright green lawns.