The long weekend’s wrapping up now, and the turkey soup is simmering on the stove. I LOVE the smells and tastes of Thanksgiving. I hope all of you had a happy Thanksgiving, or, at the very least, a good long weekend.
James, his friend Joel from PEI, and GC all came for dinner last night. We gathered around the coffee table and feasted on turkey, gravy, stuffing, mashed potatoes, broccoli, beans, carrots, and tangerine-maple cranberry sauce and wine. GC made a honey cake for dessert.
I’ve got to start going to auctions so I can buy some dining room chairs. A few months ago, Ruth very kindly gave me a gorgeous 1930′s art deco dining table that she wasn’t using anymore, but I can’t use it till I get some chairs. You’d be surprised, though, how many people can eat comfortably at a coffee table.*
Today GC made waffles and fruit for breakfast, and then we went for a drive and visited a pumpkin patch by accident. We were just trying to turn around, but we ended up in a pumpkin patch. I took this picture for AndrewZRX, who is living in Scotland and who sometimes gets homesick for Canada in the autumn. Look Andrew – this picture has it all: Fall foliage, pumpkins, and Canada geese! (Click for a bigger picture.) I only wish I could upload the smell of woodsmoke for you.
These things are called Squashkins. The big ones are $4 and the little ones are $3. I guess somebody thought it might be fun to make a butt-ugly hybrid of pumpkins and squash. But there were no little kids at the Squashkin pile shouting “Daddy, Daddy, let’s get this one!”
After the pumpkin patch, we took The Dog for a walk at Bruce Pit. I love that place. It’s Doggie Nirvana. I hadn’t been there since Sam was alive, and then it was just an occasional treat.
Unfortunately my camera batteries died (all 12 of them!) so there’s only one dog park picture. This is GC and The Dog.
And here are some extra pumpkin patch pictures, because you can’t have too many pumpkins in October.
*Five.
I do so love autumn! Thanks for the pictures!
love the two toned pumpkins. I’ve never seen those before
I went to a fall wedding a couple of years ago where they used white pumpkins to decorate…they were pretty but I prefer the orange. Why does your camera take 12 batteries?
You’re welcome Melinda! (Do you have Autumn in Switzerland?)
Nursemyra, me neither!
Deb, it only takes 4 Double-A’s, but I carry two spare sets. Apparently I carry two spare DEAD sets.
Great holiday photos but where is the pic of the most orangiest (don’t this this is good english, oh well) cat around?
The squashkins are so scary that they don’t even need to be carved.
Thanks for the pics, Zoom. I’m glad it was a grey day.
We don’t have Thanksgiving here. (Brits feel they have nothing to be thankful for.) Just the long slow slog towards the abyss without any holidays or long weekends or nothin.
But we get Jan 2nd off as well as the 1st. You’d have to drink with a Scot to see why.