Happy Thanksgiving

Mom hosted a Thanksgiving dinner at her new home.  She worked on things for the last few days and I arrived in the morning to lend a hand.  I set the table using Grandma’s dishes because that has been my tradition to use the harvest designed plates for this time of year.

When the vegetables were peeled, the table just right and things in the oven, Ron and I went for a little walk.  We came across Nathan and Amanda and the boys fishing.  

We had a nice little visit before walking back to the condo.  Barry and Judy had arrived.  We worked to get the final touches completed for the meal.  Nylene and Brad came and we called everyone to the table.  The meal was delicious and it was fun to visit with family and friends.

Ron left to go golfing and soon there was a little fisherman at the door showing off his catch.  His sister came to have a look inside.

After a while Brooks decided his fishing time was done.  He wanted to come up to the condo to see what we were doing.  Shelana told him that they were just talking.  Brooks asked, “why?”  She responded with “that’s what old people do.”  I was at least able to give him some chocolate so that he could know that we don’t just talk, we eat!  When I told Ron he said that is why he went to play golf…he doesn’t think he is old!

I came home and started a fire and relaxed.  Ron made his way home and stopped at Dayna’s roadside stand.  He brought home some treats.  The cinnamon bun was the best I have ever tasted (and I have tasted lots).  The other treats were set aside for later.  “Hope Filled Pantry” just north of Napanee is highly recommended!  So good. The treats are baked with love!!💕 

Meanwhile in British Columbia, we have been following the journey or our son and daughter-in-law and their fur family.  They moved from Bella Coola on Wednesday.  

On Thursday, I followed them on my app past Prince George.  

They spent a couple of days in Kitimat, reconnecting with old friends.

On Sunday, they were spotted in Prince Rupert and boarded the ferry.  

Once aboard, they put two of the dogs in the camper and two in the truck.  Stephen and Kylie went to their cabin.  When they woke up they checked on the dogs and all was good.  We just received a video chat from Stephen and got a tour of their new home.  It will be fun to visit Haida Gwaii!

Happy Thanksgiving to all…from here to British Columbia!

Fall Into Maple

Today was another beautiful fall day and it was “Fall Into Maple” at the Salmon River Sugar Bush.  

We were not the only ones looking forward to the day.  The field was filling up with vehicles by the time we pulled in to park.  There were lots of things to see but we were headed for the pancake breakfast.  We didn’t have to ask if it was real syrup.  The only problem was that they might not have given enough for one of us.

We went for a walk through a trail.  In the spring, the network of tubes will be transporting sweet sap through the woods by vacuum pumps into large tanks. The sap is then heated in evaporators and eventually delicious syrup is the end result.  It takes about 40 gallons of sap to make 1 gallon of syrup.

When we made it out of the trail to the road, a horse drawn wagon was giving some visitors a ride.

We checked out the many vendors that were selling their goods.  We stopped at Tom’s Chainsaw Carvings.  Tom is our neighbour and was a good friend of my cousin growing up.  Tom is very creative with his carvings and I picked a couple of wooden pumpkins and Ron liked the bear book ends.

We stopped at the “pumpkin house” and got a couple of pictures.  Shion just happened to be there to make my picture better.

From there we enjoyed a delicious maple hot chocolate.  Maple was the theme.  

We picked up a few varieties of fudge just because and one was maple walnut.

After a little visit with Brad around the fire, we headed for home.  

We drove down a beautiful road that was a canopy of fall leaves.  This time of year is so vibrant.  

When we were living in Alberta, the larch were the fall attraction.  It usually meant hiking a mountain trail to see yellow!  

Waterton

Today was such a perfect day, we went for a walk around the village where there is a little more than yellow on the trees.  The trees are losing their leaves so we need to enjoy the time before the gloomy bare branches happen.

We stopped at the Black Cat where the hotel is decorated for the season.  We shared a Greek wrap lunch while enjoying the peaceful atmosphere.

Tonight, Ron started our first fire of the year.  It isn’t that cold but it just felt right.  Tamworth is a nice place to live..interesting events, places to walk and good places to eat!

Today’s purchases!

Field Trip for the 50 Plus!

Our 50 Plus group from the church went on a road trip.  Twenty-nine of us headed down the highway.  We may have all started in a caravan but everyone chose their own way and we all made it to Swiss Chalet. I’m not too sure where Judy went?  There was a lot of chatting, visiting and laughing around the tables.  Scott and Kim celebrated their 43rd anniversary with us!  

What was Judy saying?

Most of us enjoyed the festive dinner.

From there, we found our way to the Ameliasburgh Heritage Museum.  The village consists of a number of buildings to walk through history.  

Our first stop was to visit the school house.  Bev shared about some of her experiences in a one room school house.  

It was a pretty good class for the most part.

Don, of course, got the strap! 

As we walked around to the different buildings, we had people dressed in period costumes explaining what would have happened back in the day.

The weather was very nice and we were able to walk comfortably around outside.

Don’s eyes were giving him a bit of trouble 😉and he was snuggling with a mannequin and wondering why Bev wasn’t answering him.  

Bev began yelling at “Don” for not talking to her. 

It must be a lot of fun and very interesting living at their house!!

Mom amazes me walking around the village and sharing her memories.

Just when we were finishing the tour, it started to thunder and the rains came but it didn’t ruin our day!

Ron and I said our goodbyes to everyone and we went to the Campbell Orchard to pick up a few things.

It was a good day with our 50 Plussers! These are a great group of people to spend the day with!