Category: holidays

Neighbourhood horrors

Honestly, not too many horrors and this won’t be too scary; it’s mostly a collection of some frightful sights we’ve seen around the neighbourhood the past week or two. Many thanks to our neighbours for the fun seasonal scares! (Having downplayed the frights to come at the start of this, a word of warning to those of a sensitive disposition: the final image contains absolute horror, an unspeakable terror, as will become clear if you dare make it that far…)

Headless horror – eek!
Headless plant based horror – eek-o horror?
Pumpkin pie will leave you like this

Are you still here, with a racing heart and slightly sweaty? Ok, here comes the real scare – brace yourself:

I have no words for this one… let’s agree we shall never speak of it again…

Thank for reading, and I hope you have a great Halloween if you choose to celebrate, as well as a great weekend!

Happy Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving is here this coming Monday, and, once again, amongst all the ever increasing madness in the wider world, we’re very aware we’ve so much to be thankful for.

Kananaskis, last weekend

As I’ve written before, thanksgiving weekend more or less marks the anniversary of when we moved to Canada, a move we’ve never once regretted (well, maybe some regret related to my first and probably last slice of pumpkin pie all those years ago, shudder… the horrors of pumpkin pie – apologies to outraged traditionalists – but no, no, never again, I can’t, I just can’t…)

For carving? Yes! For pie? No!

Pumpkin pie aside, each passing year we love where we live more and more. So if you choose to celebrate the coming holiday, happy thanksgiving!

Full foothills fall

Ok, let’s keep it brief this week – there’s an apple pie that needs our attention! The next photograph was also taken last weekend and I think it signals the end of the brief Alberta mountain fall and our current camping season?! More to follow…

No more camping this year?

Thanks for reading, and I hope you have a wonderful weekend!

Different, but I liked it!

Happy Holidays!

Enjoy the season, and happy holidays to you should you choose to celebrate. Or, simply enjoy the weekend and week ahead if that’s more your thing, no extra festivities required…

Our favourite season! No extras necessary…

Cheers!

…well, maybe one or two extras?! Cheers to you!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Already?! Goodness, the year seems to be racing by…

Thanksgiving this coming Monday, and amongst all the wider madness in the world we’re aware we’ve so much to be thankful for.

Already?!

As I’ve mentioned before, it’s a happy coincidence for us that thanksgiving weekend more or less marks the anniversary of when we moved to Canada, a decision we’ve never once regretted.

Each passing year we love our home more and more. So if you choose to celebrate the coming holiday, happy thanksgiving. If you don’t, here are a few more fall related images from recent weeks!

Thanks for reading, and I hope you have a wonderful weekend!

Cheers!

Canada Day!

This coming Monday! Happy Canada Day if you choose to celebrate.

Happy

I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again – I’m so happy to be a Canadian citizen and that Canada is my home. It’s not perfect – is anywhere? – definitely a work in progress, but overall seems to be heading in a positive direction.

Sailing in the right direction?

So, happy Canada Day this coming Monday. Maybe you’re Canadian, know some Canadians, live near Canada or just like maple syrup?!

Cheers!

Thanks for reading, and I hope you have a wonderful weekend!

Happy Holidays!

Enjoy the season if you choose to celebrate!

We were planning to spend chunks of the long weekend on snowshoes or xc skis, but the strangely warm weather through last weekend – it rained and washed away most of the snow pack – means waiting for fresh snow and the return of proper winter sometime around year end. Here’s hoping…

No snow? Try one of these instead…

In the meantime, we’re fully engaged with mince pies, winter beers and a good book/good movie or two!

Fully engaged

Thanks for reading, and I hope you have a great (long) weekend!

Soon, very soon…