Wednesday, October 16th - Happy Anniversary!

The beautiful fall weather just keeps on going. After a beautiful day yesterday, we're in for more of the same today. It's a freezing 1' this morning with heavy frost, but we should reach a high of 14' later with lots of sun and maybe a few clouds thrown in.



It was even nicer 14 years ago when Patti and Greg got married. It was a beautiful and unseasonably hot day with temperatures feeling more like summer than fall. The wedding pictures taken at the Cutten Club were lovely with everyone in short sleeves and the gorgeous fall colours in the background made for some stunning shots. Congratulations to the both of you. Hope you have something special planned - probably carting kids around somewhere, if it's anything like most years!



We had a lovely day on Monday. We visited our friends Charles and Laura and they had invited another transplanted Ontario couple to join us as well. We were surprised to learn that they had kept one of the their turkeys behind for their own dinner. (they had told us they were all sold).

With all of us contributing something to the feast, it made for quite an eclectic mix.  We had a very enjoyable meal and a lovely evening. We could have stayed and chatted much longer but left by 8:30 so Lloyd could get a bit of sleep before heading off to work at midnight.

Tuesday after work, I met Brenda for our dance class. Our plan was to go to a restaurant in Stratford to sample their pulled pork sandwich after attending a wake for a neighbour's mother. Unfortunately they were closed when we got there. So we headed  back out to the country. A glass of wine at Brenda's house did the trick instead. That will likely be our only chance to get together before they head out on Thursday morning for a bit of a road trip. There's no school here on Thursday or Friday so it's an excellent opportunity to take a drive and explore some lovely fall scenery, after a medical appointment in Moncton. So far the weather is looking like it might cooperate as well.  I think Lloyd and I might take a drive up to the western end of the island on Sunday. I found an article about a Hamilton woman who moved here 4 years ago and has established an alpaca farm. They have a shop there as well as farm tours and I'm interested in checking out some of the yarns. But we'll see what the weather does on Sunday. Lloyd was surprised to learn that I wasn't spending the day with Brenda. Good thing he's such a good sport and doesn't mind being the 'second choice' once in a while!