I Actullay Cooked a Chicken....

.....But there are no pics. I was too nervous to remember to take photos.
We celebrated a very quiet Thanksgiving. Just the five of us. Mom-in-Law joined our merry little party.
On the table were coleslaw, carrots, peas, mashed potatoes, dressing (stuffing), gravy, cranberry sauce and the chicken. All of which I made/prepared myself. I am pleased to note, there was not much left over. I figured it was a good little feast if the kiddos ate it without complaint. They even complimented me between mouthfuls!
Everything else has been rather quiet over here.
It was a very nice fall day yesterday so I got my butt in gear and actually planted tulips.


The before shot of my shoes...


And the after...


While I was playing in the dirt,


Hubs was working on the roof of the garage.


80 bulbs were buried!

Sort of looks like a weird burial site eh?

Little Reno is also growing quite a bit.


He is even learning to share,



That is MY bed Mister..

Now we go Trick or Treating?!?!





He is a difficult image to capture.

I'm off to sleep before work tonight.
Hope everything is good with you and yours!
Cheers!

Perhaps a Good Scrubbing.

I have been watching this television show called Revolution. An apocalypse comes about. The world has lost all of its electricity. No internet, lights, television, planes, vehicles etc. The population has to re-educate itself on survival again.
This got me wondering. Maybe we might benefit from some sort of extreme power loss. Maybe we would be cleansed of disease and pollutions. I am sure that it would be an intense hardship. A lot of life would be loss after the huge Earth cleanse. I like what was mentioned in Stephen King's The Stand. The Glen Bateman character said something to the effect that after the apocalypse, people will still die off in somewhat large numbers out of stupidity. People will have to learn how to store food effectively. What wild things can be eaten in relative safety.
I would like to think that I would be able to survive and function adequately. I think I would fair better in this electric apocalypse than a zombie one.

Autumn Crispness

Hubs took the mini humans apple picking the other week. They brought home this monstrous fruit that is about the size of the youngest's head!
Since I have this thing about posting pictures of minor's on the internet, I will post a picture of the fuzzy child so you can get a relative idea of the size of these apples.

Reno is really unsure what to make of these red/green objects.


These do not smell like kibble.


When in doubt, run!


I have made a fair bit of progress on my cross stitch.


Since my cross stitch does not travel very well, I have been working on my Mittens over my lunch period at work.



These are my Day of The Dead Mittens.

We have found this wine in our little liquor store.

We tried the Chardonnay the other week. It was amazing, especially with the seafood pasta I made. We will try this Bougelais sometime this evening.

This is the new song I have had stuck in my head for about two weeks.

I liked the appearance that Psy made on Ellen the other week. Ellen suggested that Brittany Spears might want to take off her heels. How can she dance Gangnam Style in those shoes?
Psy said, No, no. The shoes are good. Gangnam Style is all about dressing classy and dancing cheezy.
I love that idea because that is pretty much how I roll. The other idea I can get behind is that yellow suit you see the other gentleman wearing at the end of the video. Where can we find suit?

Catch-Up

The mini humans are back in school. They started the last week of August. I now fully appreciate that commercial from Staples:

We all went to the Brome Fair.







Enjoyed the rides, exhibits, animals, food.

I finished my shawl earlier this week, Mariposa.

I just have to re-block it once again and place it in a nice bag with a bottle of wine for the amazing woman who managed to make sense of that garden surrounding our home.

I have also decided to take a little break from knitting for a while and return to cross stitch.


This is Night Cat by Vivienne Powers.

After the contemporary cat has been finished I will move on to this one:

Deathabilly.

Reno had grown rapidly the past month. He can now eat kibble and enjoys drinking and playing in the water bowls. Napoleon is being a great big brother/influence over the little fellow. They are quite the tag team.






This is my new favourite song the moment:

Reno Eating

I just thought I would post of video of Reno eating because I do not think it will be much longer until he is eating like a big cat.

Visit to the Yarn Shop

While my parents were visiting were visiting a little while back, my Mom made friends with a lady down the street. Apparently they made some sort of secret Mom deal to look after me. This deal included the nice lady to play in my garden. I did tell her that she is more than welcome to take any of the plants she sees. After all, it looks like a green mess to me. I cannot really tell the difference between weed and plant at the moment. She took me up on my offer very seriously. When I arrive home from work, I find the lovely lady in my garden mess of foliage, happily pruning back, removing weeds and earmarking some flowers and plants. In a matter of three days, this wizard has transformed a chaotic mess into an actual garden.
As a means of thank you, I am working on Mariposa.

This is the yarn I am using:

It is so awesome to work with. Just glides along the needles.

Last Pictures From Holidays

This was the view from inside the Gaspé Museum. The concept for the architecture was to make the outside blend with the surrounding outdoors.

I can remember when I was younger this sort of place would have bored me to tears. I guess I am maturing? Hubs and I both enjoyed exploring and looking at all the exhibits. Funnily enough for me, this was my highlight:



I think this can be knit into a wonderful top!

These are the Pico Falls, from one of our many nature walks:

Apparently over 40% og Quebec's Nature trails are located in this region. I did not know that.

These are some of the remaining pictures we took on our drive home.






I would do this trip again in a heart beat!