SCARY FAIRIES, COLOURS, AND THANKSGIVING

A Thanksgiving holiday weekend in Canada? Today we had heavy rain, winds, sunshine, and hail (only the size of BB's). Oh, and frost is predicted overnight....

Friday had been forecast as the only full-sun day of the weekend, so we drove around to soak up the beauty of the counties. Meaford was in full Invasion of (hundreds of) Scarecrows. This year's theme is Fairy Tales so the streets and parks  hosted Snow White, Rapunzel, Sleeping Beauty, and many other classics. Very creative, very colourful and even the crows had too much fun to be scared.

But the leaves were even more colourful. In some valleys the colours were past their peak and in fact some of the best were just up the road from our house! Did you know the famous American conservationist John Muir spent many months wandering in nearby Beaver Valley? The unspoiled forests and streams inspired him to spend his life promoting their protection back in his own country.

But the main event today was giving thanks. Only yesterday Pat's brother-in-law was transferred back to a local hospital and out of intensive care.  These pictures of the hastily-arranged family dinner are fuzzy but the thanksgiving and relief are very clear.