HONEYMOON EXTENDED

The clocks were set back an hour this morning so the honeymoon week after our wedding is an hour longer! But things seem back to normal with torrential rains, the first snowflakes, and a 6-pack of turkeys squatting in the yard. (And every Nov. 3 is the day to remember and celebrate my Dad's birthday --- he would have been 102.)

We've been away from Toronto for 21 days and I'm feeling the absentee-ism, but there have been events and chores to attend to up here. A major ritual is the draining and cleaning out of the pond. The good news this season was healthy growth of frogs, fish, and especially plants with their thick roots. The bad news was that the water never did clear up and thick muck coated everything under water, like these bricks. Every year is different.

Our work jeans got soaked and mud-caked from the rains and pond muck but luckily they dry out nicely by the fire. I managed to lie down on the job doing some plumbing. The (literally) bright spot of the week was Pat picking out her gold band with Carol and Walter. She says it ain't coming off!