We're ready!

Good day everyone!  Hope you all had a great week.  Ours was good and the weather was pretty decent.  Unlike today, which is dismal and quite cool , but no snow.

Yesterday, like many other places, we had our first dusting of snow.  Cooper was as happy as can be when he first went out in the morning.  He loves the first snow of the season.  I guess the snow prompted us to get ready for Mr. Winter.  I cut back all the perennials that needed cutting back, Russell blew the leaves (again) and put the driveway markers in the ground.  I got all of our Winter gear out for when we need it....including the Coop's booties.  So, we're ready for another season.  All that is left to do is put the snow tires on, in a couple of weeks.

All is good with us.  Thanksgiving Monday was a quiet and very nice day. The weather was spectacular to say the least.  We spent most of the day outside and enjoyed some nice time on the deck, basking in the sunshine. I truly enjoyed the Charity Bootcamp that morning.  We ended up literally pushing a small fire truck to the Salvation Army, about two kilometers from the gym, and delivered lots of canned goods.  It was a fun thing to do for a good cause.

Russell has been taking some very nice photos of the outdoors.  The leaves are almost all gone now but the vista is beautiful to look at.  Soon, his photos will be of snow and ice.....each season brings something beautiful to capture.

The beginning of this week promises to be exciting....at least tomorrow:  the Blue Jays are playing in Toronto tomorrow night and, of course, it is Election Day in Canada.  Fun night on TV for sure.  Oh, and The Voice is also on tomorrow night!  The rest of the week will be quiet and I'm having lunch with Terri on Thursday.  Looking forward to catching up.

Today is a quiet day.  I went to my Bootcamp class this morning, then met with a good friend of mine, Nancy, who was in town for her son's hockey tournament.  It was nice to see her again.  After lunch, we took Mr. Coop for a walk and we are now chilling.  Russell is watching football in the Muskoka room, and I will relax and read a book in the Great Room with candles and music on.  Cooper will be going from room to room, trying to get someone's attention for a treat.  Little bugger that he is.....

Have a great week everyone!

First dusting of snow and Cooper investigates the fire pit.

Snow and Fall colour peaking through as seen from the deck.

Neighbourhood deer just off the driveway in the front yard.

Deep in the woods....Fall colour in front of our house.

All loaded up for the FITT Gym charity food drive.