A beautiful Fall day!

Happy Sunday everyone! What a gorgeous day we're having. The past few days have been such a delight. I just love this time of year with all the colours. 

Today, we had the pleasure of seeing our nephew Sean and his girlfriend Julie. They came for lunch. It was our first time meeting Julie and she is lovely. They make a very nice couple. We had a lot of catching up to do. It had been a while since we saw Sean. Russell barbecued some chicken kabobs. It was delicious!

This past week was good. Our Cooper is back to his old self. We are still waiting to get the results of that special blood test, maybe by the end of this week or early next week. Then we will regroup with our vet and decide on next steps. Perhaps just a look in his mouth will do. We will rely on our vet's recommendation. Having said this, although Coop is eating hard kibbles again, we haven't given him a crunchy treat yet. Not chancing it just in case, for now anyway. So, all is good on that front. 

We had a few nice walks by the lake and admired the Fall colours. On Wednesday, an older man was using his brand new drone and he took a photo of us from up above. We chatted with him and watched him maneuver his toy for a bit. It was pretty cool although Russell is quite sure that he is not allowed to do this given the proximity of the airport. We haven't seen the other old man Erroll who always sat on a bench for quite some time. Perhaps he no longer walks given the time of year. We hope he's OK. 

We got some work done outside, blew and bagged some leaves and cut back more plants. We have quite a number of yard waste bags for tomorrow's pick up. 

Not much else is going on with us. We are following a Sorrento group on Facebook and making notes of some places to visit when we go to Italy next May. We are getting excited.

The hockey season has started and I'm happy about that. I never was that much into hockey until the HABS almost won the Stanley Cup in 2021. They are now a team that is rebuilding with many new young players. I think that my Human Resources background is kicking in when I say that I look forward to seeing the new talent flourish and grow...and I know that it won't happen overnight. The Montreal Canadians fans will have to be patient 😊I wish the team the best of luck for the new season! We are behind you 100%!

That's my blog for today. Football is on the menu for Russell this afternoon, Coop & Spicy will chill and I may watch something on Netflix or read a book. I finally finished watching Pretty Little Liars. This was the longest series that I ever watched. I quite enjoyed it, very different and entertaining. 

I leave you with some photos that Russell took of the Fall colours right at home and one of the Waning Gibbous moon taken this morning.  Simply stunning! Have a great week everyone!

The Waning Gibbous moon playing at the finger
tips of the autumnal foliage seen from our front yard

Limelight hydrangea in full colour in our front
bed.

The view from the back deck, quite the display
of Fall colour put on by the maples.

A maple in full red dress at
Edgewater Park.

Cooper and Spicy take turns watching 
us clean up the leaves.

Front porch sentry as we continue with the 
Fall leaf clean up.

Hello down there....photo courtesy of an 
older gentleman with his new drone.