Autumn's glory

Hello everyone! I hope you're all having a wonderful Sunday! I'm writing my blog on the deck, enjoying a balmy 21 celsius with nothing but sunny skies. A glorious Autumn day 🌞

This past week was good. We had a bit of rain at the beginning of the week so Russell and I decided to get some Fall cleaning done. We washed the living room curtains, vacuumed behind the sofas (found a few doggie chews), vacuumed all lamp shades, the sort of thing that we normally don't do on a weekly basis 😏. Once the curtains were back up, Spicy was quick to put her little nose into them. She must have thought they smelled really good 💖

Russell got his 5th Covid dose and his flu shot. I got my flu shot and will get my 5th on November 7th. All good on that front.

The rain and wind on Monday brought down lots of leaves. We did a good cleanup on Friday and Russell cut the grass for the last time yesterday. There are still lots of leaves left in the trees and the colours are at their peak, truly spectacular, especially the maple tree in front of our house. 

On Wednesday, we got a call from Dr. Javard who informed us that Cooper's 2M antibody test was negative, no Muscle Masticatory Myositis issue. Very good news! We sort of expected that but it was good to have it confirmed. We then called our local vet and got to see her on Thursday. The idea was to close the loop on Cooper's somewhat mysterious jaw/mouth problem. Dr. Stiles did a thorough exam, poked the gums, jaw, every tooth, with no apparent discomfort from the Coop. Given that the exam showed nothing unusual and especially given Coop's heart condition, we all agreed that it was best to leave things alone rather than investigate further under general anesthesia. Should Cooper have another episode down the road, then we will look into it. It could have been a simple tooth trauma that went away. The important thing is that all is back to normal including the return of the 3 pm crunchy treat which got the approval of our vet when we showed it to her (yes, we had to dot all the i's and cross all the t's) 😋 

Today, after our walk, we stopped by our local outdoor market and I got myself another batch of Delicata Squash.  I've been eating so much of it, it's a wonder my skin hasn't turned orange. After years of cooking the Delicata every which way possible, I decided to air fry it. OMG, a total game changer. So delicious! Smells and tastes like french fries! I had to take a photo 😀

Those are my little news for today. The rest of our day will be spent on the deck. Coop & Spicy will be hard at work watching the busy squirrels. Russell and I will enjoy every second of this beautiful weather.  Not much on the go for this week other than our Spicy's 12th birthday on Thursday. I will include her birthday pic in next week's blog. Have a great week everyone!

The maple stretching skyward with arms 
ablaze in Fall colour in our front yard.

A crimson maple in a neighbours front yard
as seen from our driveway.

Sailing into the Fall, last sail of the season before
dry-dock.

A Fall tapestry of colour courtesy of our maple. 

Cooper and Spicy pause for a break on our Fall
walk by Lake St Louis.

Spicy thinks the aroma of freshly washed
curtains is something that only her nose
can appreciate.

Cooper likes to nap under the 
coffee table.

Their afternoon vigil with lovely
sunlight.

Delicata squash, the best ever when air fried.