Monday, October 12, 2009

Thanksgiving -2009

Our full scale Thanksgiving Dinner happened on Friday night this year ! Vicky, Christopher,Ben, Ollie and Leo joined us and stayed 'til Saturday p.m. when they headed off to Lake Macdonald. The weather finally cleared up and we had a beautiful day.

Christopher dug out around the octopus-like roots of the manitoba maple stump in front of the Main Barn.Very tenacious. I had dulled three chains on the saw trying to reduce it ! Finally this area is clear. The white spot behind the tractor was the boulder that Roy helped me drag away. We were doing quite well with the Cockshutt 30, but it suddenly decided to quit so we had to bring Dobbin in for the final tug ! Replacing the ignition switch solved the problem later.

Emptying and storing the water barrels gave rise to some interesting games and an impromptu steel drum percussion activity !

We were able to finish the closing of the pool with the winter blanket and leaf net. This picture shows the finished job on the skimmer replacement project.

A little fall bouquet, all from the garden. Zinnias and a lupin. In early October !


Well, this morning there is a heavy white frost carpet so it will be time to clear out the flower baskets and start the clean up of the garden and flower beds.
HAPPY THANKSGIVING !



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