Whistler & Harvest

We made our annual trip up to Whistler this past week & once again were blessed with quality family time and, for the most part, glorious autumn weather. We were joined by Greg, Becky, Noah & Isaiah for the Thanksgiving weekend until Sunday morning. Monday evening, Rick had to return home for work, but he was replaced by Dobby, Cindi, Olivia, Sabrina & Malcolm. Dobby's work schedule did not allow them to be there for the Thanksgiving weekend, so we were unable to all be together. The kidlets wished that they could have been there with their cousins, of course, but we had fun anyway.

Rick took these two pictures on one of our walks; the leaf colors were quite spectacular. It was clear, but pretty cold - if you look closely you can see the ice on the branches in the waterfall. Snow was in the forecast, but it never materialized, much to the disappointment of the little ones. They had really been looking forward to sitting in the hottub while the snow fell.

Back in August, Rick & I raided Terry & Laura's crabapple tree & I made my first attempt at pickled crabapples. Other than the fact that I had forgotten about the second bucket of apples in the fridge until after I had processed the first several jars, it went really well!
What could have been a quick project took twice the time. Aaargh!!! Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most...

We had a bumper crop (what does that mean anyway?) of sweet yummy grapes this fall; took the last of them with us to Whistler.

It's the middle of October & the passionflower is still blooming. I took down the hanging baskets at the beginning of October, even though they were still looking good - the pink fuschia just didn't blend well with the bullrushes & scarecrows.

Now we just have to get through Halloween (those hooligans & their firecrackers) ^-^ and then I can start decorating for Christmas!!!