Thanksgiving Day!
Can you believe Thanksgiving is creeping up on us so fast? We just decided last week that we are going to stay home for Thanksgiving this year. I'm looking forward to spending the day with family, going out for a long walk before dinner, and maybe even playing a little frisbee together! As far as we know, we don't have any family coming over to share Thanksgiving dinner with us, so it's just going to be the five of us, hanging out together. I've started looking through recipes, attempting to figure out what we're going to eat. If you've been following me for any length of time, you know that one of the trueisms of my life is that "it's not a holiday until something catches fire". I guess the question at this point is, what's going to catch fire and when?
Voting Day
Voting day in the United States is tomorrow. If you have not yet voted, please take the time to research your candidates and then get out to vote. Remember, there is so much more than just the president up for vote. Senators and Representatives are up for election, as are many local offices.
Cylburn Arboretum
Daughter and I roamed through the arboretum last week, hoping to find some fall foliage. Bad news for us - the leaves in the city had not yet started to change. We roamed around anyway, enjoying the beautiful afternoon and the paths through the arboretum. This picture is from one of my favorite spots! It's gorgeous! Over the years, I've seen many, many wedding shoots in this gazebo, and around this beautiful tree!
A Little More Canada
As I was going through pictures this morning, this one especially stood out to me. It's from Byward Market - the amazing open air market in Ontario - not all that far removed from the Parliament Buildings. I don't know if the farmers are still outdoors when the weather gets cold, but it was up and running every day we were there. We were two very fortunate travelers, as we were able to pick up fresh fruits and veggies every day to supplement what we were picking up in restaurants. It also forced a slight change of pace for us - we couldn't find grocery stores close by, so we had to get used to the change of pace of NOT having prepared foods everywhere we searched. I wish we had something like this in the little town where I lived. Yes, we have farmers markets, but they're only around once a week, and only for a very limited time - from Memorial Day to Labor Day. 
Do you see this little squirrel here? How come they're so dark in Canada? Here in Maryland, our squirrels are light brown and dark gray. Do they just get darker as you go further north? I thought all squirrels were the same everywhere? They're beautiful little squirrels! And they are everywhere! Not only did we see these black squirrels in Ottawa, we saw them around Niagara Falls this summer.
Gourds!
One last picture to see you on your way! This display of gourds was out at our farm stand this week. I adore these guys!
Have a great week!
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