Soo bloddy cheery. You feasting on the goodie of culture and we on a family excursion to the Annapolis Valley, NS, to go apple picking. Us with Sasha, his cousins Elie, Phoebe and Callum and Fiona’s Sister Sarah and her hubby Phil – all packed into two cars and head North by North west in a glorious Autumn day for ‘sum good’ apples. [nova scotian expression – sum good]

Where is the grump in this. A beautiful day was had by all. All up about 100 lbs (50kilos??) of apples collected for distribution around the family…. but still I guess lots of pies, crumbles, slices, chutneys and sauces to be made for the winter ahead. The leaves are still grumley holding on for dear life to the trees and are al glorious Reds, Oranges and vivid yellows.

Fall is really a treat – kinda cold but nice, soft air and really beautiful soft colours… I can understand why Canadians rave about it. The other night was a real ‘pea sooper’ [English? expression] but an apt oneeverything felt like silk outisde. oooohhhh!.

The cold is not all that Canada is… to my relief at this stage. Although outside it is 5 degrees.
Hope the feast continues in spring for youse,,