Look at the October 14th date in the picture...........

Which one will you be celebrating?  I know which one I won't be........despite being chocolate covered!!

Post Thanksgiving Weekend.........

We had a lovely weekend.

Saturday:

It was lovely weather wise.  Spent a chunk of the morning doing fall cleanup in the garden.  Oh and looking up at that tree on my header photo of the blog and cursing how many leaves had to fall off it and for us to pick up!!!

Spent another chunk of time prepping blog posts for the coming weeks.  I finally got around to sorting out my Ottawa photos and writing various blog posts about our trip.  I am spacing them out so it's not constantly Ottawa, Ottawa, Ottawa!!  

Hubby has been doing some sorting out in the garage and found a couple of things to post on Facebook Marketplace, which I did; and ended up selling something that same day.  I will have an update post at the beginning of November of what I sold this month.

Spent another chunk of time doing my cross stitch.  I am getting faster with it, as I am familiar with the pattern she has done.

On an negative note, someone was having a party in the street behind us and decided it was appropriate to play their music VERY, VERY LOUD.  Had to put earplugs in to get to sleep.  I fell asleep, hopefully someone called the police after 11pm to log a noise complaint.  We generally live in a very quiet neighbourhood. 

Sunday:

Overcast day today.

Had a Thanksgiving lunch over at son's house.  Turkey and all the trimmings, and all tasted yummy.  Came home stuffed and vegged out in front of the tv for the rest of the day/night.

Monday:

A beautiful day weather wise.  Did laundry and some cleaning in the morning.  After lunch went for a walk.  It was shorts weather as it was so nice.  Came out and worked on my cross stitch for a bit and caught up on some blogs.

All in all a lovely weekend.

Finally one thing I have been eating for various meals since last Friday was this homemade Curried Butternut Squash Soup.  It's one of the best soups I have ever made, so tasty and "souper" easy to make.  In fact there is no recipe.  Just threw a few things in a pot, cooked it and then blended it until smooth.  A winner in my books.  

Happy Canadian Thanksgiving........

Today is Thanksgiving.  A day to give thanks and reflect on everything we are thankful for.  As a family we have a lot to be thankful for, and I am glad about that.  If you celebrate Thanksgiving in Canada, a Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family from me.

Halloween Cross Stitch - Part 2

Sorry it's a day late, but I had yesterday's post already set up and figured I would just leave it.

I did manage to finish the first part on Friday night, which was more luck than management, as with everyone, sometimes life gets in the way and I had a couple of days last week, where no stitching got done at all.  It's Thanksgiving weekend this weekend, so hoping to get a good start on part two.

So far so good though and I am pleased with how it is looking.  That border is a bit more complicated than it looks.

Next part is all about ghosts............

The greyed out part on the left is what has been stitched on part one.

I swear..............

 {{{SIGH}}} Nothing else to say.................😟

Look at this..........

This is a condo complex opposite when hubby's surgeon office is.  I know there are taller condo buildings, but this one is very tall in my books.  However I do like the look of them.

However these tiny balcony's scare me!!

Do you live in a condo/apartment/flat?  What floor are you on and how many floors are in your building?  I have always said, if something happens to hubby I will move into a condo.

National Gallery of Canada - Part 1

Back to more photos from Ottawa.  I am splitting the visit to the National Gallery of Canada up into three parts, otherwise you'll be dizzy with all the information.  The gallery was only around a 15 minute walk from the hotel, so nice and close.  Opposite it was Notre Dame Basilica Ottawa, and although it was under going renovations you could still tour it, we chose not to.

The National Gallery was impressive from both the outside and the inside.

You are greeted by the giant metal spider.  It is called Maman, and has 38 marble eggs, in it's sack underneath it's body.  You can read more about it here.

After you enter the building you walk up this huge hallway to where the first  galleries are.

The banner above you was really striking.

You then enter a large foyer and that too was impressive.  It helped that it was a glorious day weather wise.

You looked out over the Ottawa River and the Parliament Buildings.

Another view out of the window.

The Parliament buildings are being renovated.  

We had a coffee in the cafe and out of the window was this "sculpture."  We got talking to an employee and she said when they were installing this, they forgot to take the styrofoam off the top of it.  The employees were watching from the window and had to tell them to remove it.  I will tell you more about this particular employee in part two.

This is the information about the photo above.

If you look closely at this sculpture it all different outdoor lights.  You can read more about it in the photo below.

I thought this was interesting how it all came about.  Would have thought it would have been displayed in New Orleans, rather than Ottawa though?

Inside the gallery is the Rideau Chapel.  It was relocated from it's original site and placed inside one of the galleries.  You can read more about it's history here. There was choral music playing and the acoustics were glorious in there.

The ceiling was stunning.

That's part one, part two to follow soon...........