Advent calendars

 We had a big storm pass through during the night. Apparently 90,000 homes were without power.
We slept through it all and  didn't notice a thing.

It's a quiet day. Not much to blog about so let's talk about Advent calendars . I keep seeing them on
FB Marketplace and I see there are many. This first one caught my eye and I meant to go back and read more about it but it disappeared so quickly that I didn't get the chance. All I do remember about it is that it is lighted (lit?) and cost over a hundred dollars. Someone didn't mind the price because it got snapped up pretty quickly.

 The next one looks fairly simple. It had little drawers that you can put small items into and reuse it from year to year.

 I'm not sure how this jigsaw puzzle becomes an Advent calendar.

I like this one with its little drawers. The scene in the middle lights up. It was priced at $30.

I remember how my children enjoyed Playmobil way back when. No doubt they would have liked this calendar which was never even opened and is now for sale for $20.

I hope your week is going along nicely. Those who are gearing up for Thanksgiving are probably very busy.

Thanks for visiting.

 

Monday Chit Chat

Monday again.  The temperature was just 4* above freezing when we walked at 7 o'clock but now at noon it is 6C and the sun is trying to shine making it pleasantly bright outside.

On Saturday when we walked we found one of those fanny pack bags on the ground near the path. We picked it up and found that in it were 2 bottles of prescription antibiotics. Both bottles were full, in fact they had been bought just the day before. The man's name was on a pay slip in the bag but we felt it would be better just to return the drugs, bag and all, to the pharmacy that  issued them. Which we did. I have to wonder how a person could be so careless though.

 These cookies are like the ones we bought at the craft fair last week.  I have made them in the past but not for years.  I've copied a brief description from a recipe site.

 Pfeffernüsse are traditional small German Christmas cookies spiced with black pepper, cardamom, cinnamon cloves, ground ginger, and nutmeg.

Here are some of the cookies my talented DIL has made for Christmas. 

GD Kate works in an office but she used to work as a hairdresser.  She comes to play Dominoes
( Mexican train) almost every Sunday afternoon and when anyone in the family needs a haircut she brings her "stuff" and does a great job too. I asked her to cut an inch or 2 off my hair this time.
DH and Middle son also got their hair cut.

That's enough chit chat. Time to get the laundry folded and put away. 

Thanks for coming by

Craft Fair

 It's the time of the year when craft sales flourish. Our two daughters and our granddaughter asked if we wanted to come too. It was here in town and in a lovely venue so we went and had a great time browsing. That's GD Kate on the left, me, Eldest Daughter Shannon ( she's Kate's Mom) and Himself. Otherwise identified as DH..

 

 Shannon, Daughter Sheila and Kate

 I took pictures and as usual they're not very good ones but they give you an idea of  some of the crafts.

 

 

 Seems that mushrooms are the thing now.  They're cute but not for me.

The girls bought a number of things. DH was seduced by the food items and bought Butter Tarts (they were amazing) and also Pfeffernussen cookies ( I know I'm probably not spelling it right but I'll take a picture and show you them next time).

 

 Eldest and Youngest were over and since they're always ready to give me a hand they brought in our artificial Christmas tree and set it in the sunroom.  Just 2 weeks until Advent 💗💓💓

Thanks for visiting and leaving lovely comments

 

 

Baking and Autumn Leaves

 I was browsing on Pinterest and I saw this picture of a loaf of fruit bread.  It reminded me that I hadn't baked any for ages so I did just that.  My recipe made 2 loaves and they didn't look as pretty as the one on Pinterest but it tastes just fine. Sure makes nice toast for breakfast.

 
This is all that is left from that first loaf I made.  The picture is wonky but I dare not mess with it. I've been having "issues" with my computer lately :(

I used some of the last of my bag of pears to make these muffins.

The next door neighbour's Red Maple ( I think that's what it is) dropped almost all its leaves overnight and left this beautiful red carpet.  

And that's about it for today. Thank you for the sweet comments on my Bunny in my last post.  She has a nice 2 room hutch that DH made for her and it stands in a very sheltered spot out of the wind and rain.  She grows a thick winter coat and has made it through 7 winters so far.  Son and DIL have a bunny in a cage in their livingroom and it is allowed out supervised. That works for them but neither DH nor I wanted to have ours in the house.  GM

Books, Dead Fish, and a Rabbit

 It's a wet holiday Monday.  A good thing I have books to read once laundry is done. I picked up 4 books at the thrift store last time I went to drop off some boxes. My last library choices were duds so I was happy to find these.
 

 

Yesterday we couldn't walk at Willband Creek because the person responsible for opening the gate ( to the parking lot) didn't show up so we walked a different trail. Stony Creek Trail where the water was flowing very swiftly. This creek has salmon that swim upstream around this time of the year and we saw several that were having a real struggle to succeed. We also saw many that had succeeded and of course died, as salmon do once they have spawned.  Dead fish littered the banks where the water was shallow.

Diane asked about my pet rabbit. Cinnamon Bun is her name and I've had her for over 7 years. She was found and rescued by people who couldn't keep her so she came here. She's very sweet and loves to be patted. Among her favourite foods are cilantro, parsley and carrots. Here she's munching on a crust of bread which I rarely give her but I wanted her to hold still so I could get a picture.

I hope everyone's week is off to a good start. Thank you for coming by.

A Fallen Tree, a Cactus and a Curious Rabbit

 The storm we had earlier in the week caused this old Weeping Willow to fall on a fence where Youngest Son had to clean it up. Actually it looked like only half of the great trunk broke off.
The tree had quite a bit of fungus growing on it and apparently that can weaken a tree. I did not know that.

My Thanksgiving Cactus is blooming. The white one is just forming buds now but the yellow/peach one is in full bloom.

I'm quite pleased with my Wordle guess this morning. I got it in 2 tries. That has never happened before! 

I'm sorry I didn't bother to copy and paste the poem yesterday. I think my hope was that you would discover the site for yourself. I find it's worth the visit.

The sun is trying very hard to break through the clouds this morning. It's 9C with no wind. Time to go out and check on my rabbit. Yesterday when I opened the door to her cage she was so anxious to see what I might have brought her as a treat that she actually fell out. It's about a 3' drop but she seemed fine and after a brief hop around she let me pick her up and put her back.

Have a lovely weekend.   GM

A Poem

 Just popping in to share a poem on a blog that I visit ( and, I'm ashamed to admit, don't comment). It is called Beyond the Fields We Know.   Check it out.