Little & Big

a warm day, a painting day

It was in the mid-60's today, and sunny.  There's something about the warm, dry weather that sends my body into the gotta-get-lots-of-things-done mode.  So when I woke at 5 a.m. with way too much energy for one human body, I decided I would paint.  I intended to paint the bench in the front hall, and maybe a small shelf, but then I ended up dragging out everything that needed a fresh coat, including chairs and a small table.

The boys caught sight of my painting projects upon returning home, and they decided they had to paint too.

 

Finn wanted to paint a dragon too.  Angus taught him, in step by step instructions.

 

Painting day.

November afternoon leaf piles

3 days in Montreal

with Cita, a week and a half ago . . .

     

above, the view from our hotel window (yes, snowing)

the amazing Biodome, below

lemur-watching

monkeys everywhere, right above your head

and, yes, penguins too.

and then the Insectarium

the biggest cockroaches ever, along with a lot of other creepy critters

the Botanical gardens, outside

and inside

(I took more pictures of plants than of my children.  lush.)

and then, of course, afternoon tea and cake

  

and its just 2 hours by car.   beautiful.

Happy Halloween!

get ready

day before Halloween

we've been ghosted!

on our outside doorknob this evening!

maple butter and

 

and maple candies!

thanks to my dear ghosting friends!

never enough of Halloween (last Sunday's Halloween party)

Sunday walk

                                                           autophotography

walking the dogs this evening

and we found

a little Halloween.