Giving Thanks

Today we are 'doing' Canadian Thanksgiving for the first time.  Last year Dadda Boo went to work, but this year he has taken the holiday, and my parents are visiting so it truly is time to give thanks for us all being together.  What a great holiday, time to celebrate the seasonal change, the harvest and family without all the commercial overkill of Christmas.  

Joining the masses of other families reaping the bounty of the season, yesterday we visited a pumpkin patch and apple orchard.  Not having done this before, we were quite unprepared for the scale of the pumpkin harvest.  The deliberations over the choosing of the most attractive specimens for the 'jack o lanterns' for the forthcoming Halloween shenanigans seems to be part and parcel of the family outing, and there were a number of different selections made before all were satisfied.  

 

What could be more seasonal than some shiny conkers atop a pumpkin?

Does no-one play 'conkers' in Canada?  Or collect them even?  Whenever we come across a Horse Chestnut tree, the ground around is thick with them, and we go home with pockets bulging.

 

 

Onto the apple orchard, and we select the finest Jonagold apples from the heavily laden boughs. In no time at all our 25lb bag is bulging, and we sample their juicy freshness. Absolutely scrumptious.  

Here's to pumpkin pie and all manner of appley goodness.

Happy Thanksgiving!