seasons

One of the cool things about living in Quebec is watching the seasons change. For me, the end of summer brings on a happier time of year with the coming of autumn and winter. I love these seasons for their freshness and easier breathing.

Autumn means alot of yard work, much of which I must admit, we don't bother with. Point in fact: instead of raking this last weekend, we decided to try mowing the lawn to eat up all the leaves and thereby accomplishing 2 tasks at one time. Upon reflection, given that the lawn mower isn't ours, it was maybe a risky idea but it worked more or less as planned but involved many more emptyings of the bag/catch thing than usual.

To help make life easier for our borrowed mower, I also came outside into the beautiful day to rake a few piles of leaves and dispose of them in the traditional manner involving a bin and my hands. At the end of our street is a lake and the road just kind of drops off so most people just take their yard waste and drop it down the slope. I was no different (nor was Daniel with the mower bag thing...) and made many trips that day to help with our decided task. When I made my first trip over to the end, I noticed a group of ducks enjoying the afternoon sun and going 'bottoms up' with a certain glee

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2 days later a bear was spotted next to my neighbor's house and the local gamekeepers came and tranq'd him/her while the relocated the animal to another safer place for all to be.

Mid-week, we had our first snow and Thursday morning I woke up to a light coating of white outside. It was pretty cool with the still very red berries on the trees and various colours of fall, made for an interesting contrast.

all in all, a fun week to watch the outside in. Now, my next task is to go shopping to find that perfect and most effective (read 'warm') winter jacket. Having returned last years due to faulty craftsmanship, I presently don't have one at all. I know, poor me, shopping just sucks!