BARGOO ~ Yes, we are surrounded by all those beautiful colors here -- yellow, orange, wine, and red. Our vines on our front porch turn a wine red and they are so pretty; our neighbours have some beautiful orange trees too, and of course, there are lots of yellow and burnt orange as well. I'm surprised that some of our stuff is still half green at this time; must be becuz of the nice weather. DH bagged the leaves he raked; I had suggested burning them, but guess he didn't want to. We don't have a fire pit here yet; will have to get after him for one, as we had one in the past and I loved it. I may call the town to inquire about the by-laws first though.

GETTINGLEAN ~ the colors are fab here right now; and the sunsets are pink and purple and orange -- so lovely. This is my favorite time of year too. You can sit outside and really enjoy the view.

AUNTY ~ We live in town and have a 2/3 size lot here with fir trees down the right side; so plenty of room for us (and not too much for DH to take care of). The fir trees make the back yard look like a cottage lot which is really nice. DH put our big feeder up back there beside the trees, and today we had 33 Rock Doves here; seems they called all their cousins & friends over for lunch ...


Dinner's ready (roast chicken & veggies); gotta go ...

Sounds nice... I wish my husband would let me put up a bird feeder, he hates birds. Then again... so does our older dog, maybe it's a good thing I don't have one.

I think our furry baby would chase them away too; but he is always on a rope lead here (it's a bylaw in our town). DH says when there are only a few, he pays no notice of them, but if they try to come near the house, he lunges at them until they either fly away or move back towards the feeder -- Dh gets upset about this, but I told him not to worry, as they won't come that close to him becuz they know he's there too.

We are going to hang up a smaller feeder near or in the trees for the smaller birds like the chickadees & sparrows; and that is much safer if you have pets too. We put the big feeder at the back of the lot away from the house, but we can still see them from the kitchen windows.

We had a teeny-weeny sprinkling of ***** this morning; not much though -- later on, the precip turned to or more of a drizzle really. The temps have gone down though (5-7 C today), so the furnace had to come on for a bit. We have been blessed with good weather overall this year though.

Have a great week ... Rosebud

We have been so blessed this month; really nice weather here. Yes, the temps are cooler but the streets are clear and our peony bushes still have some green leaves on them. It's November 1st and we had nice weather to go up town to do banking, pay bills, and get some groceries too.

Boy, this thread has been a bit bare this past month; everyone must be really busy out there. I bet you are taking advantage of the good weather; and we can't blame you. Hope you all had a Happy Halloween. We had one house on our street that had all kinds of flashing lights and such for the kids to go through to get to the house. You could hear them giggling & chattering all the down the street -- they had fun.

I had a really good month; been eating well for the whole month and that is very encouraging. Made some homemade soups and muffins for DH, and put some in the freezer for later on. I had bbq chicken and salad for dinner tonight; nice and healthy.

Hope our fellow Canadians are doing well out there; take good care ... Rosebud

Hi guys!
Rosebud!!!
Sorry for being so quiet lately. I am working hard on my slimming body ;-)
It is going well and I am still losing quite steadily even when I approach my initial goal quickly. I am so glad!!
We had a beautiful September and a great October (well until the 31st brought a bit of snow). Still hoping we can get to Christmas without any blizzards :-)

I have been working out a lot and actually enjoy it!! Woohoo! Saturday are my rest days and really tend to be restless days! I miss working out on Saturday. Who would have thought?!?

Anyways, I bought a bike in September and we only went out twice or so because it needs a tune up but I don't want to get that done before winter. So I packed it up for winter storage. But I went out and bought a stationary bike. I found that running is quite different to cycling and my legs are wimps ;-) So I am going to work on my biking muscles in the living room until spring.

Even when I enjoy working out now I still have to make sure my workout situation at home is fool proof! Otherwise I might slip! Noooo way! So there is lots of no excuse equipment at home now: treadmill, stationary bike, home gym and lots of free weights!

Phew, that's about it I think. Enough babbling...

Have a great day/week fellow Canadians!

Hey everyone... Hope it's as nice for you as it is here for us. We're supposed to get up to 8°c today.

Not much is new in my life... we only got 3 kids at our house. There used to be dozens in the neighborhood but not so much anymore.

Rose - there was a really done up house a few blocks from mine... had a hanging guy swinging and a skeleton stiring a pot, lights, sounds, props, the whole 9 yards. I was so bummed out I didn't do much this year, normally I love it but just couldn't do it.

Josey - Is it different muscles used for cycling? I think maybe you use the muscles in the tops of your legs for cycling and more of the muscles in the back for running. Just my thought, but that could be why it was harder. I really need to do something to improve the muscle in the front of my legs, I really don't want to cycle though! LoL

Hi Aunty!!!

Nice to hear from you!

We had lovely weather but now they forecast 5cm [bleep] tomorrow!!!

Yeah, cycling uses different muscles.
If you really want to work your legs and not cycle try squats and lunges. They are killer exercises!

I took this picture on my way home from work two days ago:



Fall in Vancouver is very different from other parts of the country... we have starkly green grass under layers of dead leaves. All the rain we get keeps the grass lush and green. I've had years where there has been lush green grass underneath snow!

WOW, RAINE ~ that picture is big & beautiful; and it's amazing that you got it to post on this site. I can only get in little ones. Our street looked similar to that in early October; I tried to take a picture of our vines that had turned a lovely wine red color, but my camera had lines in it. May have to get a new one for Christmas --- oh, shucks!


JOSEY ~ we don't have any of the white stuff yet ... yahoo! Had only one sprinkle this month but the melted it right away and we haven't had any since. We've had cooler temps but lovely all this week. Good work on the weight-loss and exercising. DH has set up my rowing machine in the livingroom, but it will be moved in here soon, where it is more handy & out of the way.


AUNTY ~ we didn't do the Halloween/candy thing this year either; we were just too tuckered out from moving and unpacking. We did it for the last 3 years at the old place. Yes, that house (so close we can see it from here)had pumpkin men and such hanging from the trees too; but they kept it light as lots of the kiddies coming were very young (esp their own grandchildren).

So needless to say, I didn't eat any junk this year, becuz we didn't buy any ... Actually, my eating went very well in October and I am very glad of that; as we did splurge a bit one week (holiday) in September. The colder weather is harder on my knees and legs, but hopefully they will get used to soon. It makes them stiff, so I feel like the TIN MAN from OZ ...

With all this nice weather and , I was still able to hang clothes outside this week. I love how they smell, and it saves $$$ too. We are lovin' our new home; so nice & peaceful here. We've had mega birds here this week; and the numbers seem to be increasing -- probably becuz of the good weather. I think they forgot to migrate this year.

I picked up a whole box of books to read for the winter; and I have already read some this week. I curl up under my cozy "plush" fleece blankies to keep warm too ... ah, it's like heaven to me!

Hope you all have a great month with lots of nice weather, like we are having here ... Rosebud

Hey everyone... hope you're all having a good november.

Love the picture Raine... our grass isn't nearly so nice, we haven't had much rain at all. I'm not complaining... it rained for the entire first half of the summer.

Our local humane society has a parrot up for adoption... I very briefly and not all all seriously considered it. I would love to have one but I'm sure parrots and border collies just don't mix. Plus it would probably try to eat my fish. I miss the bird I used to look after for my neighbor... mean little bugger that she was.

Well.. finally got the scale moving in the right direction again and trying to keep it that way. Not happy with the time change Now it's way to dark when I get off work to even think about taking the pups to the off leash area.

Did you hear that couple with 19 kids is now expecting # 20?!?!?!?!?!??!?! Insane!!!!!!!!!

AUNTY ~ do you think they are trying for some kind of record? It does seem to be getting them lots of attention. I know lots of Catholic families up here that had dozens & dozens of kids. One friend of DH's had 22+ kids in his family. His mom was just a small thing, but she must have been very strong ...

My grandfather had a bird that talked (maybe a budgie, not sure; he was green in color); he taught him a few swear words similar to what you said. You know, he had my grandfather's voice exactly; you couldn't hardly tell them apart ...

We had some ***** late this afternoon, but it is melting already; the precip turned to a light drizzle after dinner so it will be gone soon. We still have some green grass out there, but I did notice today that it is starting to turn yellow in many places (the same with our peony bushes this week as well).

We are putting stuff away for the winter; and we put some big mats down on the front porch entranceway for grip using carpet tacks. I think I'll work on my insulated curtain liners tomorrow. We had the lowest hydro bill we've ever had; sure hope we can keep that up with our new house. I do expect it to go up for the winter though becuz it takes hydro to run the furnace, but we had that at the last place too. I think the last place was a good run-through for us (practice run, I mean) as these places are similar in size.

I think Dh is going to bed already; says he is too tired to watch his movie. Well, he was very busy today -- he went up town twice and then washed the kitchen ceiling for me today while I did other stuff (laundry, bills, floors). My sister & her hubby bought this neato batttery carpet sweeper for me -- I can go through this place with one hand in about 5-10 minutes. DH said he was laughing as he was watching me, becuz I was going so fast. I said, "Laugh away ... I love it!" GOD bless the guy/gal who invented that gadget ...

I think that sums up our day today; the big fluffy flakes were very pretty though. Hope you all have a good week; take care ... Rosebud

I think Canada has some of the nicest weather in the Fall. I visited a few years back and it was absolutely gorgeous!

Well, while it technically may still be fall ... it seemed like the start to winter here today. First, we had hail ... ya, hail; then we had some which melted that. Around noon, clouds rolled in and we got some big, fat, fluffy ***** flakes for about 5-10 minutes. Then the came out again & that disappeared. Just before dinner, the ***** started again for some time (a half hour or so?), and left some on the ground this time.

DH keeps saying ... it's winter; then -- oh no, it's not; over & over. I get to giggle ... The snow is still here; so we'll see what happens tomorrow. I think the weather has been interesting this year; can't really predict anything.

Eating is going well this week. Did some light housechores & bills today; plus a bit more sorting & re-arranging. Dh says he can't find anymore boxes in the basement for me. Yeah ...

Now I can concentrate on the livingroom; and Christmas lights & stuff for next week. Have a good one ... Rosebud

Holy carp...... 5" of **** in one day!!! Add to that -30°c after the wind chill and you have an entire city of people hiding out LoL. We're thawing out now, it is currently 1°c but we really froze our butts off for a while.

I would have loved to teach that parrot to call my dogs.... would have driven them nuts! Some day I'll have a bird... maybe.

Have you guys started your shopping? I managed to sneak in a gift for my husband hahah... we got him a GPS he can use while 4x4ing and hunting, hopefully he loves it.

Rose - Glad to hear you've run out of boxes! Do you put up lights inside or out or both?

Lose - Thanks We like it up here in fall too.

Hi Gals,
Mind if I join in. It's been over a year since I posted last. I just got back to 3fc and remembered this Canadian thread.

Big snowstorm in St. John's today but scarcely a flake where I live. DS and DIL had the day off as they are both teachers and schools were closed. The weather has been hovering just below or about the 0 mark on the thermometre most of the week and it's been cold at night. We have a wood furnace that blows out heat all day long if we keep it stoked. It gets too hot for me though so I let it go out--a constant battle with DH not to put too much wood in the furnace. lol.

Got some Christmas baking done and a few gifts bought but not much else.

Good to be back. TTYL