All Things Bright and Beautiful...

All creatures great

 and small,

All things wise and wonderful,

The Lord, God made them all.

My daughter and son-in-law are celebrating their first Thanksgiving 

in their new homeland today in the best possible way...

hosting lunch for 15!  

The most heart-warming part of it all,

likely only one or two around the table will have been born in the US.

A true celebration of the welcoming spirit of the New World.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL OUR AMERICAN FAMILY AND FRIENDS.

What a Wonderful Weekend

Thanks to some generous, loving people,

I have just experienced the most amazing Thanksgiving weekend.

It all began with a magically elegant

50th wedding anniversary party set at 

The Boulevard Club

on the edge of Lake Ontario.

Congratulations Sam and Heidi.

Thank you Christian, Jean-Paul, Jonathan and Alexandra for graciously including us as you feted your parents.

Then a wonderful, lazy Sunday at home

just me, Brilliant Husband...

newspapers...

coffee...

croissants...

a glowing fire...

Up bright and early Monday for a full-on Thanksgiving feast with the family!

Thank you George and Paula!

The day finished with an hilarious evening with V., her sisters-in-law, daughter,

nieces, some delicious champagne and gooey, smelly cheeses.

Thank you John and Adri for our perfect room at Hotel Martini

Ida, Alexandra,

Sarah and Katie-squared for the terrific old jokes and the gallons of laughter.

This morning, Victoria and I and Adri and Kate drank coffee around the dining room table before gathering ourselves for a brisk walk in the early fall sunshine.

Then it was back to the house for big mugs of hot tea, more of Adri's exquisite baking before whisking sister and niece off to the airport and back to British Columbia.

So very much to be thankful for.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING

Life is a miracle...

and because no one does it better than Sarah...