Winding Down

Autumn is winding down, but as is my October habit, I will likely keep on shooting colour until there is no more. I will make hay while the sun shines, so to speak, because bleak November is creeping its way toward us.

The first three photos are from Riverside Park on Monday. Sue and Jake are in the first photos.

On Tuesday morning, Jake insisted that I take him on a walk while Sue was out for coffee with a friend. I took him around the corner to the neighbour hood park. I sat on the bench beside the pond for a little bit and took this photo. The tamarack in the centre will continue to change and then drop its needles. Tamaracks (also called Larch) are conifers that drop their needles will be the last trees to change and drop their leaves (needles are leaves btw).

Come Wednesday, we offered out bare arms to the pharmacist for our annual flu shot in one arm and the COVID booster in the other. We then indulged ourselves with coffee and sandwiches in the car by the park. We have only done that once this summer, but come winter, we will likely do that every three weeks or so. It’s a cheap treat for us, and there is something satisfying about repeating a familiar and pleasant event.

This ↓ was our view of Riverside Park to the right of our parking spot near the boat launch after which we went for a park stroll in the cool but sun-heated day.

And if you don’t already know that fall is winding down and that winter is approaching out the back window, here is a reminder that one truck food vendor is shutting 'er down until sometime in May 2027.

Finally, the service guy made his annual fall servicing of the furnace to make sure that all was tickety-boo. It was, but we told him to go ahead and leave the heat on. I am sure that we could have lasted longer, but there comes a point when a few extra days wouldn't make much difference, and the nights are going down to freezing.