Winter is fast approaching up here! I went for my first xc ski this weekend with Kath - woohoo! - and the forecast is for a white hallowe'en. So before we get toooo far behind here's a little catch-up post, including our last (but certainly not least) summer visitors: Mik, Alicia, and Tula, and Dorli, Rob and Will. Also, some pics of our recent trip back to Ottawa, and some gratuitous pics of a fantastic day-trip of mountain biking Pete and I enjoyed together earlier this fall .... many thanks to Nan who held down the fort! Much love to all....

Mik with an armload of babies

Mik and Alicia feeding Tula and Reid


Dorli, Robert, Will, Sylvie, and Reid

Will was amazing with 'Mr.Reid' (as he called him). He'd always make sure Reid had his sleeves rolled up before he ate, he helped feed and dress him, and they had some great wrestling matches. (A little less enthusiastic about diaper changing, though!)

Reid and Auntie Dorli

Day hike with Will et al

Baking trapper's bread with Nan


Granddad and Reid




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The Sam McGee Trail...




Apple picking with the cousins

Hanging out at Skyridge
Eric, Clara, Sylvie at the experimental farm
Admiring Ferdinand
Sylvie and Auntie Rebecca feeding a nuthatch on the Jack Pine trail
An exhilarated Clara and chickadee
Grandma and Reid
Queens of 3! Thanks for the crown Auntie Beck!
Signing off with a picture of Reid doing what he does best.