Dancing Dinosaur with Harpsichord

Here's a little piece of artwork Cadence did last week. I think it's a harpsichord that dino is holding...although it could be an abacus.

Happy Thanksgiving!

We had a great Thanksgiving holiday with a combination of visits in both London and Morpeth, Ontario, where my sister and family now live. Drew has a lot more pictures in his other camera, but here's what I've got from the last couple of weeks in our little camera, for now.

Two weekends ago Cadence and I got out our rakes to have some fun in the backyard, then we went for a hike up the trails in the back. Lots to rake...the pile's getting bigger...time to rest :)




He walked the entire way on his own; I was very impressed. I especially liked that he used a walking stick for most of the hike.

This picture was taken the next day, on a hike in North Cobalt that was an attempt at reaching Devil's Rock but wound up at an abandoned mine site. Here is Cadence posing with an abandoned record player...and I can't remember what else in the background. We saw it all there, including strange aqua-coloured ground which meant "I'm too arsenic-laden for anything to grow; stay away". We were sure to wipe everyone's feet well upon leaving. Joys of northern life.


We enjoyed a great Thanksgiving feast at the Rose family house in Morpeth; they live right on the beach and Cadence really loved playing with his cousins all day long. He really was sad to leave; I think we'll need to be sure to head back again soon.











Then, we went back to Nana's house in London. Here we all are with Auntie Mer & Uncle Neil, on Nana's couch.

2008 Plowing Match, Sleepy Bear

As promised, I took some pictures at the plowing match, which was a real hoot. Unlike the Fall Fair, this really was RURAL, and I just loved it.

One of my favourite parts was seeing part of the Queen of the Furrow competition, where young teen girls actually had to plough a furrow better than her competitors--so nice to see a competition that's based on (a bit) more than "talent" and looks...(of course they were all wearing their skinny jeans & trendy shoes...)

They had a toy tent, and Cadence quickly tried to make a getaway on a tractor. One of the volunteers had to run our & corral him back to the tent.

We watched almost all of the lawn tractor races--some were totally souped up, others just put-putted along the course.

The Plowing Match also featured some live entertainment. Sorry--this starts out sideways & then flips--the feature here really is the lyrics of the song...I hope they come across ok. Also they had good muffins.


Our sleepy bear. After nap the other day (the day Cadence was a bit over-tired and shooed me out of the room in a fit of rage at nap time), I went to wake him up & he was just so precious, with White Teddy...