We Have News, Conservation Area Walk, Sssh, We're Reading

When I woke at 7 on Wednesday, Oct. 24th, Bill had already vacated the bed but Clemson was just jumping off. I was in no hurry since it was too dark to walk yet anyway. When I came downstairs at 7:30, we had our brew and read blogs from yesterday. The rain started within half hour so we agreed to try for a walk later in the day. We are supposed to be getting some sun today. It is a cool 40F/5C but it looks calm out there right now.

So, what some of you may recognize here is a
Gender Reveal
Bill's youngest daughter and her fiance are expecting their first child
Both huge baseball fans, Matt swings the bat, hitting the ball
and the colour tells the story

They revealed to Facebook in a video the gender of their unborn child
Personally, and they know this, I'd rather be surprised the day of birth
but it is all the rage now to do a Gender Reveal
It is blurry but you can tell from the top picture that we are expecting a
new grandson in March.
Congratulations Jess and Matt!

Bill worked on his next post and I went in to BookWright to check out my book. I said earlier that the program isn’t as easy to work with as my last experience and that holds true even in previewing it. I had to add pages, ending up with 30 so not sure yet what it will cost to have it printed. We’ll see! Bill and I made ourselves another coffee and he had a yogourt cup to tie him over until brunch. He has been feeling that he needs something in his tummy earlier in the morning.

My breakfast sandwich

I was so pleased that my working on my book for 2 hours yesterday didn’t make our wifi usage jump much at all. Today when I went on to review it and make any necessary corrections or changes, I was even more pleased to see the total cost. I placed the order and it will be shipped home within the first week of November. That will be a nice treat for when we arrive home in 6 months! Donna is prepared for it as all of our mail will get forwarded to her during our absence.

A colourful autumn walk out of the park this afternoon

Around 11:30 I made up fried egg sandwiches but without any bacon left in the Suite, they didn’t taste quite as good. It’s on the list for Friday. It was filling and I like the taste of the new rye bread with flax seed that I’ve bought for myself. We did the dishes and reviewed our trip plans before sitting with our books for a bit. The sky was still playing games, the winds had picked up and we had no idea what the next 5 minutes would bring.

A walk in the Conservation area

It was around 2:30 when I had to move off the chair. We’d both read a few chapters and Bill finished his ebook “The Safe Man”, a short story collection “The Blue Religion” and has started “The Overlook” all by Michael Connelly. I was into a new paperback by the same author, “A Darkness More than Night” with Harry Bosch. Bang bang, one after the other and that is what you do on a cold October day.

The beautiful Ausable Falls

We let Clemson out for a piddle and he shivered so badly that we left him home while we went for a walk. It felt good to get out and about, stretch the legs and get some fresh air but it was cool with that wind. We walked to the clubhouse library and picked out a few (3) James Patterson books. They have a wonderful collection up there of his and David Baldacci books that we haven’t read but it is too bad (or maybe a good thing?) that they are all hard cover. Therefore, weighty. I left them on the shelf while we finished our walk.

Well, hello there, Sweetie!💗

From there we walked across the road into the Rock Glen Conservation Area and down the intriguing stairway to see the Ausable Falls. They are small time, I guess you could say, but they are beautiful. When we saw the small creek from where it began, it is incredible to see the mighty thrust of water gathered at the crest of the falls. It is like a fire, mesmerizing to watch. When we returned, we stopped to pick up the 3 books.

Looking down to the lower stairs by the falls

this is the stream that leads to the falls

Headed back home, we saw Ron coming up for a swim in their yellow Cooper. I declined his offer of “hey little girl, wanna ride? I have candy” because he couldn’t actually produce any but we did stop and chat for a few minutes. He is such a card and we enjoy his silliness. Back home, it was time for a Happy Hour drink so I made us each a tea. I think Bill is feeling a bit of the scratchy tickly throat today so tea will help.

This is a very nice dedication to the Gorge

At the RV show as I was walking around, I was handed a Summerberries Tetley tea with Rosehip so I thought I’d try that today. I had to add some sweetener, but I enjoyed it. I’m not big on herbal teas, kind of don’t get their odd flavours. That’s just me. We certainly didn’t get the weather we were expecting today, the sun made very few appearances and the temperature didn’t get above 42F/5C and that meant chilly.

I began frying 4 chicken thighs with lemon pepper to give them a pre-cook and then poured mushroom soup blended with mushrooms, parmesan cheese, milk and garlic over top. Thirty minutes in the convection oven, rice cooking and mixed veggies on the side will make for a nice autumn dinner. I was hungry and we both though it tasted delicious.

Dinner was a success

We got the dishes done by 7 and spent the remainder of the evening relaxing. Some television and some reading. We had a good day! 

This is almost more sun than we saw all day
Good night all!

Thank you for reading today even though we didn’t get into too much. Your comments are always welcome.