Painfully short passing-through visit to Canada
Tomorrow Robert and I leave for a week in Canada, mostly on the outskirts of TO.
The visit is to attend my dad's memorial: a pint in the local pub, raised during his favourite time of year, the fall.
Dad loved the glorious colour of fall, the distinctive crisp light, the photographic potential.
He also loved hunt week with the guys: where old friends spent a week stalking game during the day, and in the evening making each other meals, telling stories, playing music and cards.
SO: we're spending most of the time with family, with a couple of outings to catch up with friends. We're hoping to reach at least one fight practice, and I have hopes of possibly ranging as far as Toronto for shopping. We'll see.
Here's to hoping for the kind of beautiful fall weather that is possible around Thanksgiving in October, and for enough sleep to cope with the social whirl.
I'll check e-mail as often as I can; if you have my mum's number from my last visit, please do call.
Happy Thanksgiving, folks.
The visit is to attend my dad's memorial: a pint in the local pub, raised during his favourite time of year, the fall.
Dad loved the glorious colour of fall, the distinctive crisp light, the photographic potential.
He also loved hunt week with the guys: where old friends spent a week stalking game during the day, and in the evening making each other meals, telling stories, playing music and cards.
SO: we're spending most of the time with family, with a couple of outings to catch up with friends. We're hoping to reach at least one fight practice, and I have hopes of possibly ranging as far as Toronto for shopping. We'll see.
Here's to hoping for the kind of beautiful fall weather that is possible around Thanksgiving in October, and for enough sleep to cope with the social whirl.
I'll check e-mail as often as I can; if you have my mum's number from my last visit, please do call.
Happy Thanksgiving, folks.