I love Thanksgiving. Mostly because I love turkey, that glorious and tasty fowl that takes centre stage during the harvest season. And pumpkin. I love pumpkin, probably because it gets made into things like pumpkin pie, and pumpkin cheese cake, and pumpkin loaf, and my absolute favourite, pumpkin ice cream.
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| Sneaking the last of the pumpkin ice cream at Thanksgiving dinner |
But mostly, I love Thanksgiving because it falls right smack dab in the middle of my favourite time of year. Fall.
Some people fear Fall as a sign of what is to come - a long, cold and harsh Canadian winter. But to me, the Fall is a time of beauty. Cool, crisp mornings followed by sunny, brilliant afternoons, wrapped up with evenings lit up with harvest moons. It is a stunning time of year.
But don't take my word for it. Feast your eyes instead on these beautiful photos of my favourite time of year - Fall.
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| Sunrise over Ottawa - early Fall |
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| Parliament Hill shrouded in mist on an early morning run |
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| What is more autumnal than football? |
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| It might be fall, but it's still warm enough for a swim in the New Edinburgh Pond |
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| Running through the leaves at the Arboretum |
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| Leaves, leaves, and more leaves |
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| The turning of the leaves in the Arboretum |
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| Taking a stroll down an autumn path |
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| Fall at Dow's Lake |
Happy Thanksgiving, all!
Nice photos! Fall is my favourite time of year too. I miss the colors of S Ontario, but have come to love the yellows and golds of Calgary, plus fall here is perfect weather.
ReplyDeleteI thing the politicians like the fog shrouding the parliament buildings; it's an additional layer of hiding their nefarious doings.