It feels like
summer was late arriving in Vancouver, but hung on tightly in
September with a last glorious burst at the end there. Then
fall happened all of a sudden. On the 17th of November we had the first snow (snow on the mountains doesn't quite count). At my school it snowed at home time. What a thrill! A lovely thin white dusting of snow. It looked like they had received some new electronics in heaven and the
polystyrene packaging was being (carelessly, though undeniably beautifully) thrown down to Earth in the frenzied excitement of the angels. I need to add this
type of snow to my other
technical drawings. (A few days later we had even more snow - this time it was
shaved ice style.) Perhaps there will be a thesis in this work one day... Anyhow, to keep the colour lasting a little longer, here is some more of this magnificent time they call fall (it's always been autumn to me) as we welcome in Winter and the Advent season.
This last image is the view out our kitchen window. A few windy days was the only difference between the first and last picture. One upside to the bare branches is a better view of the city and mountains.
Post note: I really must include this beautiful prayer we read as a grace for our Resurrection Sunday feast. We picked this book up for a bargain at a Vinnies store in Maryborough on our way back from Agnes Waters earlier this year. It is such a gem of a book! Click on it to enlarge. Australian Prayers by Bruce D. Prewer; Lutheran Publishing House; Adelaide; 1983.
I have SOOOO much to be thankful for. And Thanksgiving is a wonderful reason to celebrate with friends and name those things. I have so much abundance and richness in my life. An abundance of good people, family and friends. An abundance of good food. A lovely husband. An adorable son and a great God! Last weekend was Canadian Thanksgiving. We enjoyed some local harvests including my first pumpkin pie - which I determined to make from scratch in protest to canned pumpkin.
Here is my post from Thanksgiving last year. I just love this poem. I followed this pumpkin pie recipe, making the base as well.
