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When frost forms at this time of year, amazing beauty abounds:

Incredibly delicate ice crystals disappear very shortly after the sun warms them up.

Two years ago we celebrated Canadian Thanksgiving at our daughter’s place in New York State.  This photograph was made at Letchworth State Park, not far from the Pennsylvania border.

We forget how calm and quiet winter can be.

One Mile Bay is close to our place.  Sometimes in the morning it is very calm.

It was smooth yesterday morning.

This morning is the anomalous warm November day that sometimes arrives and is the last glorious sunny summery day before the cold gets here.  Four Mile Bay is not far from the house:

This is a combination of three photographs.

When this comes:

You’ll need this…

An abandoned sandpit on the escarpment is an interesting place.  It is almost desert-like in parts.

The local four-wheelers have a great time here.

Wild roses grow by a neighbour’s driveway.

The colours that have developed as autumn has advanced stand out on a gray day like yesterday.  Almost prettier than the roses of summer.

I visited Sweetman’s Garden yesterday.  It is waiting for winter after an active and stunning summer.

The old wheelbarrow is in its autumn years as well:

May you rest well over the winter.

Wassi Lake is a small body of water to the south of my town.

Surrounded by farms, it was the first lake in the area to report Blue-Green Algae blooms this summer.  Quite toxic.  No swimming or using the water from the lake.

Looks great though, doesn’t it?

Farther down the lakeshore is Sunset Point.  On Saturday the big waves were rolling in and making splashes:

Yesterday the winds were blowing hard on Lake Nipissing.

It was cold too!

November starts tomorrow.

Here are a couple of photographs which may help to get you through dull days to come.

Hope this cheers you up!

The highway to our place has been rebuilt this past summer.  I have seen this sign many times and the work crews have done a great job of keeping the traffic flowing.

The good news today is that the shoulders of the roadway are being paved.  We will be able to ride our bicycles to town safely now.  I haven’t ridden this stretch of road for the past many years for this reason.  We have been trapped in our little neighbourhood.  No more wondering if the noise of the approaching transport overtaking me will be the last thing I hear on this earth.

Ah… Freedom!!!

Dull November will soon give way to…