Blogtober: Day 9.

Our Canadian Thanksgiving for 2022 was beyond amazing! We celebrated with family and friends, with 12 for dinner and will have to look at a bigger table next year. It was a lovely weekend of working on the cottage to make sure it was ready for a crowd, cooking a few dishes ahead, baking on the day of and opening our door to our guests, who all arrived with gifts in hand, not something we were expecting but so lovely to be spoiled. For dinner, we had roasted turkey infused with oil and rosemary, flavored stuffing, tasty gravy, creamed potatoes, Caesar salad, sweet cranberries, cheesy biscuits and a Winter Harvest salad with Balsamic Vinegarette. After we ate to our hearts content, we had a short break while sharing stories at the table, and then we brought out the apple cake I made from a recipe a dear friend shared (rave reviews), tiny pumpkin tarts with whipped cream (dd made from scratch this year) and my favorite, Key Lime Pie (I'm not a fan of pumpkin pie). We filled our cooler on the deck with coolers, ale and Strongbow. And turned our Butler's Pantry in to a small bar with ice, different spirits and my Irish Cream. The small children played, the adults conversed and laughed, and we went well in to the night. I didn't want anyone to leave but in time, we all said our good nights and today, we're still sharing these new memories and laughing at the funny moments. Today, we thought about doing a bit more landscaping as the morning was warm and sunny, but I was achy and we decided to take a day off. In the afternoon, the rain started, so we got dressed in our warm sweaters and headed in to town to look for Halloween costumes. No luck so we're looking online tonight. But we treated ourselves to hot chocolate while we browsed the very quiet stores ~ many people have Thanksgiving dinner on the Monday. We like Sunday so we can have Monday off if we want to just chill. 

As we left town, the rain started to get harder but calmed as we got to the cottage. We settled in for a cozy afternoon, watched a documentary, I had a nap and woke up to a very windy storm outside. The wind was so strong we had to move the Fall items on our veranda closer to the door as the pumpkins and plants were rolling around! It was loud and almost scary how fierce the gusts were. It's still storming now but with the darkness, we can't see if everything is okay. We'll check in the morning but hope everything is okay out there. I'm sure all the beautiful leaves on the trees will have blown down to the ground. That will make me sad.

I may share more about Thanksgiving, including photos but for now, that's the quick rundown. A great day with amazing company, beautiful food and another warm, Fall day. Thanks for reading! Wishing you a beautiful week ahead!

~ Chy