Thanksgiving...Canadian style...

Yep--eh.
All summer we have had a pair of Trumpter Swans in the bay in front of my place. This is the 3rd year for the pair and they are both tagged. About 2 weeks ago a 3rd one appeared. They had a young one for the first time.
This morning there were 17 that I counted including several young. They often gather here in the fall.
The Trumpeters are an endangered species and Wye Marsh, a funded wildlife preserve about 10 K from here has had a program for the Trumpeters for several years and they are very successful. Some go south for the winter but quite a few overwinter at the Marsh.
I have only heard them 'trumpet' once and it is quite a sound.
And for Eki and others, I was a hunter and still would if I physically could, but I respect wildlife and conservation. I ate what I shot.
If I ever saw someone going after a Trumpeter I might just shoot and it wouldn't be the Trumpeter.
OOOPs sorry with Canada's gun laws I don't have a gun anymore.
Right!

It was a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend for me. I was gone all weekend from the computer but I can tell you guys have a good chuckle or two.

Had turkey with stuffing and mashed potatoes...a little Apple pie and pumpkin pie....and it was in the mid 70's/ 20c most of the weekend and I squeezed in a round of golf although the fall colours probably peaked last week in and around Norland where I was golfing and hoping to take some pictures to post. The leaves were darn near off the trees...too much wind last week I guess.

Shot a lousy round for just 9 holes (don't ask, I sucked more than normal) playing in the great sunshine...stained the deck on the cabin before we winterized it and just enjoyed having family around.

All nations that put up with a winter should celebrate a Thanksgiving like holiday...and I for the life of me am glad we do it while the winter is still far enough away we can be outside for the holiday!

AS for Canadian Geese, we are proud to export em because it is apparent we cannot shoot them fast enough!

Ditto for the deer and bear populations apparently this year too....

Was nice here too; ~ 20 C. all w/end except for yesterday with some cloud and ~12 C. Sadly no WF for me, but I did have Friday off work so it was a welcome 4 day holiday :)
On Saturday the missus baked a ham, mashed potatos, turnips, etc. and a pumpkin cheese cake for dessert :) . We had good friends over and after managing to put a sizeable dent into the ham we played Rock Band well into the evening :uhoh: . Otherwise it was a quiet weekend, well, as quiet as can be with the usual assortment of neighbourhood kids wanting to cause mayhem out with our two :mark: .
Did manage a front-end brake job on the missus' car though.

As for the geese... Eki can have them, along with the Magpies :s

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Originally Posted by schmenke

.... but I did have Friday off work so it was a welcome 4 day holiday :)

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Ditto on that. My boys didn't have school Friday (too bad my daughter did though), so I took the day off & we went fishing with my parents. Caught our limit of Sauger in just over an hour.

Beautiful weather all weekend here too. Went to the cottage Sat ---> Mon and even went for a dip in the lake. Last year's Thanksgiving we had a freak storm dump over a foot of snow on us at the lake, and there was slush/ice on the water as well. Exact opposite from this year.

Ended the weekend with the whole family at my parents - with the turkey & pumpkin pie...., and then sat around the fire in their backyard after our woeful Bombers finally won one (in double overtime).