it's been a while (again)

i have just returned from a 3 week road trip from southwestern ontario to new orleans and back again. with many wonderful stops and sights along the way. now to be sure i would love to post all those stories and photos and of course overwhelm you with awesome, but alas that would take up oh so much time since my computer isn't always, shall we say cooperative? but i will include just a few here for your viewing pleasure. 


and of course upon my arrival home it is frosty and chilly and whatnot, as it does in cottage country in november, whereas the week before it was high 80's and i got sunburnt a lil! *sigh* on another note of chilliness, we replaced all our windows and a bunch of insulation this early fall and it has definitely made a difference with heating our old house, but, since we removed the soffet and didn't replace it - as we are doing the siding in the spring - the squirrels have found our roof to be quite a comfy little fall/winter retreat. our house is rooms right up to the 'attic' so that means the squirrels are right above our heads - in our bedroom! 


there's one now....