Guy Fawkes Night

I can't let November 5th go by without a mention of that great British alternative to Halloween, Guy Fawkes Night.

You know, that nice family tradition where kids stuff a few old clothes with straw to make an effigy of an old fellow who tried unsuccessfully to blow up the Houses of Parliment, who is later put on top of a blazing fire as friends and neighbours gather round eating sausages and baked potatoes amid the setting off of potentially eye or limb injuring fireworks.

It's great fun !

We didn't really do the effigy thing but we had sausages and a little fire out back.


I took this picture in the sunshine a few days ago.
We have lots of ladybirds/bugs around at the moment.



And just to show the beautiful colours of Fall/Autumn,

these lovely yellow maple leaves.

Our Forsythia bush turns this vibrant red colour.

Please note, this post was bilingual, .....Canadian and British.