Friday, October 31, 2008

HAPPY HALLOWEEN EVERYBODY!!!!!

WELL IT HAPPENS TO EVEYBODY SOONER OR LATER I GUESS............YOU GET ALL INVOLVED IN HALLOWEEN, DRESSING UP, CARVING PUMPKINS AND JUST GENERALLY GETTING SCARED AND SCARING PEOPLE!!!!

I'M BRITISH REMEMBER, HALLOWEEN ISN'T A BIG THING BUT THIS YEAR I'M IN CANADA WITH MY 'NEW' FAMILY WHICH INCLUDES A NEARLY 3 YEAR OLD SO WE ARE ALL OUT TRICK OR TREATING TONIGHT WOW WHAT FUN!!!

HAVE A GREAT TIME EVERYBODY WHEREVER YOU ARE CELEBRATING AND HOWEVER YOU ARE CELEBRATING HALLOWEEN!!!!

HEY TRICK OR TREAT?!!!!!


Monday, October 13, 2008

TO CANADA AND CANADIANS







In Canada Thanksgiving is celebrated on the second Monday in October. Unlike the American tradition of remembering Pilgrims and settling in the New World, Canadians give thanks for a successful harvest. The harvest season falls earlier in Canada compared to the United States due to the simple fact that Canada is further north.The history of Thanksgiving in Canada goes back to an English explorer, Martin Frobisher, who had been trying to find a northern passage to the Orient. He did not succeed but he did establish a settlement in Northern America. In the year 1578, he held a formal ceremony, in what is now called Newfoundland, to give thanks for surviving the long journey. This is considered the first Canadian Thanksgiving. Other settlers arrived and continued these ceremonies. He was later knighted and had an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean in northern Canada named after him - Frobisher Bay. At the same time, French settlers, having crossed the ocean and arrived in Canada with explorer Samuel de Champlain, also held huge feasts of thanks. They even formed 'The Order of Good Cheer' and gladly shared their food with their Indian neighbours...and the story goes on...

Tuesday, October 07, 2008

OOOOH AAAAAH






THIS IS CHESTER TODAY'S PUPPY FROM THE DAILY PUPPY!!!!

HE IS A DUCK TOLLING RETRIEVER AND YES THAT'S A NEW ONE ON ME TOO!!

Friday, October 03, 2008

K9 TGIF