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Ken B @kenby.bsky.social · 9h

Over the entire Canadian Thanksgiving weekend, I've been eating huge dinners with family & friends. On Friday, it was a roast beef dinner. On Saturday, it was roast chicken. On Sunday we had a Thanksgiving ham, thankfully not at our house. And today, we had the turkey with just family. I am stuffed.

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Ken B @kenby.bsky.social · 9h

Thanksgiving throwback, on October 10, 2005. It was unseasonably warm in the alpine boreal forest of Québec. Autumn colours were just starting. Wifey & I spent the weekend (both Saturday and Sunday) with all sides of the family in Ontario. On holiday Monday, finally at home, we played golf locally.

Playing golf in the alpine boreal forest with exquisite scenery.

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Ken B @kenby.bsky.social · 22h

Joyeuse Action de grâce Canada!
Bonne Action de grâce à toute ma famille, mes amis et Suiveurs et suiveuses.

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Ken B @kenby.bsky.social · 23h

Every day, I am thankful that I was fortunate to end up by mere circumstances in a beautiful, large, clean, free and safe country that has enabled me to live a healthy, happy and a life free from major wants, for my children and my family, in every aspect of human existence.

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Ken B @kenby.bsky.social · 23h

The motto of Canada reflects a nation spanning the continent, from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean, from the Saint Lawrence River in the east, and the Columbia River in the west, all the way to the North Pole, that's home to a multicultural, diverse, polite & inclusive nation of people.

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Ken B @kenby.bsky.social · 23h

Canada's motto on her coat of arms is A MARI USQUE AD MARE from Psalm 72:8, which in Latin reads, Et dominabitur a mari usque ad mare, et a flumine usque ad terminos terrae – "He shall have dominion also from sea to shining sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth".

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Ken B @kenby.bsky.social · 23h

Today is Thanksgiving Day in Canada. 🇨🇦 We in the true north strong and free have so much to be thankful for in this truly egalitarian country that exemplifies the best of what enlightened humanitarianism can be. From sea to shining sea, from the great river to the end of the earth, we are fortunate.

Across a splay of Maple Leafs, it says HAPPY THANKSGIVING CANADA 2025.

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Ken B @kenby.bsky.social · 1d

Guess who is going to get roasted tonight for tomorrow's Canadian Thanksgiving.

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Ken B @kenby.bsky.social · 1d

So for Christmas, they had festive perogies stuffed with prunes instead of the potato/cheese combination. I hated them. I thought that it was an abomination. I still do. We have the traditional one. The croissant stuffing is literally out of this world. Never tasted anything like it so good!

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Ken B @kenby.bsky.social · 1d

I buy it from a Québec supermarket called Super C.

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Ken B @kenby.bsky.social · 1d

Prince Edward Island is special! I spent some time there, as Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency granted our company money to collaborate with the University of Prince Edward Island in Charlottetown for an AI project. Every spare minute, I drove the island & enjoyed it to the fullest.

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Ken B @kenby.bsky.social · 1d

Friends introduced me to this stuffing three years & I make it every Christmas and Thanksgiving. It is without a doubt, the best stuffing that I have ever had. It is extremely rich and the buttery croissants give it an unctuous mouthfeel that is indescribable. Delicious !! Festive! I live for this!

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Ken B @kenby.bsky.social · 1d

Canadian Thanksgiving is on Monday. We're having turkey & all the trimmings. Since my grandparents come from Bohemia, we always have perogies instead of potatoes. But get this. The most elegant, rich, luxurious, sumptuous stuffing is this croissant stuffing:
www.halfbakedharvest.com/herby-mushro...

Herby Mushroom Croissant Stuffing.

Herby Mushroom Croissant Stuffing: Prep this stuffing in advance and then bake up just before you're ready for dinner for super easy holiday entertaining.

www.halfbakedharvest.com

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Ken B @kenby.bsky.social · 1d

I mentioned in a post yesterday, that the Yellow Spruce tree in our backyard should be bare by Wednesday of next week. So I'm sitting on the balcony of our house, working in my outdoor office, blasting Mozart from the computer & watching the golden leaves dribble onto the ground in the fall zephyrs.

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Ken B @kenby.bsky.social · 1d

I buy it in a Québec grocery store called Super C. I don't know where else it is available.

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Ken B @kenby.bsky.social · 1d

Even though the autumn colours are starting to fade along sections of the evening walks along a country that wifey & I take, they still are awe-inspiring to me. Even though it is more inconvenient than city-living, the benefits far outweigh the negatives. Wifey says we are lucky to live here.

A rock face on the country road with red and yellow leaves on the trees mixed with evergreens.

Autumn coloured leaves on a country dirt road.

These trees are still in vibrant colour.

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Ken B @kenby.bsky.social · 1d

I post photos of our regular evening walks along country roads near our home in the alpine boreal forest. Just after dinner, wifey and I head out for a four kilometer walk from where we park the car to the covered bridge and back again before dark. It's a great way to chat & connect after the day!

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Ken B @kenby.bsky.social · 1d

Instead of plain water, I drink fizzy flavoured water. No sugar, just flavoured soda water. I've had almost every flavour they make from peach to cranberry to cream soda. I've just discovered Blackberry flavour, and it is the best! Goes with everything & it isn't cloying. It's a generic store brand.

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Ken B @kenby.bsky.social · 1d

My 7-year plus clementine trees came in for the winter because of frosts that we're having in the alpine boreal forest. I will re-install the grow lights today. I started them from supposedly seedless Christmas clementines just to see what would grow. I still don't know if they are franken-trees.

My clementine trees indoors. The will be 8 years old in January. I trim them and keep them in small pots to keep the size down.

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Ken B @kenby.bsky.social · 1d

Couldn't believe the price. On sale, half-price. I eat them raw. After shucking, I suck the juice. A squeeze of lemon & a grind of pepper & down the gullet. Delicious! When I worked in the UK 20 years ago, they were going for £1 pound sterling each! Wifey doesn't go for such shuckery. Calls it gross

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Ken B @kenby.bsky.social · 1d

I had the most magnificent oyster lunch yesterday -Malpeque oysters from Malpeque Bay, Prince Edward Island. They gained international fame after being named the world's best oyster at the 1900 Paris exhibition and are considered a premium delicacy. Mild brine, meaty texture, & clean, sweet finish.

The dozen Malpeque oysters that I ate for lunch.

They were a steal at $6 a dozen or fifty cents each.

The leftovers in the compost bowl. I dumped this in the garden.

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Ken B @kenby.bsky.social · 1d

We've had a drought in the alpine boreal forest of Québec. When this truck is on the road, you know that someone is in for an expensive time. It's a well-drilling truck. Friends of ours had their well run dry. They had to have a new one drilled in rock to 155 meters (> 500 feet) at a 5-figure cost.

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Ken B @kenby.bsky.social · 1d

Last week, I posted a photograph of a young maple tree growing out of the root of an Eastern White Pine at the corner of our yard (right). Well, the colour of the autumn leaves shows the inter-twining of the maple & pine in the left photograph. Both trees are OK with the proximity, which is amazing.

Maple tree intertwined with an Eastern White Pine.

The maple seems to be growing out of the trunk.

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Ken B @kenby.bsky.social · 2d

This is the difference in a day in half in the yellowing of the leaves of the yellow birch tree in our back yard. The leaves are turning autumn yellow quickly and I bet that by Monday or Tuesday, the tree may be yellow and bare, with all of the leaves on the lawn. Time will tell.

The yellow birch with a lot of green leaves.

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Ken B @kenby.bsky.social · 2d

Crème fraîche is one of my favourite things in the world. I've had it on lots of desserts, and one of the best, best things that I have put in my mouth is a tartiflette pizza from the Savoy Alps area of France. Thin crust spread with crème fraîche, onions, lardons, potato slices & Reblochon cheese.

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