Welcome to Life and Random Thinking, I appreciate your interest in my blog. – David
Canadian Thanksgiving is always the beginning of October, and it’s a colourful time of year in Canada. Tomorrow October 12 is the official Thanksgiving day.
Happy Thanksgiving Weekend to you !
In the Okanagan valley of British Columbia, where I live, we don’t have the really bold colours like our fellow Canadians in Ontario but the colours are still tremendous.
Of course, along with the beautiful leaves usually means less daylight, cooler weather, and inevitably snow.
The seasons are part of life in Canada, as they are part of life for people.
Neither the seasons of our lives or the seasons of Canada can be avoided so we by necessity, embrace them as inevitable.
Denial is not a river in Egypt.
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Today despite a cool wind I went for a longish bike ride, I should have dressed more warmly but the ride ended up to be 18 kilometres and had a fabulous time with my son. At the end heading back home against the wind, I tied my handkerchief over my face to stay warm – I must have looked like an old-timer train robber.
Today I would like to share some good news, and some bad news and wind up with a few photographs from the last week.
The bad news is that I was careless today and lost my wallet, my ID, credit cards and cash. I normally zip my wallet into my pocket but today I didn’t, it must have spilled out when I tried a u-turn on loose gravel and fell nearly entirely over.
The good news is shortly after I arrived at home, and before I discovered my wallet was missing, there was a knock on the door. My wife answered it and a young couple had driven over to return my wallet. My wife thanked them, gave them a bag of fresh picked apples and gave me my wallet.
Isn’t that a wonderful refreshing story, and it’s all true. ♥
October, and the lake and sky so blue along Okanagan lake 
if you look closely you can see the Sicamous paddlewheeler at the far shore 
north end of town along Okanagan lake, October scenery 
zoom from a picture posted on a local pathway. It’s from a local tree planting day sponsored by TD Bank. My son and I and our students and lots of locals, bank employees all volunteer every year for planting. Must be from years ago. 
The paddleboat “Sicamous” was lit up with a heart on the side the other night, couldn’t resist a picture. 
some visiting deer on a neighbours yard, they seem to love hedges !
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Wow, good news indeed! Happy Thanksgiving , David.
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Thanks Jane, take care. 🙏
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Ah man your luck. Best way to start thanksgiving i guess. love the photograph, Have a great week ahead.
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I prefer to think of this incident as a reminder to us all to remember there are lots of good honest people out there everywhere who like you treat others with consideration.
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Happy Thanksgiving and so happy your wallet was returned!!!
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Oh yeah, me too!👍
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🙂
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Happy Thanksgiving, David! Your story about a returned wallet brings hope. Sadly, my friend, we’ve both lived long enough to remember when such a thing happening wasn’t such a miracle!
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Have an outstanding Thanksgiving!
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Thank you sir. I am so impressed with the kind of detail on your blog. I never thought about the clean up afterwards, I should have really. After a forest fire is under control here, it can be two weeks unless it rains of followup by firefighters, helicopters etc before they declare the area safe and a low risk of reignition. – Best wishes to you – David
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Gorgeous photos Dave. 🙂
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Thanks Sandra, I enjoy taking pictures-most of the keepers are ones with family. – David
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Happy Thanksgiving David, such a beautiful time of year. There is good in so many people, as evidenced by the kind couple returning your lost wallet. Happy Thanksgiving!🤗🇨🇦
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Thanks Lynn, Happy Thanksgiving to you! I do enjoy the wind and coolness at this time of year. It’s a big plus when it snows how the light is reflected and the sounds absorbed. So neat. I hope your day is special. – Hugs.
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I needed that story today!
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Thanks LA, it was an unexpected rainbow in 2020
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I am so glad you got your wallet back before you even noticed it was missing. Great pictures! Wishing you and your family a blessed Thanksgiving! So many reasons to say thank you! ♥♥♥
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Thank you my friend- grateful I am indeed. Last night at dinner my son expressed what was grateful for. I was proud of him as he is very intelligent but also quite reticent. He included gratitude for our community echoing my blog which he hadn’t read. Hugs 🧡
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Great photos, Dave, and glad you got your wallet back. I’ll be blogging about Thanksgiving too, on Wed. Given where we live, there’s lots to be thankful for. Happy Thanksgiving!
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Thanks Debra, Happy Thanksgiving. 🙂
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I enjoy the changing seasons, but regret the shorter days. I am sure you found Thanksgiving to be a good time to count your blessings—including the return of your wallet. It could have been a frustrating holiday.
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I had the opportunity to thank my blessings plus the unexpected blessing from strangers. I agree the shorter daylight bothers me so I am already looking forward to early next year when the daylight hours lengthen, it is always an optimistic time of year I think. I appreciate your comment. Take care – David
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