The rear view

Definitely not a view of anyone's butt (ha), but my usual look back at the week.

There's little vibrant colour this fall, but a few trees and vines are showing their true colours. I was able to get out at lunch time last weekend and early in the week, while we still had lovely, warm weather.

Along Bath Road on Sunday the 22nd, headed to Value Village.
 Morning sky on Monday the 23rd.
 Late-blooming roses from a lunch-time walk on Monday.
 One of the few campus buildings with any colourful ivy left.
 Waiting for the bus home.

Miscellaneous snapshots from early in the week:

St. Mary's tower
One of the bed & breakfast inns close to campus has a
lovely "secret garden", including this water feature.
 Another B&B -- there are three within a stone's throw of each other.
 The third B&B
 A private home close to campus. I don't know who owns it, it's a mini-castle. :-)
 St. James Anglican church on campus.

As for the boys, I made sure to take lots of snapshots of them too, last weekend.
The only reason they're settled so close together, below, is that neither will give up the cosy baby blankets I've been buying for them at the thrift shops. While they get on well with each other (except for the occasional tussle that gets out of hand, or Nicki's nasty nip-induced fights), neither normally sleeps next to the other.

So that was a peek back at our week. There are a lot of things going on at work, but that's not the enjoyable stuff.

The boys say Happy Hallowe'en (in advance) to those who celebrate. They know I don't bother with it, haven't in years.

An old graphic from the boys' now-defunct Fuzzy Tales blog.

Peace.

Comments

Cat Lover said…
Lovely photos Kim! So nice to see flowers still blooming. Love the bed and breakfasts, along with the castle. The boys look so sweet laying side by side.
Have a good day!
ANGEL ABBYGRACE said…
Oh that photo of the red ivy was superb Kim! What lovely fall photos!! The boys look so handsome! You got some true gems this week!!
Rian said…
Great photos, Kim! The architecture on and around your campus is awesome (as are Nicki and Derry)! We don't do much for Halloween either... put out a few pumpkins and do have candy for kids that come knocking... but that's about it. Not really into it like some.
Kea said…
I've always wanted a peek inside the private home (mini-castle). I don't even know who owns it currently!

The B&Bs looks nice too -- all three are on Sydenham Street.
Kea said…
Thanks! There's been so little for fall colour this year, it was nice to see that little bit of ivy.
Kea said…
The campus and surrounding homes are lovely, I agree. It's neat to see OLD photos of the area, when it was more farmland than anything else. Some of those homes would have been for the city's and/or university's "elite", I'm sure.

It's been 14 or 15 years since I've bothered giving out candy. There used to be a lot of kids in the complex, but now it seems to be mostly 20-something renters.

Annie Bear said…
Oh, I love that ivy on the campus building! It's such a pretty color and so are the flowers. The B&Bs are very charming, but I'm very intrigued with the "mini-castle." It's always nice to see Nicki and Derry. The pictures of them are really good! Cooler weather and cozy blankets can bring kitties together. It works here too.

I bought candy today even though we've never had a trick-or-treater here.
Kea said…
Thanks for stopping by!

If I bought any candy, I'd eat it all myself. LOL. Well, all the mini-chocolate bars, at any rate. :-)
Katie Isabella said…
I quite with the candy giving YEARS ago and have the porch light out. When the 20 somethings and late teens started showing up about 9pm when I was done for the night..I said that's it. No more. I'm not giving candy to adults. And it sees constant door going and worrying about the cats thru the years slipping out.
Poppy Q said…
What a lovely bus stop to be at. Mine are full of urban ugliness.

Great photos of the boys. They look healthy and happy.

Julie and poppyq
Kea said…
I'm with you on that, Hallowe'en is for the little kids. I overheard someone say, just last week, that they went out trick or treating until they were 26. That's just not right, IMO.
Kea said…
Most of our bus stops are full of urban ugliness too, Julie, but the couple along the main street that runs through campus are pretty. :-)
John Bellen said…
I love the houses in your town; my favourite is the 'third B & B'. What a beautiful house. And as always, your photographs show that there is plenty of colour there, as long as you know where to see it!

And the boys... Neither will give up his blanket: togetherness through stubbornness. It could catch on.
Saku said…
Lovely photos! I too was struck by the photo of the red ivy - how very pretty.

Love the photos of the boys too, especially the one of the two of them settled close together.

I have a box of mini chocolate bars (90) that I'll hand out until I run out, a few at a time, though I'll definitely shut it down by 8 or 8:30. It annoys the crap out of me when the big ones show up....especially those who are carting around an infant!

Eileen
Kea said…
It looks Victorian, doesn't it? Wonder what it originally looked like inside.

Yeah, it's togetherness through stubbornness with the boys, not togetherness through bonding. :-)
Kea said…
Hmm, I probably could eat my way through most of a box of mini chocolate bars, never mind handing them out.

I'm with you on the parents of infants -- obviously the candy is for them. Doesn't impress me.

Take care, happy Hallowe'en!
doodz...We gotta hand frum copee N paste heer two day …coz we canna sneek round on line… like we want… sew we R stopping bye ta say…. happee howl o ween…. N heerz ta treetz outta pumpkinz wazoo ♥♥♥
meowmeowmans said…
Wow, those vines around the window are amazing. So vibrant!

As always, your photos are wonderful, Kim. A delight to behold.

I hope you, Nicki and Derry had a great Halloween!