Friday, October 31, 2014

31 October 2014

My precious little Native American princess!
My daughter's loot!

Finishing off October 2014 with The Tunnel (2011).


Thursday, October 30, 2014

30 October 2014

Procured some great volumes from my favourite local bookseller, Empire Books!

Wednesday, October 29, 2014

29 October 2014

More striking colours on my walk to get coffee this morning!
Discovered this delightfully moronic Canadian TV series on Netflix.

Tuesday, October 28, 2014

28 October 2014

Enjoying the colourful walk to get coffee this morning at work!

The ground is becoming autumnized!

Monday, October 27, 2014

27 October 2014

Spent time with my cancer-survivor mother, during my dad's shoulder surgery.

Sunday, October 26, 2014

Saturday, October 25, 2014

25 October 2014

Enjoyed an autumn-inspired dessert while finishing up Series 1 of The Fall.

Friday, October 24, 2014

24 October 2014

Fright Night with the guys: The Exorcist!

Fright Night with the guys: Rosemary's Baby!

Thursday, October 23, 2014

Wednesday, October 22, 2014

Tuesday, October 21, 2014

21 October 2014

Took a family walk through the neighbourhood to look at Halloween decorations.

More decorations.

Watched The Possession of Michael King, a pretty decent little flick.

20 October 2014

Ideal October lunch break at home: hot tea and a Laymon fastback; drying firewood for the evening's festivities.

Friday the 13th marathon on AMC!

Fall, Friends, Fire Pit.

Protecting the fire from the passing rain shower.

Sunday, October 19, 2014

19 October 2014

Actually got to turn the heat on this morning!

Enjoying some great reading this evening!

Saturday, October 18, 2014

18 October 2014

My little sweetheart watching some Halloween cartoon about a square pumpkin on Saturday morning!

Enjoying family time at Patterson Farms (yes, that's corn!).

My little cutie caught in a spiderweb!

Decorating a pumpkin on the iPad while we wait for our delicious Thai food!

Friday, October 17, 2014

17 October 2014


Stephen King marathon on AMC (pcitured: Thinner)!

Fright Night with friends, enjoying the ultra-intense Evil Dead reboot.

Thursday, October 16, 2014

16 October 2014

Nice touch on the seasonal mailing envelopes, Netflix!

Enjoyed Byzantium, one of the best vampire flicks I've seen!

Wednesday, October 15, 2014

15 October 2014

French press, Fall Festival candle, and the short fiction of Raymond Carver--O these luminous autumn nights!

Tuesday, October 14, 2014

Monday, October 13, 2014

13 October 2014

Enjoying some pumpkin spice cappuccino my in-laws bought for me at an Amish market in Floyd, VA!

Sunday, October 12, 2014

12 October 2014

Buckwheat pancakes at Mabry Mill on the Blue Ridge Parkway in VA!
Enjoying some fresh pumpkin bread, made with love by my beautiful wife and daughter!

Saturday, October 11, 2014

11 October 2014

Spectacular view for our picnic off the New River Trail in Foster Falls, VA!

Foster Falls livery.

Emersyn going for her first pony ride!

Country store in Meadows of Dan, VA.

Doing some reading/studying on the porch swing.
Going for a walk in the woods around the cabin!

Friday, October 10, 2014

10 October 2014

Selecting our annual pumpkin at the Autumn Leaves festival in Mount Airy, NC!

The Mount Airy Autumn Leaves festival!

Doc's Burger Royale at Leon's Burger Express in downtown Mount Airy: breakfast/lunch of champions!

Reading at my favourite place: the front porch of the cabin!

Dinner at the historic Pine Tavern in Floyd, VA!

Thursday, October 9, 2014

9 October 2014

Today has been a crazy day (had to take Jamie in for a medical procedure this morning), but I did manage to spend some time reading this cool Halloween pop-up book with Emersyn!

Wednesday, October 8, 2014

8 October 2014

I was treated to a coffee this morning at the hotel cafe adjacent my workplace, where they have their fall decorations set about!
Read a spooky pop-up book with my daughter tonight!

My wife and I set out our autumn decorations.


Watched some of the second season of American Horror Story on Netflix.