Hard to believe it is October already!!! Yesterday was a nice day - Rick and I drove up to the Home Depot in Pembroke for some lumber and stuff. We took the truck - nice to take it out for a run once and a while! Later he cut some wood - we are getting our firewood this year exclusively from fallen trees on our property. It's been many years since we have done this - in recent years we have bought 3 - 4 face cords. But, having picked up a small trailer that works well with the tractor in the bush, Rick has already cut and split at least 2 cords of wood - another 2 should do us for the winter.

the weather wasn't great today, but we were on the road to visit with some friends who live in the Almonte area. A nice drive there via Calabogie and down through Tatlock and past the Tatlock Quarry where we stopped at the lookout point, in spite of nasty weather, to snap a few pictures of the open pit quarry - it is absolutely HUGE!

A super afternoon spent at Bill and Andrea's watching the NASCAR race and enjoying a great steak dinner by a nice fire - thanks guys!

Today's pictures from the quarry near Tatlock