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Thanksgiving 2014 at the cottage

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Early evening across the lake, F5.6, 1/320s, 100mm, ISO 800 Our deer friends  We spent a wonderful weekend at our cottage in the Gatineau Hills just outside Ottawa. The weather was very good and at least it stayed double digits throughout the weekend. It was not the warmest weekend we have encountered over the years but it was pleasant nonetheless. The warmest day was Monday and sadly it was the day we were leaving. At 6am it was 14C and managed to warm up to a very warm 26C by  midday. Cottage in fall splendor This weekend our oldest daughter flew in from Calgary and our son joined us as well. Our other daughter was unable to joins us but maybe next year. beautiful maple colours With neighbors and close family together we had  a great Thanksgiving dinner. Halfway through the meal we ran out of gas so the cooking became a bit of a challenge. Well, you need heat to cook, right!. Thanks to the generosity of our neighbors we managed to get the remainder of the meal c