Festival des couleurs and Canadian Thanksgiving

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What’s not to love? Gorgeous fall colors, blue skies, warm weather, lots of great food and wine! Favorite three-day weekend of the year.


Double families means double turkey, stuffing, cranberry sauce, and mashed potatoes. The first dinner had a stand-out turkey (best one I had in years, including the epic turduckin of 2017), the second dinner had epic wine and cheese platter.

And the beauty was we were guests at both. No panic preparations, cleaning, shopping or dishes. It was lovely. Hosting thanksgiving is a tremendous effort. In Quebec, most francophones (and/or + Catholics) do not celebrate the holiday. Its just an extra day off. But our families have thankfully been embracing the holiday for decades and it is my favorite.

So I was plenty free to have some nice rides in the woods and enjoy the warm weather and gorgeous colors. I had a lovely bareback trailride one day, a zippy warm up ride another day, a group carrousel lesson, and a dressage training ride in the woods yesterday. The beauty of training in the woods is that my Q is naturally forward and plenty of impulsion. Less work for me.

The pixie hollow village sprouted some squash and pumpkins for the season, and the pine trees were releasing their needles sometimes looking like a funny version of snow. Some of the trails are covered in carpets of pine needles and cones.








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