Well I had a re-assement with the Doctor today and she doesnt see any improvement in my Bells Palsy so prescribed some physio with acunpuncture and another bloodtest to search for anything behind the problem.

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My company (xwave) is being very understanding about the problem and mostly they urge me to rest and get well rather than rush back to work.

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Another gloriously sunny fall day 22c, we are having frosts at night now and the leaves are starting to turn those beautiful Autumnal colours. All of the birds and animals seem to be rushing around eating anything and hoarding the peanuts that Kathryn puts out on her bird table. We have seen Northern Flickers, Downy Woodpeckers, Goldfinches, Chickadees, Cow Birds, Grackles, Blue Jay's, Chippin Sparrows, Juncas, collared doves and even Merlins (I guess they are looking to eat some of our other visitors).

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Racoons visit the deck most evenings, groundhogs in the garden and all sorts of squirrels, and chipmunks

No need to introduce this Racoon it's Petunia (yes the girls have named them) she came to the deck with 3 kits	Chipmunk
Groundhog - not named yet it only comes around occassionally.	Red Squirrel - chillin out on our deck. This one is very tame taking peanuts out of you hand and even pulling them from you fingers while standing on your hand!
Yep Grey Squirrels who are less aggressive here compared to the UK	Garter Snake - no they are not dangerous

All photos by Gemma Whelbourn

Lazy weekend, yesterday rained all day. It is the first grey day we have had in a long time. Funny but it reminded us of England.

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As is typical in New Brunswick one day of rain followed by 7 days of sunshine. Today was gloriously sunny with a temperature of about 18c.

So we ventured out to the Queens County Fair in Gagetown. Like most things we had to search out information about where this was being held. We had heard it advertised on the Radio for about two weeks but they never actually gave the location. Well it was in Gagetown (a pretty town on the banks of the Saint John River). It took us a while to get there and we had a great time. Horses, cows, poultry, vegetables, fruits, jams, pies, quilts, biggest pumpkin prize together with arts and photography competitions a fair and rides.  A real village / county fair.

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	1st Prize - 620 pounds of Pumpkin!!!
	The competition was pretty tough.
All photos by Gemma Whelbourn

The fair is probably how the English county fairs were 20 years ago. There is a great opportunity here for someone who is in that area to build a new business with little or no competition. Infact there are lots of opportunities here for people from the UK where they can take ideas and transplant them to NB.

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Anyway we had a good time so this will be on the calendar for next year and who knows we may enter some pickled onions British Style (like many things in North America even pickled onions are sweet). Maybe Gemma will enter some of her photographs she certainly seems to have an eye for it and she has been nominated official photographer for her high school yearbook.... that means lots of trips to sports and events.... Dad can I get a ride to .... I can hear it now.

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