Greetings, peeps and pets!
Vivian here, covering for Jennifer today while she rests her back from berry-picking this weekend. She loves this time of year when the partridgeberries are ripe, and when they grow on your own land, it is oh-so-convenient to pick them to your heart’s content.
But what does October mean to me? Sure, I like roaming around the bushes on the point, helping to gather berries—although Jennifer says all I basically do is get in the way with my head bunts and demand to be petted—and I enjoy the fact that when I go outside I don’t have to sit in the shade to keep cool anymore.
But what I dearly love to do in our garden is roll around in my happy place: a mysterious patch of something that grows among the grass, moss and lichen in one particular spot. It seems to have the same heady effect on me as catnip!
Check out Maisie and me below, enjoying our special spot. She blends in better than I do! This pic was taken a few years back. We can’t help but think of my sister fondly whenever I go out there.
I still miss Maisie,
but when the sun is shining,
the wind is light, and my peeps
are out and about with me,
I’m in a state of bliss.
October bliss!
“In the entire circle of the year there are no days
so delightful as those of a fine October.”
~ Alexander Smith
Photo Challenge: October
Jennifer's Journal 
Such a delightful post, Jennifer. If only we all could always be as content as Vivian. She’s beautiful!
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Thanks, Carol! Vivian is beneficial to have around as her contentment is sometimes contagious.
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Nice!
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Love the sunny Octobers! I just read up on partridgeberries in your earlier comment. I’m now in the mood for toast with jam!
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Partridgeberries do make a delicious jam. And sunny Octobers rule!
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I’m food shopping tomorrow and will look for an interesting jam like that!
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It doesn’t get much better than that, cat or person. Lovely.
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Thank you, Jacqui. Hope your trip is going well!
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Oh it was. And my sister has five cats! All sweethearts.
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I would be in kitty heaven!
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I have not heard of partridge berries before. What do they taste like?
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Hi Marie. They are also known as cowberries, and better known in Europe as lingonberries (maybe I should’ve mentioned that in my post). They are tart but with sugar they cook up into a terrific jam, and apparently they are loaded with antioxidants. Here’s the Wiki link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaccinium_vitis-idaea
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Oh, I am familiar with lingonberries. Those are good! Thanks for the intel.
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Awesome! I think they are only known as partridgeberries in Newfoundland.
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A beautiful day!
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Cooler here today, but yes, we had great weather. Vivian will have to adjust.
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Let’s hope October is a good month for everyone
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I’ll second that, Joanne.
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Some say that it’s a dog’s life. But it’s a cat’s life too!
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It certainly is around here, Neil. 😻
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I love October – my favourite month! When I lived in northern Manitoba, my family would pick pin cherries and make a delicious jelly. In late August we would go blueberry picking in the bush. We would make and freeze blueberry pies for the winter months. These are the precision memories that came to mind when I read Vivian’s view. She has a remarkable way of telling a story.
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So you are from Manitoba originally? Yes, we have our share of berries in the deep freeze just waiting for winter. I like making blueberry pancakes, muffins, partridgeberry jam and tarts. I will tell Vivian you enjoy her storytelling. 😻
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Blissed out in October sounds good to me! You look lovely, Vivian.
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I think so too, but I’m biased. I’ll pass on the compliment! 🙂
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You look like you had a great day!
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She did and she’s having another great one today! 🙂
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