It is officially autumn. The clocks have gone back, the leaves are changing colours, and the days are getting colder. It always makes me want to curl up at home with a book and a warm cup of tea. But instead I’m trekking to school daily. “Up the hill” or “on the mountain” to SFU Burnaby.

Henry takes over the couch pillows

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I had Chico out a couple nights ago while I was snacking on some lovely Bing cherries. Chico can eat most fruits and veggies in small quantities, so I gave him one cherry to try (anything more would wreak havoc on his digestive system).

Chico was sitting on my lap so please excuse the craptastic lighting in these photos.

I got this chair from my mom’s coworker when I moved out on my own. It’s relatively comfortable, but it moves too much for my liking because it’s on a swivel-rocker-type base.

Henry, however, adores it. It’s a blue corduroy fabric and it is slathered in orange fur. Even me using the chair to pile crap will not dissuade him from using it:

Henry, on his chair, on a pile of crap

Crap includes: backpack, sweatshirt, laptop bag, quilt, mesh curtains, and (underneath everything) Henry’s blanket pad. If it wasn’t for the quilt, I’m really not sure how that would be remotely comfortable.

On my birthday a couple weeks ago (March 21) I went horseback riding in Campbell Valley Regional Park, a 535-hectare park with multi-use trails, picnic areas and even a cross-country horseback riding course.

I’ve loved horses since I was a little girl but haven’t been riding for a few years. It felt so good to put on my paddock boots and slip into the familiar rhythms again.

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