I went out with both Luke and Tessa to the Botanical Gardens on Monday (October 10th, 2011) which was Thanksgiving Day in Canada and it was the only time when all three of us could meet up...

The main reason that I wanted to go was to see the Botanical Gardens in the fall to see all it's pretty and gorgeous autumn colors



There was no other time period we could go since I couldn't go on the following weekend and most of the leaves would have already have fallen come the last week in October.

     

     

BUNNIES! They're shaped like bunnies in a cabbage patch~! *hops around*

     

These particular photos were taken in the building of the Japanese Garden. Isn't it pretty?

     

     

The other reason why I wanted to go was to attend the Pumpkin Ball which is where a whole bunch of decorated pumpkins would be on display! Like this "Angry Birds: Trick of Tweet" pumpkin that won Tessa and my approval (Luke was at a loss)



There were so many pretty decorated pumpkins there! I took a whole bunch of pictures of them, but only decided to post  an additional six of them since there was easily over at least fifty other decorated ones.

     

     

     

Lastly, it was to also attend the Lantern Festival which pays tribute to China’s first Emperor, Qin Shi Huangdi and his impressive cavalry. The theme this year is “The First Emperor's Procession”



Most of the pictures that I took of the lanterns were during the daytime, however I did take some pictures of them at night as well... But there were so many people attending that I wasn't able to get closer to take more pictures and had to take them from a distance once it was night.

     

     

     

          

     

     

     

This stone table set will now hold fond sentimental memories for the three of us *cues Pokemon theme song*