Josh & the Dirty Rags Official Music Video: Farewell Honey

🎵Official "Farewell Honey" video is out now from Montreal's Nomadic Dark Folk band, Josh and the Dirty Rags.

It's not every day you get asked to be part of a music video in your straitjacket, so this was a very cool opportunity for Bill.

Directed by: Rickey Hamel &Shane Ivy

Produced by: HI Multimedia

Make Up/Effects: Jeff Berwick 

Starring: Jeff Berwick, Misty Renaud, Troy Windibank, Cody Farrugia, Jesse Nicole, Christina Boyd, Summer Donna, Jill Thompson, Bill Nuvo, Ahmed Sayem

Extra Band Members: Shane Ivy (The Ol' Snake In The Grass), Nolan Smith (The Tipsy Two)

Shot at: The Christmas Cottage, Tecumseh Ontario

💜Josh and the Dirty Rags

October Halloween Puzzle: The World of Frankenstein by Adam Simpson

 The World of Frankenstein - jigsaw puzzle by Adam Simpson

🧩1000 pieces

A while back, Bill purchased this puzzle and thought it would be great for us to complete in October - in honour of Halloween.   It's a bit of a tradition now to do a Halloween-themed puzzle and either pass it along, or keep it to do for the next year.

This was a beautiful puzzle with vibrant colours, intricate design and artistry. No puzzle dust and all the pieces fit really well together. We really had no complaints, except for one (you'll know why in the next photo).

We finished 999 pieces out of 1000 of this puzzle! 😁

Ugh, definitely did not expect a missing piece, but I guess you could say Frankenstein shall remain unfinished. 🧐 

Despite the missing piece, I really love the art work and have my eye on The World of Dracula puzzle. 

Hopefully if you purchase one of these, you are able to fully complete it!  I never think about keeping receipts like this which was necessary if I wanted to contact customer service, but maybe something to do as this was such a lovely puzzle and it's sad to know 1 piece is missing like this! 

💜Puzzle Collection

2026 Halloween Tree

 Say hello to our 2026 Halloween Tree!

While getting ready to decorate our tree for Halloween, it looks like whatever water damage happened from one of the storms at some point trickled into the big bin where we stored all of our decor, lights, etc. Thus, we lost pretty much all of it that we usually put on the tree each year. Fred and Jean Claude (animatronics) are still in-tact. so we were happy about that. 

Life happens, so we just pivoted and figured out how to still make the tree reflect "us".  I think it looks great. 

Strolling Through Niagara-on-the-Lake

Niagara-on-the-Lake is absolutely beautiful and to think we only got our feet wet in exploring just the shopping district. 

We walked around and popped our heads into all the little boutiques and artisan shops.  We had a late lunch at Corks Winebar and Eatery Great service and I had the most delicious butternut squash ravioli and Bill enjoyed an indulgent serving of manicotti with a thick slice of garlic bread. 

The landscaping all around is gorgeous as you can see from the photos and this time of year is particularly beautiful with all the leaves changing.

Before heading back to Windsor, we stopped in at a lovely local French-inspired cafe called Café Lumiere for a latte and a sweet pastry - a crumbly apple lemon bar. 

A little slice of heaven at Café Lumière

Niagara-on-the-Lake was a wonderful way to end our anniversary/mini-break - I am grateful for being able to come here with Bill. I am looking forward to another visit in the future together - especially as theatre lovers, the Shaw Festival is on our list.

Life slows down here and I'm all for being part of it.

💜Niagara-on-the-Lake

💜Café Lumière

💜Corks Restaurant