This past weekend was the start of automn! On Saturday we drove all the way to my aunt’s cabin (soon-to-be home… they’re moving up there), for a surprise farewell to my cousin who’s packing up for Europe for a couple of months. Have fun, M!

Frank’s parents (thank you, thank you!) had obtained the whole family tickets for one of Trois-Rivières’s 375th anniversary shows on Sunday evening, so we went. The show was great, despite the threat of rain — we made through most of it with just a few drops; only at the last number/song did it start pouring in earnest. But it was worth it: bands, singers, orchestras, fireworks, pyrotechnics… and the Cirque du Soleil!!

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De Automne 2009

(There’s more if you click on the Album link “Automne 2009″ below the pics.)

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We loved the Cirque — I think it was our first real introduction to it (except maybe on TV once), and we are definitely planning to go if we visit Vegas (as we are thinking of for next year).

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These guys were amazing. Imagine holding that pose for a couple of seconds!

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Bungee!

PS. Still in love with the new camera, and our zoom lens!! Had fun with it at the show.

We were 19, last night… in thought, anyway!

After we left the kids at Frank’s parents (thank you thank you!) after lunch on Saturday and got to Mathieu and Christine’s place, it was direction Montreal and Metallica’s concert at the Bell Centre!

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We had dinner at the Peel Pub before the show and started to feel the Metallica fever: we were the only ones over there without a t-shirt in the band’s “colours”. No matter, we ordered food and a large pitcher of beer. It turns out that “big”, at the Peel Pub, means a GALLON of beer! Oy!!

Later on, after the line-up at the Bell Centre, we found out our “far” places really were far… we had our backs to the wall. Lol! The sound and the ambiance were powerful, though, and we didn’t miss out on the experience.

After the pre-show with Lamb of God, the show started with green lasers and, later on, many lighting effects, huge suspended objects and flammes. The crowd was a human sea, and the event was huge.

A great evening to remember (even for those who, like me, aren’t familiar with the band’s entire repertoire!).

Guess where we went yesterday, with our friends Éric and Ge and all our flock of kids?

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(Sorry Anglos, this one only makes sense in French.)

J’ai croisé ceci sur leur site de centre de la photo :

Hum.

Y’a rien à redire, je crois.

…and Saturday was the occasion of this pretty dress fitting me.

This is from Sara‘s clothes, and there haven’t been grand occasions this year, but I’m not going to outgrow it before I’ve been photographed in it!

(We can’t decide on the first BW version of this one, or this pretty soft one:)

Ciao, people!