Fun filled Week-end!

Lynn brought her sweet grand kids , Matthew and Abbi, out on Friday nght. First stop...the hot tub! The kids loved it and it was good for the arthritis and aches and pains too!

The hampster wheel before it departed

Sometime just before the hampster wheel was taken down the lake by the instant storm that popped up.

Yep, Just as I suggested that the kids ought to come in a little closer, Abs lost her grip on the hampster wheel and there it started to go...east with the gentle breeze that started up. I swam for it, but could get no closer than three feet to it...for every stroke, my little wave ripple just pushed it further out... Can you say bye-bye?

Sadly we watched it head out on its own adventure. Poor Abs was devastated, but I reminded her that it was far more important that she stay with her brother, like she did.

In the end, Randy and Faye jumped int he canoe and fetched it back, not without some trouble, but by the time we were back home, the storm was under way, and Randy drove up with the Hampster wheel in the back of his truck... Thank-you Randy!

oh-Oh...did someone call for rain?

Blimey, this Limey tastes good! The sun was shining out in front of us!

And then the rains came, so we migrated upstairs for a little painting... Boy oh boy...did it pour rain and a little hail... no worries about a dry lawn or anything.

We all had fun experimenting with watercolours

After a nice dinner, we all descended upon the garde to pick raspberries. The bushes were loaded and we picked three big bowls of them.

Later we had a dish of icecream with raspberries on top,and then we headed outdoors for our schmore roast!

Gotta do what ya gotta do when the campfire ban is on!

Lynn's marshmellow browned up nicely ( mine caught on fire!)

Abbi and her schmore....

A schmore is still pretty tasty ,even if it wasn't made on a campfire

Lynn, commanding the attention of the pooches

"Hmmm. Today, I think I'll choose a floaty that won't blow away..."

Life is good on the beach in HArrop

Matthew just looking as cute as a bug

Abbi with her balancing act

Joyce doing the tour of my garden

So it was a jam packed weekend, but oh so nice to see Lynn's grandkids again. Sadly, they weren't here the same time that Kaleigh and Maddie were, but we still created some fun and I think they had a pretty good week-end! I certainly did! Thanmks Lynn for bringing them out and bringing all of your goodies! I feel like rolly polly tonight!

LAter this afternoon, Joyce and Lynn put on a surprise birthday party for me... I'll tell you all about it when Lynn sends me some photos! Thanks my dear sisters!

"The Creator"

HoboSpider.com- Poisonous Hobo Spider and Brown Recluse Spider Information and Big H Spider Traps.

HoboSpider.com- Poisonous Hobo Spider and Brown Recluse Spider Information and Big H Spider Traps.

I've heard that locally someone was bit by one of these Hobo spiders and their leg is a terrible mess. In fact if they hadn't got onto antibiotics , things could have become tragic. These spiders are not native, but have been introduced from Europe and seem to be found around Seattle and other parts of the PAcific Nothwest and Canada... See one? Don't get too close as it can attack! It is an aggresive spider.

"The Creator"

The Blessing Ceremony for Russell and Angelina

Bowing to the relatives and friends for their blessing

A big kiss after the ceremony

All the friends and family gathered around for the ceremony

The baby will be due in August

It was Ray and Jean's turn to bow to Angelina's parents, Luba nad Larry

Kissing and hugging the parents after Russell and Angie bowed to them

And here they are bowing...sorry about the order

Ray and Jean and Luba and Larry

Russell, Jean Dan and his daughter, Michelle

Team Glen and Bea

Lynn and myself and Luba

Moi and Luba

And then they kissed once more!


"The Creator"

Wildfires of Note - Protection Branch - Ministry of Forests and Range - Province of British Columbia

Seriously folks, there is a nasty fire ( 200) hectares raging in Kelowna on the Glenrosa side of the valley. 4000 homes have been evacuated, and it has skipped across highway 97 and is heading over the Goat ridge, down Gelatly way towards the lake. Lots of homes up in there, and lakeside is where we used to stay at the farm when we had the Stanali cup. Now that is a big huge condo development. Sounds like it all stands to go up in smoke. The mill has fire in the log storage area and the big family home ( Mill owner?) above, is completely destroyed.
This is where is gets dicey. Just up the hill from that is where Mildred and Phil live...on Morningside, ...just a stone throws away form where Sandra and Leo had their home, on Yorkton.
Up the hill further, another mile or two is where Warren and Kim live. Phew...all sounds very dicey. I hope they are safe and no one loses their home. It sounds like the fire is also heading towards Peachland and has the power out there..Terry and Shannon have their summer home in that area, so again I worry for all of our rellies and friends. I think I'll try the tv and see if there are any updates or news happening.

On the happier side,w e attended The Blessing Ceremony of Russel and Angie today and it turned out very nice indeed. I am happy I went! I'll fill you in with photos tomorrow.
Good night all, stay safe and extinguish all of your fires!


Wildfires of Note - Protection Branch - Ministry of Forests and Range - Province of British Columbia

"The Creator"

And then there was weather!

Returning from Trail , just before Thrums, on Tuesday


And the sky darkened!

At Lynn's, it was nice and sunny!
Lynn's gardens are so phenomenal, that I wish they were mine! She was picking her beans today! Picking! Picking!.. It will be 2 weeks before I see that! Her tomatoes are picking size ,,,just green... and mine are like marbles! Also green!

Love's Lace lost, ot amaranthus... call what you will, but Lynn has a few hundred of them growing everywhere! The babies she planted in my garden aren't this tall yet, but they are coming along. I had these in when we lived in Quebec, and their lovely chenille tail flowers grew three feet long!

We had a little visit with Lynn and Bob after I visited the doc to have my splints/stints removed... Zoweee! A little gory ( the removal) ,but boy oh boy...can I breathe! I don't recall ever having two freeways of oxygen such as this in my nostrils! The surgery was a success! Yipppee. I still have some healing to do, but the good news is that each nostril can breathe, unrestricted for the first time in my life! Woot Woot!

First it was sneezing and now it is yawning... Once I hit the pillow last night, I yawned no less than 20 times! It has started again after five yawns, I have tears running down my cheeks...
I'm tired, but not THAT much!
Well, maybe I am... I just fell asleep and had a mini dream.

I think I will call it a night...Love ya all!

"The Creator"

Garden Bounty/Ronda John's visit.

My new pansies are alled "Frizzle Sizzle" Cute eh?


My garden looks pale in comparison to Lynn's, but nevertheless, it is producing greens, onions, carrots,chard and today I said bye bye to the Spinach.

Ronda in my Garden of Eatin'/Weedin'

Emil and John and Ronda all went golfing on Sunday... Bea went to bed and took a nice long nap!

"The Creator"

Babies in the Yard

I should say Babies eating the flowers off my little plants out front..

One last look before heading to the field

On the move

Cedar Waxwings flitting around.. I call them Little Bandits!

Well, in case you hadn't heard, I had some nose surgery last Monday...no , not to tweek the tip or anything, just to improve the breathing. ( Deviated septum improved, tuberants dremelled off, sinuses opened up) A week later and I am still not breathing through my nose.!(That is why I am on the computer at 7 in the morning!)


A Big Fat HA!

However, today could be my lucky day. I return to Dr. Cook in Trail and he will remove the plastic splints/stints that are up each nostril and then I will let you know if the big sinus headcold that I feel like I have is due to my nose tubes or a real cold.

What is the worst thing you can do after nose surgey?

Did you say "SNEEZE?"

Well, yes, I have sneezed a hundred times and it is the worst thing a person could want to do after a fresh nose job. I won't go into the gory details, but I have learned to redirect my sneeze straight out of my mouth... pity anyone within ten feet!

Like I said, once these tubes are out of my schnoz, perhaps the breathing will commence, and then maybe the sneezing will cease.

Thank-you for all the get well wishes from everyone. I feel I am on the road to recovery now...ha-ha...thats a bit of a lie , but I feel generally not so wiped out and even made gingersnap cookies yesterday yum! I did get a reaction, I think to the antibiotics. I should have remembered to take some Probiotics at the outset, but completely forgot... Now my prescription is all finished, so with some luck, my inards should begin feeling better. I can't complain about knocking off a few pounds with a high colonic I didn't order!

The rainy days of late haven't made me feel too bad about missing anything. Unfortunately, I mostly feel like going for a nap every afternoon, so that wastes a good three hours of each day.

You would think that being home would give me an opportunity to do a lot of things that need doing. I see all that needs doing but, I just couldn't do much at all due to a number of issues with my nose. Long story short is I hope it is all for good, which I can't tell right now. It wasn't the most pleasant thing to go through, but everyone says it will be well worth it. I guess most surgeries are like that.

I have to give a big thank-you to all of the nurses and staff at Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital , and my sweet Emil, who tended to me after the surgery. I'll thank the doc when I know it has worked!

"The Creator"

Mackenzie's Birthday!

Awwee...What a cute photo! I love your minty outfit...

Yummy looking cake!

Here is MAckenzie at the miniature city

And here is Virginia coaxing along tough gal Kendra...looks like she will be in the Indy 500 pretty soon!
Thanks Eva, for sending me the pics! Looks like the rain let up long enough to get around the little city. Such a good idea for kids to enable them to learn the finer points of driving! ha-ha... We'll be running thru those with Kaleigh ,this summer!

"The Creator"

Happy Birthday Emil! Happy Birthday Deb!

Joyce paid us a nice visit on Saturday too... Here, I was making her wait for lunch...

Arriving in their pontoon boat, Sandra and Leo and Laverne joined us for a few hours on the beach, in the sweltering sunshine, on Saturday. One thing I can say, is that it was one heck of a hot weekend and the Lime Bud light never tasted too bad at all!

The birthday pair... both have their big day on July 5th! Happy Birthday , you two!

Annette and her daddy!

Annette toasting up her dinner!

The Divas of the neighbourhood! Deb, Moi, Faye, and Alissa

The Rowdy's of the hood...Mike, Emil, Ashley, and Randy!

Cheers to the birthday kids! This was a poison Granada rum... not really poison, but lethal enough to propel a jet... Note, my glass has only one tsp. in it... thanks Ashley for trying to get us all drunk!

Long story here, but Ashley and Deb got Emil his blue chair that he has always been pining for, ever since Ashley had painted their other blue chair, green... got that? So now, Emil has his very own blue chair! Lucky guy! Thanks, Deb and Ashley! And look! Annette was here to share in the fun and celebrations on Saturday. In fact, it was Deb's birthday also!

Emil gets his favourites...jube-jubes, and a nice Seatle Seahawks ball cap

Annette is cracking up!

Our newest neighbours, Faye and Randy ( white and black) came over for the fun!


"The Creator"