The beach was pretty deserted this morning..just the dog, me , and the fog
The lake level is staying about the same...low
Lose a flip flop???
Three boats on the beach...
"The Creator"
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
All is quiet
The beach was pretty deserted this morning..just the dog, me , and the fog
The lake level is staying about the same...low
Lose a flip flop???
Three boats on the beach...
"The Creator"
Tuesday, September 09, 2008
CKIPC - Local Weeds to Watch For
CKIPC - Local Weeds to Watch For
"The Creator"
Here is a comprehensive list of Invasive plants of our area... the best thing is to cut them down and bag them to prevent spread of the seeds... The sad thing is that the lot next to has has most of these species growing right there...and the thistle is the worst...growing in groves that are huge... way beyond bagging! I cut down what I thought was a huge amount, in the spring, but now when I look across to the neighbours yard on the other side of the empty lot, I see a field of fluff.
I hope to read up a little more on these invasive species and get rid of them around my yard for starters! My garden has had its share of thistles for sure!
The local group called Central Kootenay Invasive Plant committee is putting up signs indicating invasive plants. You may have seen them along the highways. I guess we all have to do our part.
"The Creator"
Here is a comprehensive list of Invasive plants of our area... the best thing is to cut them down and bag them to prevent spread of the seeds... The sad thing is that the lot next to has has most of these species growing right there...and the thistle is the worst...growing in groves that are huge... way beyond bagging! I cut down what I thought was a huge amount, in the spring, but now when I look across to the neighbours yard on the other side of the empty lot, I see a field of fluff.
I hope to read up a little more on these invasive species and get rid of them around my yard for starters! My garden has had its share of thistles for sure!
The local group called Central Kootenay Invasive Plant committee is putting up signs indicating invasive plants. You may have seen them along the highways. I guess we all have to do our part.
Monday, September 08, 2008
First Day of School
Kezie, going into Grade two this year...Hard to believe!
Joyce took this pic of Kendra... She just turned five..does she go to Kindergarten? Someone will answer that question for me:-)
So I added some crazy music... Let me know if it drives you wild! I'm not sure if there is an off switch... I'll work on it...Have fun!
"The Creator"
"The Creator"
Saturday, September 06, 2008
Road Kings Car show today
Look at some of these beauties lining Baker Street all day today. People came from all over with their beautiful cars to show them off! Tonight there is a huge dance on the top of the parkade with the "Hot Rods" playing, from Thunder Bay Ontario! Should be a blast, but I'll be home in my snuglie bed.
"The Creator"
"The Creator"
Thursday, September 04, 2008
Happy Birthday to Shayne and Nadine
Hey there neice and nephew... Its your big day again! How is it, that a brother and sister were born on the same day? Did your mom and dad ever answer that one??
At least she waited a few years between the two of you! So Shayne turns 36 and Nadine turns 33! Hard to believe all those years have gone by so quick and now each of you are parents and enjoying your young families that are all so cute. In fact, Lynn has to be so proud that she is the leader of us all in total grandchildren! Way to go, Shayne and Nadine!
SO each of you, have a Happy Birthday from us and we'll have some yummy martini together. Here is the recipe for it... POM brand , pomagranite juice , shaken with that Blue Sapphire gin, over ice, and poured over a few tablespoons of pomagranite seeds in a martini glass. Now that is very yummy. And if we can't make that, then we'll have a beer! Love ya both... Auntie B.
Now here is a little Elvis for you from the party last week-end..
"The Creator"
At least she waited a few years between the two of you! So Shayne turns 36 and Nadine turns 33! Hard to believe all those years have gone by so quick and now each of you are parents and enjoying your young families that are all so cute. In fact, Lynn has to be so proud that she is the leader of us all in total grandchildren! Way to go, Shayne and Nadine!
SO each of you, have a Happy Birthday from us and we'll have some yummy martini together. Here is the recipe for it... POM brand , pomagranite juice , shaken with that Blue Sapphire gin, over ice, and poured over a few tablespoons of pomagranite seeds in a martini glass. Now that is very yummy. And if we can't make that, then we'll have a beer! Love ya both... Auntie B.
Now here is a little Elvis for you from the party last week-end..
"The Creator"
Monday, September 01, 2008
Ron and Phoebe's big Birthday Party
For more pics, see my slideshow on the right hand sidebar.
Ronda , Phoebe and Ron's daughter...married to Emil's brother, John... Looking pretty and tropical too!
Ron and Phoebe in the middle of all of their children and Grandchildren
Lawrence doing the carving of the pork...now that was dee-licious!
Phoebe gasping at the stories she was hearing about Ron "Stdying all of his lunch hour, behind the school-house with some girl!
Look how happy Phoebe is with her boguet of flowers from Sheree
(Da Family Heirloom done come back!) Watch out everyone!
They look a bit tired, but believe me, they were embraced in a big kiss moments after!
Yeppers... 80 big reasons to celebrate...and about as many guests
Phoebe's daughter, Lori and her hubby LAwrence.( Emil's brother).. nice to see them both and them paly and sing music again! Thank-you for the great entertainment!
Phoebe and Ron's grandkids and one great grandson...Nathaniel
so from left to right... Bruce, married to Kim( in the green skirt), Kendall, Cynthia, Shawn, oh-oh...don't know is peeking over, then there is Ryan, in the yellow shirt and Jamie on the right end.
The three bros...and two of them are married to daughters of Ron and Phoebe... John to Ronda, and LAwrence to Lori... and then theire is Emil who is married to me , of course!
Here we all are...Emil, Moi, John, Ronda, Lawrence, and Lori
The event was grand, and for a good reason too... Ron and Phoebe will both celebrate their 80th birthday this year and neither look even 65 years old! Way to go for keeping young... must all of that Heirloom stuff!!!!
Cathy did an amazing job at organizing all the decorations, and food and who was to be where, when, and it all turned out perfect! The signs were up, welcoming everyone to Paradise , and Ron and Phoebe's yard looked like Paradise... Parrots hanging off the trees, Tiki Bar set up and even a palm tree or two. Every guest was greeted by getting "leighed" and signing the guest book ,and donning a straw hat if you didn't come with one!
We drove our boat down and planned a camp-out in the boat's cutty! I must say, it worked very well!
The yard was filled with 5th wheels and trailers, and in front of Lawrence and Lori's place, Shawn had his DJ centre set up with tropical music! All of Ron and Phoebe's siblings came to the party, so that was a marvel unto itself! Ron's brother, told us an hour's worth of funny stories about Ron on the farm when they were kids... the funniest one being that they had to bring their dad home from the hospital in -55* temps... they had the horses noses covered with burlap and warm blankets to cover dad and when they got home, their mom had biscuits and dinner all ready. "Dad took one look at the dinner,and exclaimed" Where in the hell did we get MEAT???"
Ma says... "yep, we have meat now, but no milk!"
The winter was so cold and snowy that the wind had blown big drifts clear up one side of the barn right to the roof top. With the-55* weather, it froze into a solid block,and their cow, being none the wiser, took a stroll up the frozen snowbank and straight onto the roof of the barn. The roof was old and what do you know? The damn cow broke through the roof and fell into the barn and broke all her legs..!! Meat-but no Milk!
We all laughed and laughed... the stories kept coming and we all laughed some more!
The food was amazing...loads of salads and best of all, a whole roast pig...now that was yummy. LAwrence did the honours of cutting it up and everyone ate their share and more and I think there was still pork left over.
It wouldn't be a Laybourne get-together without some music involved, so LAwrence set it all up and his buddy from Trail joined him and Ryan played bass, while Lori opened with the Tennessee Waltz. Her soulful croons had nearly everyone in tears, as Ron and Phoebe waltzed to their song. Speaking of Tennessee, Ronda's daughter, Jessica, known as Taryn Murphy, took the stage and sang with all her heart one of her songs...she might be short, but she has one heck of a set of lungs. In between, LAwrence and his buddy kept the music coming , and then Lori would get in there to sing beautiful "Summertime", then it was Lawrence's buddy donning an Elvis wig to croon some more.
Just when we thought we had heard it all, up steps Jamie to the mike, and starts belting out a Johnny Cash fav...Starting off with "We got married in a fever" Hotter than a Pepper's sprout!"
Well, we laughed till we cried!
I'll upload some video clips of the variety of music,over the next few days.
Ryan ws the dark horse of the group, so to speak. As stage manager for Susan Tedesco, he certainly knows the blues, and when he started to sing his bluesy number, everyone drew quiet and listened as he picked and strummed and gave it his all. I think he is the one to watch in the near future! He was goooooooood!
Now I am tired and need to go to bed... Lets just say it was a fabulous party, and we had great visits with everyone...got to meet Shawn's fiance, Cynthia and her parents, and Chris and his girlfriend too, and it was sure nice to have Jamie there... we had a lot of laughs and hopes that it isn't so long before we meet again.
"The Creator"
Ronda , Phoebe and Ron's daughter...married to Emil's brother, John... Looking pretty and tropical too!
Ron and Phoebe in the middle of all of their children and Grandchildren
Lawrence doing the carving of the pork...now that was dee-licious!
Phoebe gasping at the stories she was hearing about Ron "Stdying all of his lunch hour, behind the school-house with some girl!
Look how happy Phoebe is with her boguet of flowers from Sheree
(Da Family Heirloom done come back!) Watch out everyone!
They look a bit tired, but believe me, they were embraced in a big kiss moments after!
Yeppers... 80 big reasons to celebrate...and about as many guests
Phoebe's daughter, Lori and her hubby LAwrence.( Emil's brother).. nice to see them both and them paly and sing music again! Thank-you for the great entertainment!
Phoebe and Ron's grandkids and one great grandson...Nathaniel
so from left to right... Bruce, married to Kim( in the green skirt), Kendall, Cynthia, Shawn, oh-oh...don't know is peeking over, then there is Ryan, in the yellow shirt and Jamie on the right end.
The three bros...and two of them are married to daughters of Ron and Phoebe... John to Ronda, and LAwrence to Lori... and then theire is Emil who is married to me , of course!
Here we all are...Emil, Moi, John, Ronda, Lawrence, and Lori
The event was grand, and for a good reason too... Ron and Phoebe will both celebrate their 80th birthday this year and neither look even 65 years old! Way to go for keeping young... must all of that Heirloom stuff!!!!
Cathy did an amazing job at organizing all the decorations, and food and who was to be where, when, and it all turned out perfect! The signs were up, welcoming everyone to Paradise , and Ron and Phoebe's yard looked like Paradise... Parrots hanging off the trees, Tiki Bar set up and even a palm tree or two. Every guest was greeted by getting "leighed" and signing the guest book ,and donning a straw hat if you didn't come with one!
We drove our boat down and planned a camp-out in the boat's cutty! I must say, it worked very well!
The yard was filled with 5th wheels and trailers, and in front of Lawrence and Lori's place, Shawn had his DJ centre set up with tropical music! All of Ron and Phoebe's siblings came to the party, so that was a marvel unto itself! Ron's brother, told us an hour's worth of funny stories about Ron on the farm when they were kids... the funniest one being that they had to bring their dad home from the hospital in -55* temps... they had the horses noses covered with burlap and warm blankets to cover dad and when they got home, their mom had biscuits and dinner all ready. "Dad took one look at the dinner,and exclaimed" Where in the hell did we get MEAT???"
Ma says... "yep, we have meat now, but no milk!"
The winter was so cold and snowy that the wind had blown big drifts clear up one side of the barn right to the roof top. With the-55* weather, it froze into a solid block,and their cow, being none the wiser, took a stroll up the frozen snowbank and straight onto the roof of the barn. The roof was old and what do you know? The damn cow broke through the roof and fell into the barn and broke all her legs..!! Meat-but no Milk!
We all laughed and laughed... the stories kept coming and we all laughed some more!
The food was amazing...loads of salads and best of all, a whole roast pig...now that was yummy. LAwrence did the honours of cutting it up and everyone ate their share and more and I think there was still pork left over.
It wouldn't be a Laybourne get-together without some music involved, so LAwrence set it all up and his buddy from Trail joined him and Ryan played bass, while Lori opened with the Tennessee Waltz. Her soulful croons had nearly everyone in tears, as Ron and Phoebe waltzed to their song. Speaking of Tennessee, Ronda's daughter, Jessica, known as Taryn Murphy, took the stage and sang with all her heart one of her songs...she might be short, but she has one heck of a set of lungs. In between, LAwrence and his buddy kept the music coming , and then Lori would get in there to sing beautiful "Summertime", then it was Lawrence's buddy donning an Elvis wig to croon some more.
Just when we thought we had heard it all, up steps Jamie to the mike, and starts belting out a Johnny Cash fav...Starting off with "We got married in a fever" Hotter than a Pepper's sprout!"
Well, we laughed till we cried!
I'll upload some video clips of the variety of music,over the next few days.
Ryan ws the dark horse of the group, so to speak. As stage manager for Susan Tedesco, he certainly knows the blues, and when he started to sing his bluesy number, everyone drew quiet and listened as he picked and strummed and gave it his all. I think he is the one to watch in the near future! He was goooooooood!
Now I am tired and need to go to bed... Lets just say it was a fabulous party, and we had great visits with everyone...got to meet Shawn's fiance, Cynthia and her parents, and Chris and his girlfriend too, and it was sure nice to have Jamie there... we had a lot of laughs and hopes that it isn't so long before we meet again.
"The Creator"
Uncle Paul,sad news
Thanks Eva for sending me this nice picture of Uncle Paul, taken this summer when Eva went to visit him and Auntie, in Nakusp. Sad to say, Uncle Paul, passed away Thursday night , August 28th after a long battle with leukemia. We will all miss his wide smile and his welcoming arms that gave us a big hug every time we stopped in for a little visit. He always made us feel welcome and special, whether it had been a year or a month since we last visited... You could always count on him being so happy to see us. The door opened and he would say "Come on in!" and from there he's always be interested in what we were doing or where we were working. Auntie would bring out the borsht and we would share more tales over the lunch table, then follow it up with cookies and tea...and he loved those cookies!
I'll miss him. He was an Uncle you could count on...always there, and now, we'll have to believe he has gone to a higher place where the voices will sing for him as they say "Come on in!"
Funeral will take place on Friday, September 5th at the Castlegar Funeral Chapel at 10:00am, with interment to follow at the Kinnaird /Castlegar cemetary.
"The Creator"
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Canon Beach
Derrick and the kids on the beach at Canon Beach...beautiful photo , Barb!
Thats a long walk for a little boy to that Haystack Rock
Here it is in all of its splendor
And in the tidal pools near the Rock live all sorts of interesting sea life... one could spend a day right there.
Thanks ,Derrick and BArb for the great photos, but he best is getting posted up above! Who would of thunk it!
"The Creator"
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Bye-Bye to my Sweety-Pies
Pretty chipper for 6:00 am! I think they were ready to get back to their own beds and their buddies .Granny will miss them! They are wonderful grandchildren and I love them very much!
Maddie hamming it up
all pretty with her new "do"
What's this? My casablanca lily...finally blooming after two years! Fortunately, the deer ate other specimens instead... I love this beauty!
"The Creator"
Sunday, August 24, 2008
Our great Neighbour, Ashley's 50th
Some nice Austrian beer that Lyndsey's friend brought all the way from Vienna
Not only a beer drinker, but Ashley likes Greygoose vodka too... later we did a shot and I must say it was very smoooooooooth!
Deb having a laugh with Ashley
Cheers with the Grey goose vodka...Julia nd Deb...
The big 5-0!
Ashley contimplates all those years that have gone before him!!
All of their family and some very close friends,all gathered at Deb and Ashley's for a great party that Deb organized for him. We finally got to meet, Lyndsey's boyfriend, Jason, and his parents...from Kelowna. Also, there was Julia, Lyndsey's Paris room mate, who came to visit , all the way from Austria. Lyndsey is Deb and Ashley's eldest daughter, who lives in Kelowna...You might see her in the Cactus Club there as a waitress!
The kids put together a memorablephoto cd with old photos of the family that brought tears to everyone's eyes... They had a funny saying on every photo...and some dandy photos from years ago. All in all, it proved that Ashley was a terrific dad to the kids and they all respect and love him. Deb made enought food for an army, so we grazed all afternoon, then ate dinner and desert... and birthday cake...all very yummy!
Well, tomorrow will be the last day for our grandaughters to be here. Emil will drive them back to the ferry on Tuesday. Our house will be pretty quiet without them. They are missing their friends and can't wait to see whats new with everyone that they haven't seen for a few weeks. our house, on the other hand will be the most quiet since the end of June and Emil's party, tho, John and Ronda are popping over tomorrow as they are getting ready for Ronda's mom and dads big 80th birthday party NEXT Saturday. No dull moments around here... just a week of work between events... It will be fun to see everyone at that party also.. Okey dokey...have a great Monday! I have to bring my computer back to the shop to see why my new wireless router doesn't work...after it spent the day in there on Friday...poo-poo to technology...can't live with it, can't live with-out it!
"The Creator"
The Last few days
Kaleigh icing a confetti cake that both girls help to make
Maddie with her thinking cap on while playing crib with Grumps. She wants to make sure she gets all of her points!
A few hours at the beach on Saturday, then dinner on the patio at the BBI
I had loads of basil, so I made Pesto today...basic garlic, basil leaves, pine nuts and olive oil and Parmasean cheese. I added a few cashews and a few leaves of spinach...hence the darker green. I just blended it all in my food processor, then scooped it out into little mounds and cut each mound in half ,then froze it. I don't usually use too much at any given time. A half mound gave me about a tablesoon full.
"The Creator"
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Happy Birthday Georgia
Thanks , Lynn for sharing these photos of your very cute grandaughter...
Georgia in her party dress...
Catching bubbles
Happy 3rd Birthday, Georgia!
Also, a big Happy Birthday to Mattie, Lynn's grandson, who just turned seven...
"The Creator"
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