Saturday in Pilot Bay

Saturday was a perfect day for a boat ride.. We gathered up a lunch and snacks and loaded up the "Annie" and took the girls for a leisurely ride over to Pilot bay... not so far and just across the main lake... As luck would have it , we found a mooring buoy to hook up to and there we stayed all day! The weather was perfect and even the water wasn't too frigid once you got used to it.

looking to the end of Pilot bay. It has 8 buoys to tie up to and seven were taken when we pulled in around 1:30

Kaleigh the Queen from Neptune's depths comes up with a halo of seaweed

Not sure whether she is coming or going, but her and the snorkle had a few issues.

Maddie spent a lot of time reading during the ride over to Pilot BAy

This may have been the first time she went in. The second time Emil gave her the big push and "Splash! " She was in!

My three mugwumpians! Aren't they a trio of love?!!!

Kaleigh caught some rays as we drove across the lake

Even the "old ones " took the plunge!


Later we went to the BBI for our last big feed of onion rings before the girls went back.

This morning the three of them left before seven for their return to Victoria. Emil will be leaving the "baba-mobile " for Kaleigh and maybe eventually , Maddie to learn to drive on. Emil gave KAeigh lots of lessons already, and she even drove into Nelson, so now it will be up to her mom and dad and maybe driving lessons to complete her "L" and get her an "N".

The house will be quiet and we will be wondering where the summer went in two weeks when August ends! The good news is that we had a good visit with Sonia nad Maddie and Kaleigh and at the end of the month we have more events to look forward to. In fact, in no time at all, August will be gone and we will be looking at September.

Oh yes, Ronda and John stopped in last night...they are on their big trip to Nashville... Wow! That will be terrific...except if it is still 110* there.


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Meteor showers

Look up in the sky tonight to see the Persides meteor showers tonight and maybe tomorrow night as well!
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This year's flowers

Love this new lilly? The colour is impressive and there is more than one of them. My casablanca lillies will be open tomorrow

Yellow lilly with ant

My new miniature climbing rose...a pretty coral color

And one can never have too many yellow lillies! I think Virginia bought me one and now I have ten! And here I thought a couple of the big ones were going to be casablanca white ones... Wrong

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Francoise and Paul arrive

Here's my dear friend Francoise whom I went to U vic with in 82-86.. make that about 28 years ago when we met...adn finally she has come to see me in Nelson... Yea!

Her partner Paul is a super nice fellow whom we have now gotten to know much better. They came up here from Victoria in order to go to PAul's best friend's wedding...that of George. Now George married Judy and guess what? Her brother is the famous Juno award winning Stephen Feering who was also here for the wedding. In addition to her famous brother, George's old buddy, John, came up to the wedding to be his witness...and guess what? John went to U Vic with Francoise and I and was in many of our classes. Neither one of us has seen John in 25 years or so... too funny...They all came into the store yesterday to say hello... I have to say ..it is a small world and it was fun to see John again.

Here is Kaleigh doing her famous double catch the pencil trick

Awweee...aren't they cute granddaughters? Looks like the mice that just ate the cheese!


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2010_08_02 - Bea - Picasa Web Albums#

2010_08_02 - Bea - Picasa Web Albums#

Here are some pics that pretty much says it all about the big birthday weekend here on the August long weekend... Thank-you for making my day absolutely the best!
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Dr. Robert Kwan
Assistant Organist-ChoirmasterRobert Kwan is thrilled to be the new Assistant to the Organist-Choirmaster assisting Michael Burnette. He is a recent graduate of the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, NY, where he received the degrees of Doctor of Musical Arts in March 2008 and Master of Music in 2003. He also holds a Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Victoria in British Columbia, Canada. Robert is a Canadian citizen and has held appointments at various Anglican and Episcopal churches and chapels in Canada, England and the United States. In addition to being a church musician, he enjoys teaching, accompanying and coaching. Outside of musical life, Robert participates in recreational activities, such as tennis in the summer and curling in the winter – a sport that has been dubbed “chess on ice” by some, requiring rocks, brooms and special shoes!Email: rkwan@chtwestport.org


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In case you missed the concert of Robert Kwan and Kevin Armstrong,tonight at the United Church in Nelson, you can tune in to this radio station to listen to some live organ music ( not by Robert Kwan necessarily) but it will give you an idea of the beauty of the music. Robert Kwan and Kevin Armstrong both grew up in Nelson and became accomplished musicians at an early age. Tonight they returned to give back to the community... a beutiful concert with songs from Les Mis, Phantom of the Opera and The Barber of Seville , as well as many other solo organ pieces by Bach and Mendelson...
Thank-you Joyce for my nice Birthday tickets to go see this concert with my daughter, Sonia (and Joyce, of course. !)
We all enjoyed a nice little nosh at JAckson's Hole before hand.

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The birthday girls

Three days of fun with family and friends for my birthday! Above, we are on the beach on Monday when the weather wasn't so hot... can you tell by looking at the coat Correna has on???

Having a birthday toast before the festivities got under way!

Myself and Correna ...the two birthday gals! Thanks Virginia for the champagne!

And just in case we didn't have enuf to inbibe in... I made Pomtinis and Fuzzy navels for everyone!
I'll post a photo show when I get my act together... It has been a busy week! I can't say how much I appreciated my daughter's hard work and all the good turkey and many many goodies and fixin's that Lynn brought and also Joyce's best ever potatoe salad and cookies for the kids. Thank-you one and all for the lovely gifts...especially the prospects of a new computer from my hubby and girls . I am searching that out right now! It was a fun weekend and I will write more about it when time permits! Thank-you Eva and Correna and Joe for coming ....even if it was just for the day!
Love you all... and missed everyone that never made it here!

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EXCLUSIVE: Redfish Grill burns in downtown Nelson | News in the Kootenays

EXCLUSIVE: Redfish Grill burns in downtown Nelson News in the Kootenays
Click on the link to read more about the fire burning at the Redfish grill...Looked very nasty! At the bottom of the page at the above link is another link that will take you to two videos of the fire...
won't be the same when I walk to work in that back alley! This will show Nelsonites how vulnerable these old buildings really are. Apparently it also spread to McLoughlins Print shop... We'll see the news tomorrow , I guess... How terrible for the owners and the workers.

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Roasting Marshmellows

Kaleigh chowing down on whats left of her banana boat after the tinfoil caught on fire!

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Maddie's perfect marshmellow

Kaleigh with herperfect marshmellow...all ready to be turned into a "Schmore"

Just getting the fire going. Maddie helped Emil get it started.

Mom and daughter love... oh my...aren't they cute?

Maddie roasts hers to perfection...Yum Yum!

And there it is...the ultimate "Schmore!"

My two little pumpkins!

Just floating along...and enjoying the day

Sonia and the girls arrived last night after a long slow day of driving...but they made it safe and sound and hungry which is a good thing for me!
Maddie has grown up so much, it is is hard to believe that she is my little grandaughter that I visited in May. I think she will surpass of of the females in the family when it comes to height! I was so happy to see both Kaleigh and Maddie, but most of all, my dear daughter,Sonia, who got everyone's gear into the little car, along with a sick doggie, and a Costco order from Emil and myself...ha-ha... She did so good!
Thank-you Sonia!

The day was a perfect beach day...MAddie read her book

Both Maddie and Kaleigh took to the new floaty chairs like ducks to water...

Then there was the Goddess herself, in her new floaty just soaking up the rays

The weather was perfect and we spent the whole afternoon at the beach just soaking up the sunshine and enjoying the lake. The top 3 inches has now warmed up so it is more than swimmable...It was perfect for enjoying Sonia's new floaty chairs!

Two peas in a pod!

Later in the evening, Kaleigh had a little driving lesson from Sonia

And last but not least we enjoyed making smores over the campfire before the campfire ban comes on after the long weekend.
We put the Magic Colour packets that Annette sent,into the fire to see if it would change colours...and it produced a magical HArry Potter style flame in greens and blues ...Thanks Annette for making our night so much fun!

Kaleigh's Banana Boat sort of fell into the fire and more or less burned up...but she salvaged a piece of it.

Maddie toasted the most perfect marshmellow

The flames licked greens and blues around the wood, keeping us all entertained for over an hour! The neighbours joined us for our beach fire... It was the first one for us this year. They, on the other hand have had many right in front of their 5th wheel next door to our house and we have been their guests on many a night. It was good to fianlly be able to reciprocate! Their boys and our girls got along pretty darn good...I think it will be a great few weeks for all of them....especially when their 16 year old daughter arrives!

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Kraft Celebration Tour | top20#matchup#matchup

Kraft Celebration Tour top20#matchup#matchup

After nine am ,you will be able to vote for Nelson in the Kraft contest to see which city deserves to be nominated for tops town... funding will help the city with upgrades to the curling club... so cast your vote today as many times as you want, I believe!


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Nice day with Virginia and Corey and Kendra and Joyce

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