A DOG AND A CAT, TWO CATS, TWO HORSES

Each morning when I get up I check out this tree

way down by the cliff to see how the leaves are changing

They are well on their way

It was a crisp sunny morning

Gwendolyn had gone back to bed

Bing joined her

Gwendolyn was up and about so

Bing joined Susie

Today we were in for a treat

The 'horse man' was going to Ron and Verna's

to clean and file the hooves of

Prince and Happy

Norwegian Fjords

The camera lady was in her glory!!!!!

Ron and his horse Prince

Verna with her horse Happy

Mark the ferrier

He looks after about 100 horses in the area

Nice choppers there Happy

Front feet back feet

I see you Happy but you can't see me

BUT

You can smell me!

A few weeks ago I sent my brother a card which had a photo on the front of the card

The photographer's image was reflected in the horse's eye

I tried over and over to capture my image

However

THE EYELASHES KEPT GETTING IN THE WAY

HA-HA

Verna brought the lawnmower out of the barn for us to check out

It was built by the Amish in Pennsylvania

One of the horses will be hooked up

Ron or Verna will sit up on the seat

Voila

They will cut the grass between the rows of vines in the vineyard

They are all set for rides in the countryside

Nice view through the barn

While Prince was having his 'pedicure" I went to check on Happy

He was good!!!!!!!!

Together again

It's time for a back scratch

Feels sooo good

Is this guy playing

or

is he hungry?????

I have a lovely story to tell you

Verna and I had met before

You see..............

We both shared the same social worker from the CAS

We had adopted Curtis

They were about to adopt a native child as well

Elizabeth, the social worker thought it would be nice if we shared our story about Curtis

Thirty some years passed until our paths crossed once again

Our son Graham and their daughter Kathryn became friends in British Columbia

One thing lead to another and the

light bulb went off in Verna's mind

O'Rourke O'Rourke

I know that name

Sure enough we were the family that they met with so many years ago

Needless to say...............

Verna and I are

Kindred spirits

Old souls

Each time we meet

We hug

We tear up

and

We grin from ear to ear when we see each other

A moment in time

Good friends

I love these photos

Beautiful British Columbia

Views from Ron and Verna's

Down their laneway we go

Past the O'Rourke house we go

We're now on our way to town

to grocery shop

Graham and his two friends are going fishing

and hunting for a few days

They call it

THE CAST AND BLAST

He has a special request of his Dad

Could you make a

Stromboli for us!

Dad being the Dad he is

made it yesterday for the boys or should I say

'the men'

Jennifer arrives tomorrow from Squamish

She will help us hold down the fort while Lyndsay continues to work hard and long hours at

Ruby Blues

Grapes are still coming in by the ton to the winery

BUSY BUSY TIME FOR THE VINTNER