THIRTY FIVE DAYS SINCE MY LAST BLOG......TIME GOES

A week before we left the island Joe 'cut up' the ol' boat

It sat for many years up on shore by the cottage

The boat came with the cottage some 35 years ago

She was a good boat but the leaks could not be fixed

Joe and Curt on their way to the scrap yard

Monday September 8th

We are ready 

Our first stop was in Midland to visit with  dear ol' friends

Diana and Larry

We parked Miss Gypsy in their driveway for the night

Shared a wonderful dinner and breakfast with them

THANKS

It was a grand visit

Next stop Weber's for one of their famous hamburgs

even though it was only 11 a.m.

The 'car' brought back memories of 48 years ago when we were living in Edmonton Alberta

I was expecting our first child

So sick, soooo sick

Joe put me on a train heading for Chatham, Ontario

Sending me home to my Mom for some TLS

Joe paid the porter $5.00 to watch over me

I never did see the porter!!

I dreaded dinner time as I had to go to the dining car and sit with someone I did not know

MAN

That was a killer

Funny how the mind works when you see something that brings back a memory

We had hoped to go out in a canoe while at Algonquin Park

I was 'longing' to catch some loon photos

Water was too choppy 

so

Joe drove me around to the different spots where the St. Pat's/St. Christopher high school students canoed

It was fun to see what he has seen for so many years

We drove to a resort where we took a walk by the lake

While camping many years ago Joe and his friend Kirk had a shore lunch across the lake from this lodge

Each sheet showed a picture of a plant and told a story

Nice way to display the information

This red squirrel made quite a bit of noise as I got closer to it

I heard it before I saw it

Trying to get closer to the lake so I could take a picture

This is what I was trying to get close to!

Very few trees were starting to turn

Lucky on this one

This was at the parking lot for Bartlett Lodge

Our spot for the night

Right in the middle of the woods!

Lake Superior

On the road heading towards the Soo

This hat caught my eye!!!!!

Whoa......good deal

Stopped for gas

Wonder where these trucks have been??????

Free as a bird

Next stop for the night

Roosevelt Park

ND

Fields and fields of sunflowers

I bet I have taken this photo before

Imagine living in this home

Nothing

Absolutely nothing around

Nice green colour

Normally the old homesteads were white

I think?

Someone is having a grand time 

We saw three or four air streams along the way

A beep of the horn

and

A wave

Penticton across the lake

We are nearly home

The air stream is parked

We are taking in all the sights of the new winery

There's our home

The shack

Right beside the winery

Hmmmmm

During the summer while the kids were home

there was a flood in the basement of the shack

Oh boy

What a mess

Everything came up to the main floor

Graham's friend Ted came up for a few days and helped out Joe and Graham \

They put plywood on the outside of the shack in preparation for stucco which would match that of the winery

Inside of the tasting room

What a view they will have

Ethan has a new sport

Thanks Ted for you help

Ted is off to meet his wife 

They are about to partake in a bike race

Ethan into another hockey season

Big crane on the job

Working on the roof

Jennifer came up for a few days

She along with her two dogs and two cats stayed in the air stream

Getting ready for the first harvest

Stucco day

Yeah

Jennifer packed and ready to head back to Squamish

All aboard

It looks like Hunter is waiting for the pumpkin to be thrown

There must be a ball around somewhere????

First pick

What an exciting day!!!!!!

As Gail said...........

History in the making

View from the shack

Ha..............the basement

Joe is putting down a sub floor

This is where all the water came gushing down

The carpenter has also been very busy building a cedar closet within the closet in the basement which is also our bedroom

Hunter and another great looking dog hanging out during the first pick

This fellow belongs to one of the pickers

CONGRATULATIONS GRAHAM AND LYNDSAY

WELL DONE

Garen with a little grape juice!

Unloading Miss Gypsy

Stephanie drew this sign for us

Jennifer added Gwendolyn!!!!!

Getting there

First night sleeping at the shack............

Last Thursday night

Bing finding a spot to have a bath

Gwendolyn keeping me company while I worked upstairs

and

Joe worked downstairs

One day last week Graham, Garen and I went out to the owl sanctuary

A young eagle

Hoodini

This owl has been at the sanctuary since it was 3 days old

It is now 15 years old

Hoo often goes to school to visit with the children

Meet Roy

Roy was raised by 'humans' since he was a tiny bird and became too friendly with the neighbourhood people who lived on Roy Street here in Penticton

Someone called the Sanctuary to come and get Roy

Roy now lives at the Sanctuary

For how long I do not know??????

Driving home from the Sanctuary we came across this rainbow that went right into the lake

AMAZING

The weather changed many many times that day

Beautiful Gwendolyn

For you Georgette................

Ethan has music class this year at school

This was his choice

I took a ride with Graham up the mountain to pick up his trail camera

The only animal we saw with four legs was a lonely cow walking down the road

Now

This is what I call living

A nice comfy place to sit

Plus

A beautiful view of the lake in the distance

Coming down the mountain

Meet Lucy

Lynday's new dog as of this summer

She is a sweet girl

****************************************************************************

Humane Society 

May, 2014

First day with the O'Rourke family

Cottage life

Travelling west

This was Tulip's first road trip

We were wondering how she would fare.......

Tulip sat in between Joe and I on the console

She was a real trooper!

Life on the vineyard

Tulip had a fine time

She would visit the constructions workers at the winery

and

spend time with Lyndsay inside the winery

She would follow Graham around the vineyard

She would come in each afternoon for a a nap

She was the Queen of purring, never had a cat before who would purr while waiting for her food and continue purring while she ate

She was the Queen of friendliness

She loved people, dogs and cats

Tulip had an encounter with a coyote and unfortunately for her she lost her life to the coyote

It was a sad day at the vineyard