TWENTY FOUR SLEEPS TILL THE NEXT ADVENTURE

Here it is November 7th

A beautiful warm sunny day in the Okanagan
(yesterday)

last post october 20

The wall of B/W photos are back up

Lots of stone brought in for the septic system

Ah.....a picture is worth a 1000 words

Taken from my kitchen window

Oh.....the saga of Stella

ZO BO

She has been 'stored' in Gail's garage in Kelowna

Graham got her on to the flatbed for her trip back to Penticton

Quite the ordeal to get her on the flatbed due to her low front bumper

She actually flew onto the bed

Seriously!!!!!!!!

The shack is now the same colour of green as the winery

Next............trim and the screen door

Joe is still working on a cement wall to the basement door

Lots and lots of time put in to this one!

We took a ride up to Apex Mountain

which is a ski area

Did encounter snow at the top!

Surprised to see this 'little' herd of cows

Interesting ol' homestead in the background

I had spotted this Ford on the way up

Took a closer look!!

Don't you wonder whose hands have been on the wheel?????

Lots of stories I'm sure

A neat old gate

Oh my.......the horse's tale and mane were full of burrs

Now that's got to be uncomfortable

I was making all sorts of noises as I looked at him

Joe said.............

He is just fine, happy and free!!!!!!!!!

Poor Stella

She had a bit of a time getting off the flatbed

Graham had to pull her

All I will say is..........

Stella told me to keep those O'Rourke boys away from her!

BUT

I do have to say one more thing

THANK YOU O'ROURKE BOYS

Couldn't have gotten her to the vineyard without  their sheer determination as they worked out the puzzle

Working on the soffits

Sun coming through the clouds on to the lake

HUNTER

One BC apple

Orchard across the lane way from the farm

On my way up to the Kettle Valley (KV) trail

A little putting green on a property

Someone own these gloves???

Ha

This rock caught my eye

You could make a face with the rock!

Fall is here

Looking toward the  city of Penticton

One never knows where one's Mother might be!

Our little home is down there

Right beside the winery

Air stream is sitting down there too

Everywhere I looked I saw beauty

There is a hymn.....

For the beauty of the earth

For the beauty of the skies

Merlot being dumped into the conveyor and then to the DE stemmer

The last grapes of the season

Grapes and juice to fermentation

Stems to compost

Winery taking shape

Front windows .....tasting room

Making wine

Night before Halloween

Garen's very own pumpkin

Grown in the family garden

Here comes the power lift again

Last weekend Joe and I were in Salmon Arm for Ethan's hockey tournament

Boys did well

Won all but one game

This weekend they are in Kelowna

One of the visiting teams had a tour of the Salmon Arm Jr. Silver Backs' locker room

Lots of excited boys dreaming of their future

View from our room

Over in the left  corner of the photo is the osprey nest

See.............

You never know what you might see if you go off road

We were looking for a gas station as we left Salmon Arm

Heading towards Revelstoke

Had to turn around and head back to Salmon Arm

OUCH!!!!!!!!

Hello goat

We stopped at the Log Barn to purchase a 'home made' pie

Lots of goats to greet us

Joe picked out 

Strawberry rhubarb 

it was good

For our Ontario friends and family

I heard on the news this morning that you are going to get a cold front

As Joe said

a whampim

(this is Joe's own word)