SUNNY DAYS

When the camera lady spends so much time in the hockey rink

there isn't much to choose from to create a blog

SO

I took some photos on the way to and from the Summerland rink on Sunday

AND

will throw in a few photos from Saturday

Drying out the equipment

because it was wet

Airing out the equipment

because it had.............

that lovely hockey aroma!!

Graham and Lyndsay off on a date night

Dinner at the home of Ruby Blues family

Joe and I had a date night too!!!!

We went to A and W for a burger

before heading down to Osoyoos

Big big difference between the meals

Big big difference between good wine and the frosty glass of root beer!!!!

Evening is definitley settling in

The Coyotes bench

The red helmet

Sunday morning we were up bright and early to attend the young boy's 8:15 hockey game

We went to the area where the tournament had been taking place over the weekend

Sat down..........asked the fellow next to us the name of his team

Summerland he said

We moved to the other side of the rink

Asked the lady beside us the name of her team

as

we could not see a

red helmet

out on the ice

WE WERE IN THE WRONG ARENA

Downtown we went

Into the second arena

There were the blue jerseys of the Penticton Vees

but no

 red helmet

Over to the next area

YEAH

We spotted the

red helmet

however

by this time we had

missed most of the first period

Good game

Tied after third period

The boys played a five minute overtime

Score still 4 - 4

End of game

Way to go boys!!!

On our way up to Summerland we drove along

the Okanogan Lake

Across the lake is the O'Rourke house

We thought maybe the fellow in the water had been skiiing???

He does have a wet suit on!!!!!!

Just about time for Halloween

Lots of pumpkins waiting to go home

with lots of families

The little boys went to the pumpkin patch on Sunday

Next it will be a fun evening of carving

Lyndsay and Nikki picked up some gourds

Beautiful fall decor for the dining room table

One thing about living in the Oakanagan is that

sailors have lots of sailing time in the fall

 

What an odd place to advertize

CAR FOR SALE

at the top of this hill

This is right at the turn to go to

the Summerland arena

Here is Johnny the goalie

His gloves, pads and stick are decked out in bright

PINK

His Mom is a breast cancer survivor

He has written on his goalie stick

I LOVE YOU MOM

Coming back into Penticton

The reflection was beautiful on the lake

A couple out for a Sunday drive in their red truck

Our friend Ken would like this truck!

What the heck is this????

A special request of the boy to his Papa

Could you make a Stromboli

We have food!!!!!!

It was soooooooo good

The boy had two helpings

It was full of meats and cheeses and peppers

GOOD JOB PAPA

We were enjoying the view before dinner

This afternoon we were treated with a rainbow

It looks like the rainbow came right down

to the house

Wow

They'll get the pot of gold

On to tomorrow

PICKING DAY

A FEW FALL DAYS IN THE VINEYARD

Tuesday afternoon I was going to go for a

walk along the ridge

however

Hunter
 the dog 
wanted to follow me

so

I changed my mind

and

walked around the vineyard

and

down to the cliff

A beautiful day in the vineyard

Hunter

Might as well throw in a picture of the dogs

Gwennie on the inside

Hunter and Leroy on the outside

Here is Rosco

Nikki's dog

Now I will take you on my walk

We are getting close to the edge of the cliff

The house is way up there

The ball went everywhere with Hunter

All he wants all day long is to have someone throw the ball for him

Looking down to Okanagan Lake

This particular section of the beach area is for

nude swimmers and sun bathers

The house is coming into view

It was neat to see this little flower

 amongst the clay silt

Picking time

The first of the grapes were taken off

on Wednesday

The grapes peaking through the nets

A beautiful thing!

They are hard at it

The apple orchard across the street was busy too

Joe was taking grapes from one bin to another

to fill one up

Graham's friend Emery was helping out

The bukets have been washed out

The gloves are drying out

We then went over to Ruby Blues

to check on Lyndsay

The grapes are being pressed

Well, that  is the end of the vineyard story!!

Thursday Joe and I picked grapes at Emery and Kathryn's vineyard

Thursday evening we were in Summerland for Beau's hockey

Friday afternoon Summerland again

Friday evening Osoyoos

Today Penticton for Ethan's game

This evening Kelowna for Beau

Sunday morning Ethan's final game

of the tournament in Penticton

Sunday afternoon Beau's final game of the tournament in Summerland

THAT'S ALL FOLKS

MONDAY NIGHT BLOG

We had a total of four hockey games over the weekend

He was down then he was up

Two hockey games for the young boy

They won one and lost one

He's in the box

Saturday he played offence

Sunday he played defence

Sunday afternoon we were back to the Osoyoos arena

He blocked the puck

Can you see it in the air??

Now he is in the net

Seconds to go till the final buzzer

The boys won 3 - 2

The coyotes are doing well

When we were close to home we came

 upon some deer

 Checking out the baby

There were 3 little ones

We were excited to see the mule deer

Soccer in the backyard this afternoon

Good catch

His feet are right off the ground

View from the back deck

What the heck.....having fun

This is the boy!!!

Up up and away

I took a walk down to the shack

Here is the new sink and counter top

that Joe has been working on

He salvaged wood from the old house

Coming up the path from the shack

The vines are still green

Back to soccer

The little guys having a fine time

The new haircut

We are starting the harvest on Wednesday

Will be picking the

Pinot Noir

30 rows

Tomorrow the nets will be

unclipped

We are going to be busy over the next few weeks

There are a total of 159 rows of grapes to be picked

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