Weekend free of smoke.....

It has been such an unusual spring and now

summer here in the

Okanagan.

First we had the wettest spring on record with some of

the most serious flooding this area has seen.

Right after that, the fire season started with high tempetures and strong winds.

The summer months where filled with hot smokey days.

77 days without rain.

To celebrate one of the clear days we had over the weekend,

we drove the WestSide Road, up to Vernon and

had a lovely picnic along the way.

You definitely can feel that fall is in the air.

I celebrated my 68th birthday on the 13.

How blessed I feel to be so healthy and happy.

Always a bittersweet day for me as I was born 2 days after my

Mom's 25th birthday.

I miss her each day.

 

 

Grade 2

In order to be a dolphin trainer,

you need at least as BSc.

It looks at this point she is

following in her Dad's footsteps.

Who knows what she will want to do by the time she is in Grade 12.

I hope you have a really good

Grade 2 Claire!

 

 

A busy little girl...

She's busy being a kid.

Doing what little girls do, she's growing up.

I was there for her first day back to school.

She only had 1 hour of classtime, back in her grade one room.

Next week she will be full time in her grade 2/3 split.

I will see her again in October before we leave for

our time away in Thailand.

 

Fall is here..

It's been a busy but totally wonderful week!

Nelson, West Kelowna, Port Coquitlam.

I am in Port Coquitlam enjoying one of my last weekends with

Jeremy, Julie and Claire before we had off to Thailand.

It's a ProDay today and Claire and I will be crafting and having fun!

I imagine I will have lots of new photos to share!

 

Dagmar

It seems fall is here...

Cooler tempetures,

rain, leaves falling, grapes being picked,

I think we can say with a degree of confidence that fall is on its way.

It's a beautiful time of the year here in the Okanagan.

September is my favourite month.

My kind and loving mother was born in September 11 - 1924

she died in September 2000.

My son Jeremy is a September baby as well

6 family members have September birthdays.

I was lucky enough to be born 2 days after my mom's

25th birthday on September 13.

So yes, September remains my favourite month of the year.

And as my dear friends know,

I celebrate it all month long!

These wonderful birch paintings were painted

by my talented sister

Caroline Kelly.

One of the loves of my life,

my son Jeremy!

 

Dagmar

Claire in Grade 1

Claire's first two days of school got off to a

rockystart as she was sick.

Maybe a bit of stress, but mostly a cold.

She is now back enjoying her class and new found friends.

 

Hard to believe how tall she has grown in a year!

 

Dagmar

Busy happy Faire...

It was such a fun and busy time at the

Kootenay Chicks Vintage Faire.

Collecting all year paid off.

Not only with all the fun Cindy and I had collecting Pyrex,

as well as all the other "vintage" items we collect,

but all the "stylin" we did to make

our booth look great.

Here are just a few photos of our terrific weekend.

We could have never done it all by ourselves

Cindy and I are the collecting team,

she also enlisted Tim, Darlene, Larry

and I enlisted Jim to help out.

Our thanks to them all.

We have already begun to collect for next year!

Thanks for everything Cindy!

 

Dagmar

We played and crafted....

We sure had a lot of fun.

We crafted, we walked to the garden centre,

she took a lot of photos with her camera.

We bought a wig, we went to Value Village, we thrifted,

oh the fun we had.

At the garden centre.

The banner that we made.

Her former Day Care school.

 

Dagmar

Mini pumpkins.....

I went up to Paynter's Market today

to pick up a few small

pumpkins.

They are just perfect.

I thought my little deer would look cute with them.

Then I put the beaded coyote

that my sister Evelyne gave amongst them.

It just became to be more and more fun,

stylin the pumpkins and my props.

 

Dagmar