Colours of August

peaches,gala apples, tomatoes, flowers from our garden

We are finally having a beautiful, sunny day with no smoke in the valley. The forest fires in the Cariboo have been so bad this month, that we've had very smoky days and a lot of air quality advisories.

Our garden and fruit trees have been doing super well with out much attention from us.

We've been driving back and forth to Penticton a lot this summer, trying to get my 85 yr old father settled in a care home and then an assisted living facility.  So far this week things are going well in Penticton and we are at home getting ready to go on vacation for 3 weeks.

The Kamloops area has had enough moisture this summer to keep the grasslands a bit green and to keep us from having bad forest fires in the immediate area. The grass is starting to turn golden now at the end of Aug. and the river level is starting to drop.

hills from Barnhartvale, looking north

Thompson river at dusk

golden grass on an evening walk

moon, sunset Aug 22

Go to  lifeloomslarge  to see more colours of August from around the world.

Smoke in Aug.

This is what the Nicola valley looked like at 8:30 in the morning on Tuesday when I was driving to Penticton. Our province has 400 wildfires burning this year and the smoke from the largest fires is filling up the valleys even a long distance away.

Pelicans come to fish on Stump lake in the summer but they don't breed here. There is only one lake in the province where they breed and it is currently surrounded by a forest fire.

High Counrty Pottery Sale

I'm a permanent invited guest each summer at the High Country Pottery Sale in Sorrento, BC. It's always a busy and fun sale to do. I didn't get any shots of the hall or the crowds because it was super busy all day. I sold lots of weaving, including my new puff poncho like the one I made Corrie and lots of cards and landscapes. Everyone always does really well and has a good time.

High Country Pottery

Sorrento

Work from July

These are some purses I made last week from rag fabric that I had previously woven.  These were getting ready for the sale at Sorrento that I participated in on July 31 and Aug 1. I didn't have time to get postings done last week as I was scrambling to be ready. The sale at Sorrento is fantastic.   Not only are there lots of tourists and cottage owners staying at the Shuswap, the hall is right on the Trans-Canada Highway and we get a lot of people travelling through who decide to stop and shop.