Colours of Sept.

We just got home from a rainy, rainy trip to Alberta and the Rocky Mountains. We had a few nice days with new snow on the mountains when the sun came out. I'll post pictures of our trip in up coming posts, but I wanted to squeak in with my colours of Sept.

These three pictures are from Yoho National Park which is in BC and were taken on our way home. Thye aren't really from where I live but they are from my province so I hope they count.

Takkakaw falls

a natural bridge on the kicking horse river

 

the view from our campsite in Yoho

lake revelstoke

This is what the scenery looked like for a lot of our trip. After the hot summer of forest fires, really the rain is welcome.

Since we've come home, the sun and warm temperatures have come back and I managed to get a few fall pictures from our yard.

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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

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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.

Colours of July

July has been very hot and much dryer than normal. The grasslands around Kamloops have quickly become golden.

Thompson River looking west towards Kamloops

 

Our yard is a little oasis in the desert.

Unfortunately, we are getting into wildfire season around here with the dry conditions.

This was the view from the top of our driveway this morning looking towards Kamloops. A 55 hectare fire broke out in the sagebrush covered hills near the area that we live in.

There are a lot of dead pine trees in the area.  The air tankers were on the job first thing this morning and the fire was 80% controlled by afternoon.

visit Sue's blog at Life Looms Large to see more Colours of July from around the world.

Sunday Swimming

It's been really hot here the last few weeks ( 30-35 C.).  We decided to go to Chase beach on Sunday evening for a picnic and swim. Mia discovered floating and had a wonderful time.