Colours of Oct.

I'm really late getting my photos for Oct. up, but we have had such a beautiful Oct. that I didn't want to miss posting. It's been really fun sharing photos from around the world with Life Looms Large blog http://lifeloomslarge.blogspot.com/ .    This is the last month for this project and I will miss it.

Here are some pictures from our yard in Kamloops in Oct.

Beautiful golden grasslands in the Nicola Valley in October.

Playing with Fire , Oct 30

This is the next craft show I will be participating in. I've been busy trying to get ready for this sale in the middle of my busy, busy fall. I will have some pictures  to post of work I've been doing in a couple of days.

It's a great sale, lots of new vendors every year. Some of them come from different parts of the province which is always exciting I think. All the artisans are asked by invitation only and we try to keep the quality high.

Playing with Fire

Penticton trip

the Nicola valley grasslands on the way to Penticton

We made a quick trip to Penticton on the Friday and Saturday before Thansgiving. We arrived home from Victoria and 8:30 pm and got up at 6:30 the next morning to leave. We had to go meet with the real estate agent and finalize putting my Dad's house on the market. We have spent all summer getting him moved into first complex care and then assissted living and coming to terms with his dementia. We are all hopeful that the house will sell quickly and that things will settle down soon.

                                                a fruit stand in Keremeos on our way home

Victoria Trip

On the Wednesday and Thursday before Thanksgiving, we had to take a quick trip to Victoria for Rick's job. He was celebrating 30 yrs of service with a free trip and  dinner at government house. It was a fun, but very quick trip. It took us 8 hours to get there , with the ferry trip included,  and we found it quite a lot of driving to turn around and drive home the next  day. We had family commitments in Penticton on Friday and couldn't extend our Victoria trip by another day. The weather was beautiful for the trip over and we had a great time.

 Coquihalla highway, driving through the mountains

BC Ferry slip at Tsawwassen. The city of Vancouver is in the distance.

Mt. Baker, Washington from the ferry.

the hotel in Victoria

BC's parliament buildings from our hotel balcony

 foggy day on the way home

Happy Birthday Auntie Katie

Katie's birthday was on the 13th of Oct.

Thanksgiving Geocaching

We had a fun afternoon on Monday doing some kid friendly caches in the local parks while the turkey cooked!

Oct. Fun

We are having a busy, busy month including some babywitting days. This was a sunny Saturday at the local wildlife park with the girls. Katie came along to help and have fun!