More Rain!

The storm that passed a couple of days ago was quickly followed by another. I was awakened in the night to what sounded like a freight train outside my window, but turned out to be pounding rain and shrieking wind.

Earlier in the evening, I took a shot of an underlit tree with the rain pouring around it. With the addition of some soap an outside shower would have been completely possible!

On the beach, Poseidon and Triton were whipping up some oceanic discontent. We didn’t stay long and were happy to go inside before the worst came barrelling through!

Happy Monday.

After the Storm

The storm that passed by us dropping a lot of rain and whipping up the wind has continued on out to sea. It has left a disturbed ocean, however.

This photo doesn’t really do them justice, but these waves were quite high.

The red do-not-swim warning flags were out everywhere, but lots of people were going in the water anyway. The waves coming up on the beach were definitely powerful enough to knock down children or anyone who’s a bit unsteady. We took a long walk on the beach but didn’t swim.

Happy Sunday.

Week of Flowers – Day 7

Over the past week, Cathy at Words and Herbs encouraged people to post flower photos to help chase away the winter blahs, but since all good things come to an end, today is the last one of the series.

I’m not much of a joiner when it comes to blogging challenges, but this has been fun, and especially seeing the posts from other participants. So thank you to Cathy for this great idea and also to Jude from Cornwall in Colours through whom I first discovered the challenge.

Today I’m posting a number of favourite flower photos from May, June and July – good memories of summer.

May azaleas.
June geraniums.
Pretty in pink June roses.
July daisies.

And last but not least …

… July ice cream roses.

Happy summer memories – it will soon be back.

Week of Flowers – Day 6

Cathy at Words and Herbs is encouraging people to post flower photos for a week to help chase away the winter doldrums.

My contribution today is lavender and lilies; the photos were taken in July in the garden of the Naramata Inn, a heritage hotel that has retained its charm (and fabulous restaurant). I can still smell the scent of both in the hot summer weather.

Do you see the bees?
A beautiful (and busy) lavender bee. I find the sound of them almost soporific.
The scent from this stargazer lily was heady.

And for good measure, nearby …

… there was a lovely snowball hydrangea.

If you would like to contribute your own flower photos, please do!

Happy flower week.

Week of Flowers – Day 5

Cathy at Words and Herbs is encouraging people to post flower pictures as a way of escaping, even only for a few moments, the winter doldrums.

Today’s contribution comes from last August when I found these cornflowers growing in one of the city’s flower beds.

I love this shade of blue – so pretty.

Happy flower week. 🌸

Sometimes, life is like that.