Commentary, nature, Photography

A Four Leaf Clover

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Four leaf clovers only occur about once in 10,000 clovers, so finding one really is quite lucky. Here’s a picture of one from several years ago; it was subsequently framed and kept in a prominent location.

I’m not a believer in horse shoe luck or four leaf clover luck or ladybug luck. But if anyone needs luck right now it’s the people who have lost homes, possessions, neighbourhoods and in some cases, entire communities to these raging fires that are afflicting this country. The other group that needs luck are the fire fighters and their supporters. Here in the Okanagan they are often doing 40 hour shifts under the most extremely trying and difficult circumstances.

Thank you, good luck and stay safe, everyone. 🍀

food, nature, Photography

Late Summer Bounty

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We are beginning to come into the season of plenty; that crossover from summer to autumn when fruit, in particular, is plentiful. Veggies will be a bit later but we’re starting to get some of those, too.

A bowl of peaches, plums and greengages, including flat or Saturn peaches.
Ready-to-be-picked plums.
Ready-to-eat apricots.

Such deliciousness! Happy Sunday.

nature, Photography

Rosy Roses

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One of things I love about summer is seeing all the various types of roses, blooming away in splendid profusion. There are so many, many of them, from the elegant to the plain, and all of them very lovely in their own way.

Spring ones.
Sophisticated ones.
Romantic red ones.
Baby pink ones.
Sunny yellow ones.
Wild ones.

Aren’t they great? I hope your weekend is rosy.

Commentary, nature, Photography

A Sky Wish

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We have smoky skies right now because of another fire, but it’s nothing like the smoke, embers, and fires many others in this country are presently facing: evacuations, air rescues and lifts, loss of homes and possessions, appalling environmental damage … all I can say in the positive is that at least no one has been hurt.

Right now, Canada is facing its worse fire season in recorded history. We’re the second-largest country in the world (after Russia), almost half of that expanse is forest, and a lot of it is presently on fire. So far, an area the size of Portugal has already burned.

There are so many fires that they have to be triaged; in other words, the most threatening to human life and property get the most attention. While many fire fighters from around the world have selflessly come to help, there aren’t enough in the world to deal with all these fires; a sad and wrenching fact.

I hope the many fires we are experiencing throughout the country are soon extinguished, especially in the Northwest Territories where the damage has been extreme and the threat is still very present. Yellowknife, the capital, is now being evacuated.

Right now we need a lot of this …

followed by a lot of this …

Wish us luck. 🍀

Sometimes, life is like that.