We had a little sun yesterday. What a treat!

But we had to enjoy it because we’re back to the overcast again (and maybe some colder temperatures for a couple of days, too).
Happy Thursday.
We had a little sun yesterday. What a treat!

But we had to enjoy it because we’re back to the overcast again (and maybe some colder temperatures for a couple of days, too).
Happy Thursday.
Two enormous storms are sweeping across the Pacific and are hitting British Columbia’s northern coast, Vancouver Island and lower mainland with a huge force of wind and rain. They are even reaching into the interior. At the higher elevations, the rain is actually snow, and it is coming down in huge amounts. Here in our deep valley, we are seemingly escaping the worst of it, but we did get a little snow yesterday.

Once there’s snow, our resident duck flock is more reliant on food provided for them and as soon as they saw us heading their way, they lost no time in mobbing my M who started scattering some yummies for them.


It doesn’t take long for them to devour a large bag of quinoa, especially when it’s cold.

We did get some snow collection over night but much of it melted today.
Happy Wednesday.

der Blick vom Unger auf Lilienstein & Co.
Vor Sonnenuntergang
“Before Sunset” – a beautiful pre-sunset photo from Radelnder uHu.
The City of Penticton always puts on a light show during December, and this year added a tunnel.

The tunnel proved to be very popular, especially with children, and so it was decided that it should stay until the end of January.

Given how grey, rainy and overcast it has been – and as of today including a little snow – I agree with the city’s decision. These pretty lights are definitely a little mood booster.

Apparently we will be getting our rain back tomorrow but according to the weather gods, we are supposed to get SUN on Wednesday. Fingers crossed.
Happy Tuesday.
I think autumn is my favourite season – although when summer comes along, I love it, too – because of how comfortably warm, wind-still and beautiful it can be with all the colours. Given how rainy and overcast it has been here, it’s nice to look back as a reminder of what we have coming up.





Happy Monday.

My photos in this continuing set of series depict our beautiful world in the hope of encouraging viewers to share them and help save our unique home …
#ScenicSaturday 6th January 2024
A beautiful capture of the River Wye from Stuart Aken. You can see many more of Stuart’s stunning landscape photos by visiting his blog.
Our days are quite short right now, a situation that’s exacerbated because it’s overcast and we’re in a deep valley.

This geography produces beautiful shadows and lake reflections, though. Another advantage is that so far, the snow hasn’t reached us down here!
Happy Sunday.
The vines are sleeping …

… dreaming of plump grapes, green leaves …

… and sunny days. They will soon be back.
Happy Saturday.
Today is the last of the 12 days of Christmas (nope, there won’t be any singing!) and therefore the last of my seasonal poinsettia pictures.

If you observe, I hope you had a lovely winter break and that 2024 is good to you. Until next year.

Alisan (Mount Ali) in central Taiwan is known for the giant cypress trees, train ride to see famous sunrise/sunset and sea of cloud and with numerous…
Alisan National Scenic Area 阿里山國家風景區
Beautiful photos of mountains in central Taiwan from Stephen Hung. He has many more stunningly gorgeous photos on his blog.