I will be intensely busy at work over the next week or so and won't be posting. I will still be stopping by but my comments may be limited as well. A beautiful August vineyard in the Okanagan ValleyHappy Tuesday and have a great weekend. 🙂
Tag: British Columbia
Green Growing
The vineyards of the Okanagan Valley are verdant and blowsy with green growing ... ... and green globular wine grapes, tight with juice and flavour ... ... unless they're red. 🙂 Most of them will soon be ready for plucking. They will become lots of types of wine, both precious and humble, and everything in…
At the End of the Day
At the end of the day, after all the beach- dwelling people have wandered off, sunburnt and tired, the ducks reclaim their rightful place and the geese return. The lake becomes itself once more. 🙂
Serene
This is Skaha Lake in the Okanagan Valley of British Columbia. I spent a lot of time there while on summer holidays. It is very serene ... ... and placid. Soothing and relaxing and exactly what water and sun and fresh air and nature can do for a tired human being. A beautiful day in…
Pink
I think these lovely flowers are miniature petunias, but I'm not sure. Aren't they pretty? So fresh and bright. 🙂
Hello Duckies
There is a large park and a lake with a nice beach near our home in the Okanagan Valley. There are lots of ducks looking for snacks there and they sometimes follow you around. These three were persistent. I don't don't feed them because there is lots of regular duck food available and it's much…
Hello Rosie!
We recently had dinner at a lovely winery called Kismet.Really nice Indian food accompanied by Kismet's wines. These were great matches which is a bit of challenge with spicier foods as the wine can be overwhelmed. We were also treated to their pretty rose garden. And one more rosie. Skol from the Okanagan Valley. 🙂
Towering Hibiscus
The towering hibiscus bushes are in full bloom right now. Many of them are three metres (10 feet) or more tall. Originally from Korea, and in fact the national flower of Korea, these bushes are now a part of many gardens and parks here in the Okanagan. In the United States they are known as…
Cirrus Clouds
A couple of days ago, I saw these rather spectacular cirrus clouds, or horsetails, as I called them when I was a child. Cirrus clouds are usually very high, between 5 and 25 kilometres (3 - 9 miles) above the ground. They often indicate the arrival of a front, or in the tropics, the possibility…
Stopping by Vineyard on a Summer Day
Recently, we stopped at the Nk'Mip Vineyard on a very hot summer day to have a bite, some water, and a glass of wine. This bottle only had water, but it was lovely on a parched throat as we drank in the beautiful vista and waited for lunch. Greetings from the ripening wine grapes of…
