It’s lovely to see that the adorable little black-capped chickadees are out and about flying from branch to branch in their elegant, undulating fashion.

Happy Tuesday.
It’s lovely to see that the adorable little black-capped chickadees are out and about flying from branch to branch in their elegant, undulating fashion.

Happy Tuesday.
Since we have become warmer, we have been experiencing some dramatic and interesting cloud formations. This is a good example of how wintry blue the skies over Okanagan Lake can appear.

Happy Sunday.
Our local duck flock has gathered in their favourite creek to rest and sleep.

There was some sleepy chatting, but mostly there was a lot of settling and snoozing.

Well fed and comfortable, they seemed to be doing well.
Happy Saturday.
We had a rainy day but the evening skies were beautiful with cloud striations and a nascent sunset partially obscured by overcast.


Happy Thursday.

Happy Saturday; happy weekend.
Fortunately, our cold snap is supposed to disappear by Monday or Tuesday, but it has brought along with it some clear days and nights.

A night walk produced this scene.
Happy Saturday; happy weekend.
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.
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.
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.