One of the trails we like to walk/hike runs through dense agricultural areas with many orchards and grape vines.
I like keeping track of how everything is ripening; right now the peaches are being harvested. The wine grapes will be much later, however, especially depending on whether they will be used for ice wine. If that’s the case, they will remain in the fields until they have been frozen. This will concentrate the resulting juice, producing a very sweet dessert wine.
I don’t know what kind of grapes these are as the rows aren’t labelled but they seem to be doing well.
We recently visited Vancouver. The weather was thankfully cooler and somewhat showery, a very welcome respite from the hot, dry conditions and forest-fire-propelling drought.
It was good to see the clouds clinging to the mountain sides and a moisture-laden canopy.
This gorgeous photo is from Stephen Gingold’s beautiful drive to work. He has many lovely photos posted on his blog; I hope you click on the link above for a visit.
Penticton is one of two cities in the world that is situated between two lakes. (The other is Interlaken, Switzerland.) We live in the north end near Okanagan Lake, but we used to live very near the other lake, Skaha, in the south.
Satellite view.
A recent walk reminded me of the beauties of the smaller Skaha Lake; there was also some relief from smokey air as we had had some rain the night before.
An overcast day with a breeze from the lake. Beach (not beech) trees!
The hibiscus flowers have recently been blooming in great profusion.
Hibiscus “plants” are actually considered to be woody shrubs or small trees; they can grow to three metres (10 feet) or more.
They come in a variety of colours and are also known as “rose mallow” and “rose of Sharon.”
Whatever they’re called, they are beautifully showy and frilly additions to a garden, especially if you are looking for something that will grow to quite a height and perhaps also provide some privacy as well as lovely flowers.
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