We picked up a cold or something somewhere and have been suffering for a few days. Aileen was coughing one day and the next morning I woke with a sore throat. It seems strange but we don't have all the same symptoms. She coughs, I sneeze. I have to blow my nose many times more than she does. I haven't been out the door since Sunday except to put the garbage out Monday morning. It doesn't help that we are now in a cold snap with highs of -6C the past couple days and with a stiff wind the whole time. It was -10C this morning. Glorious sunny day currently but I can only look out at it. It's been a few days since I had my camera out but I found a few photos from a few days prior than I will post here. Aileen helped me take down my print display at the Senior's Centre on Saturday. On Sunday I installed eight prints in our clubhouse at the request of the social committee. I will rotate others through monthly if that works out.
Wednesday, February 5, 2025
GREETINGS FROM THE SICK BAY.
Saturday, February 1, 2025
GREAT WEATHER FOR FEBRUARY 1!
While the Coast and Vancouver Island were experiencing snowy weather, we had some gorgeous blue skies this morning. I have had a display of 36 of my framed prints at the Oliver Senior's Centre for the month of January and received many compliments. I brought the prints home today and will be displaying a few at a time in our clubhouse for the next while.
Wednesday, January 29, 2025
A FEW RECENT PHOTOS.
It's been pretty quiet the past few days but we had a nice visit from Ian and Wendy Clay yesterday. They were camera club and hiking friends in Salmon Arm and now live in Victoria. It's been two years since their last visit and they showed us some great travel images from their recent visits to Africa and Europe. It was fun to have someone visit and engage in photo speak! We took them for a little drive to our usual spots and I able to show Ian the iconic vineyard photo area that he had long wanted to find. We managed to find a few sheep and deer for them too.
Saturday, January 25, 2025
WE WENT FOR A LITTLE DRIVE IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD THIS MORNING.
We didn't get more than five miles from home but we were a couple hours doing it. We saw a good sized group of sheep in one spot, all ewes and lambs and a ram in another spot. I didn't take any photos of them but I did capture some Golden Eagles. I often wonder if I'm taking photos of Golden Eagle or immature Bald Eagles but there was no difficulty in deciding today as their golden cape was visible.
With our colder nights recently, ice has built up enough on Vaseux Lake for some people to go play out on the ice. Not sure how wise that is as there is still quite a bit of open water in places.
Wednesday, January 22, 2025
OUR TEMPERATURE SUDDENLY DROPPED TO -8C (16F)
This caused our creek to freeze completely the day before yesterday so I crawled down the bank to capture what you are about to see. Then yesterday it warmed up above freezing so the creek started running again but on top of the ice so all my creations disappeared. This morning we are back to -8 again so the creek will be transformed once again.