The Nights Before Christmas

December 23, 2019

Of the many thing that people do when they are RVing is putting up with long winter nights. As we get older we can go to bed earlier. We are even eating supper/dinner earlier. The sun goes down and it gets dark by 4:00 pm so the meal is put out and the dishes are cleaned by 5:00 pm. The evening is a routine of checking the computer for emails, looking at Facebook, and Twitter something the has been done all day but there might be the one you have missed. So you check again. Then enough is enough and you swivel your chair toward the TV and recorded movies.

This year going into Christmas and Hanuka I recorded multiple "Scrooge" movies made from 1935 to 1997.

So here are the ones that I found on YouTube. There are most likely many many more. That is not a reference to the TV ad for records sold in the 70s and 80s. where the audio would say the recording artists and Many More. I never heard song by Mini More.

The oldest one I found was Scrooge 1937 Staring Seymour Hicks.

Then Scrooge 1951 staring Alastair Sim.

Next was Scrooge 1970 Staring Albert Finney.

Followed by A Christmas Carol 1984 staring George C. Scott.

This was a new twist An American Christmas Carol staring Henry Winkler.

In 1997 A Christmas Carol animation movie was done. With a long list of recognizable actors who lent the voices to the traditional Charles Dickens characters. 

Over the years I have followed a few cartoons in newspapers and are now found on the internet. Garfield and the spider was one of my favorites.

  

A Merry Christmas and a Happy Hanukkah 

           

Signs of Fall

 October 10, 2019

A visit to the local Fruit Stand in the fall has a lasting effect on your creativity. All the produce they have on display is a feast for the imagination.

Stacks and stacks of pumpkins, gourds and some things you don't even know the names for. Inside is a Wurlitzer in the corner waiting patiently to play.

Out in the yard there are old wagon wheels holding pumpkins in spokes. 

Wagons filled to the brim for a good view of the best one. 

Even ones that are still a bit green.

The older vehicles which are there all year every year are decorated to draw customers in from the highway. The one below I let my creative juices flow and with some computer wizardry made an image I named "Gourd Nash".

So have a wonderfully creative Thanksgiving. A let those juices flow.     

Remember to "Discover It and Live It".

Fall Colours

Saturday Morning

Up early to catch the sunrise at different locations. The park had low hanging clouds.

Driving north I had to cross over the river canal before heading north again on the east side of the valley.

When I arrived at Area 27 the sun had just come over the east ridge and was bathing the west side in a warm glow of light.

I then drove north to Covert Farms and turned left to see what fall colours I could find.

 There were places where yellow was the predominant colour with a background of green.

 Some of the older wood fences were covered in a feathery moss.

One horse had a paddock to it's self.

Other fenced in areas were left quiet in the morning sun.

Looking down and back to the valley where I had started.

So until next time remember to "Discover It and Live It"

The Grist Mill

A day in the country is better than a holiday. We packed a lunch and headed west on Highway 3. The weather was iffy and could turn to rain or the sun could come out, either way it was still a day in the country.

Just before Keremeos there was a road sign that read "Visit The Grist Mill and Gardens". We hadn't been there before so it would be an adventure.

The Mill was beautifully on its way to a great restoration with tools of the past on display.

Other things that caught the eye were hollowed out gourds fill with pine cones.

This could be a new crop of gourds to be harvested in the fall. 

All and all a grate day in the country.

Until next time remember to "Discover It and Live It".

Spring A Long

March 27, 2019

I do apologize for not posting here more often. If this is the first time you have visited our site, please be brave enough to look at some of the past posts.

We have stopped hauling the TT to new locations so don't have new things to tell you about on a regular basis. We seem to post more stories and pictures on Facebook than any where else.

Today I thought I would show you what I am excited about. The sun is out more often and there are things around us that are loving it as well.

The lake still has some ice on it, but the shoreline is enjoying the warmth of the spring sun.

So until next time remember "Discover It and Live It".