Bringing In The New Year

January 1, 2020

Bringing in the New Year with a warm sunny day. 

When the sun comes out in Osoyoos, BC the temperature usually rises. Which is what it did this first day of January.

The day was also very calm. Next to the lake was a sight to behold. 

   

Sitting down and enjoying the view was a good thing to do.

We had a bottle of bubbly that was purchased some time ago. It was less expensive than some on the shelf, actually it was the cheapest I could see in the liquor store. 

As the sun had come out from behind the clouds, it was becoming quite warm. So Lorraine dawned her best summer hat and short pants, Remember this is January 1st., and headed outside to celebrate with the unopened bottle of bubbly. 

    

It just can't get any better than this.

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". 

Visit to Liquidity Wines

My reason for visiting Liquidity Wines was to see the images exhibited in the gallery put on by Photo Ark National Geographic. There were some very interesting shot. One that caught my eye was of a California Condor, I played rugby with a team called the Condors.

Other images were seen in the foreground of the signature view from the bistro.

  

Then looking back toward the building.

 Welcome to Liquidity

After growing and selling award winning grapes to other wineries for the past 20 years they decided it was time to make our own. 

100% of Liquidity wines are estate grown and hand harvested. They use sustainable and time-tested viticultural practices to provide the finest growing environment for their vines. Great wines begin with great grapes. The land of Liquidity Wines is rich in history, just as it’s soils are rich in the perfect minerals to grow a range of varietals. 10,000 years ago, glaciers covered the landscape deposited sand and gravel soils onto the south-facing property, creating the ideal growing conditions for fruits.

Their Tasting Room and Bistro are now OPEN DAILY for the 2018 season. This is what Lorraine had to said.

Her Quote:
While at Liquidity winery I took in the wine tasting. The young lady who did the demo was well educated about wines and taught me a few things, I learned that each wine has a special way of being made which give many different aromas from fruit, Earl Grey Tea, spices, cocoa, and even leather.

Naturally I had to purchase a couple of bottles from the eight available.

The Bistro was elegant and the servers very professional which fitted into the atmosphere of white interior highlighting the National Geographic Photos. The vista - view added to our dinning experience.

After arriving home with Lorraine's two bottles we enjoy time out in the yard.

More about their history can be found here. Liquidity Wines. The liquidity vineyard has soil and aspect comparable to the blue mountain vineyards. Slightly higher in elevation, it also commands excellent views of Vaseux Lake and the mountains beyond. 

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