The Boys…

One of their favourite spots after a hectic mad chase round the apartment….

We’ve aquired a new kitten. Merlin. He and the rest of his litter were found in a box, covered with rubbish, waiting for the rubbish men. What some people can bring themselves to do never ceases to amaze me. I mean, let the [...]

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Halloween, ‘09….

A bit late, I know, but I’ve only just got round to uploading from the camera…. so…, er…..
This, I think, is The New Munsters….

I have no idea, don’t ask….

Oh, the larks we have, eh….
Tags: Halloween, Holidays, British Columbia, Canada, Okanagan

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The Chief Tomat Talent Show 2009….

Finally, it’s been long enough in coming….

Back before the summer break, Miss did her Talent Show performance, regular readers will recall.
She’s even in the process of sorting out her web TV channel over at YouTube. A proper site is coming. It’s been added to the list of things for me to [...]

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Watching and Waiting….

The school summer holidays have finally come to and end….
We are entering a “new era”, as they say. Sam is moving up to the middle school now, his first year. His friends in the UK have already had a year at secondary school, I think. So, once again, he’s the new boy…. Holly is excited [...]

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Tomatos…

At last, some produce from the garden….

The “Tiger Tommies” are especially good!
It took some chicken manure from the new neighbour to kick the damn things into gear, and since surrounding the bases of the plants, they’ve gone into overdrive. Even the pepper plant is entering “warp speed”! The soil clearly needs a bit more than [...]

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Video Evidence….

Oh my….
Just found this after being told it’s “out there”….

Tags: Westside Daze, Westbank, West Kelowna, Tusk, Fleetwood Mac, Okanagan, British Columbia, Canada

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Time To Ditch Your Cell Phone?….

One of the peeves here in Canada, for me and a few others by the sound of it, are cell phones and their ludicrously high costs. I may have a solution….
I’ve looked on the web and seen a few people doing it, so it may be a go-er. If so, it’s going to make telephone [...]

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Here We Go Again….

Just when I thought I’d be blogging about something new, the Terrace Mountain fire has flared up again….

As we sat on the beach in Peachland, I saw an odd cloud appear over the mountain, a familiar looking thing, out of place, as the sky as far as could be seen up and down the Okanagan [...]

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A fireman, says….

Just had an email and comment, from a fireman….
I thought my readers would like to see what he says;
im battling up in rose valley and fintry as of this whole going on with the wildfires umm 40 % contained in glenrosa tryna tackle rose valley but steep terrain is keeping us at bay as we [...]

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West Kelowna Glenrosa & Rose Valley Fire, Day 3…

We’re heading into the 3rd afternoon….
I may have to eat my words. There was a calm over West Kelowna earlier this morning, as I said, things ticking over as normal, well, as normal as can be expected. People were heading off to work, if they’d been evacuated, in the clothes they were evacuated in and [...]

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