Antoon and Merina visit on Aug 20

On August 20, Merina and Antoon came up for a short visit.  Antoon helped do some yard stuff, and Merina did some cleaning inside for us.  Then we popped outside for a group picture... I used the time delay on my camera and plunked it down on the back of dad's car, so I could be in the picture, too.

How does (did) my garden grow....

These pictures show what my garden was up to on August 20th.  To date, (today being Oct 8th, I've picked nearly 20 pears, 4 cucumbers, 1 spaghetti squash, about 20 ripe tomatoes, and today about 40 or so green tomatoes (we had frost last night!), scads of sweet sugar snap peas, 1/2 a dozen cabbages, several handfuls of broccoli and cauliflower, and 1 zucchini.  That doesn't count the berries, cherries and apples of course.

Now I have to look up some recipes for using green tomatoes....

The View from Chapters Viewpoint Restaurant

The view from the Chapters Viewpoint Restaurant in Kamloops is awesome.  Dad, Wim and I had lunch there on August 13th, which is when I took these pictures.

A Naturally Decorated Christmas Tree

There's this tree in Fadear Park, right next to the Community Garden, that has a vine growing through it, making it look like a Christmas Tree!  Very neat... the rest of the trees in the park don't have it.

Barriere's Community Garden in Full Bloom

On August 9th I strolled through the Community Garden in Barriere, and took a bunch of pictures of all the lovely flowers growing there.  They are gorgeous!  I haven't a clue what most of them are called - but who cares when they are so pretty.

The Lynn's drop by for a visit.

Leah and Kevin dropped by for a visit on August 8th with their three boys: Jack, Daniel and Peter.  Jack is the eldest, Daniel in the middle and Peter the youngest.  Leah is Sylvia's oldest daughter and lives in Surrey, B.C.   

A new ceiling fan for Dad's bedroom.

On August 7th, Sylvia and Gary came over to install a new ceiling light and fan for Dad's room.  First the old one had to be taken down, then the pieces for the new one sorted out, and then installed.