life in the Okanagan Valley
Saw another deer today. Almost ran it down. It was sleeping by the side of the road and as the truck approached it decided to jump up (that's when I saw it) but thankfully it ran beside the truck instead of crossing in front.
And I saw several magpies. And a couple quail. But no pheasants today.
Such is life in the Okanagan Valley.
And it is warm. 30 Celcius yesterday, 32 today. And we are supposed to reach 40 by the end of the week. But it is a dry heat and I handle it very well even when working hard in the sun. And I am getting a nice tan. A farmer's tan though. Mostly face and arms. But if I find some spare time I will bare the rest of the body to some rays and get brown all over.
We have moved lots of our stuff, with my pickup truck and my Dad's van, from storage on the first weekend here and will move most of the rest, the heaviest and biggest items, with a rental truck this weekend.
We have also started renovations to a few bedrooms. New carpet and we will be painting them soon (backwards ... I know ... but we will make do with drop sheets ... we had to put the furniture somewhere). Soon we will put the order in for the hardwood for the living/dining room, hall and master bedroom. My vote is for the custom made wide plank white oak. Lightly stained and oiled. Very beautiful and a little expensive but well worth the investment.
Working with my Dad is fun. We worked yesterday and today. Tomorrow and the next day we are doing a large job and we will take Friday off to make a long weekend. It feels good to do physical work on a regular basis.
My Mom has sold both her internet job center businesses. One deal is all done and the other is in the transition/consulting phase. Her workload is halved for now and soon she will be carefree as far as work goes. She is enjoying the lighter workload and the free time to putter around the house and yard.
The dog is doing okay. She is enjoying her new surrounding and the new things to smell. She buried a piece of kibble in a flower bed a couple days ago. The neighbours on both sides have 2 dog each so she has lots of diggie company even if relations are a little strained due to her need to be a top dog. Despite her advancing years she is still an imposing figure but it loses it's edge when her feebleness causes her to stumble and have a hard time getting up during a display of doggy daring do.
My sister was up here to visit for the first four days in the new house. It was nice to have a longer visit with her even if most of our time was spent moving boxes and furniture. We had some good laughs. She didn't handle the heat well. Blamed everything that went wrong on sunstroke and spent most of her time inside unpacking boxes and enjoying the air conditioning.
A friend of my parents has informally adopted me as a grandson and is making plans to take me hunting for deer and fishing for trout soon. There are over a hundred lakes within a couple hours drive from here so the fishing is plentiful.
And I saw several magpies. And a couple quail. But no pheasants today.
Such is life in the Okanagan Valley.
And it is warm. 30 Celcius yesterday, 32 today. And we are supposed to reach 40 by the end of the week. But it is a dry heat and I handle it very well even when working hard in the sun. And I am getting a nice tan. A farmer's tan though. Mostly face and arms. But if I find some spare time I will bare the rest of the body to some rays and get brown all over.
We have moved lots of our stuff, with my pickup truck and my Dad's van, from storage on the first weekend here and will move most of the rest, the heaviest and biggest items, with a rental truck this weekend.
We have also started renovations to a few bedrooms. New carpet and we will be painting them soon (backwards ... I know ... but we will make do with drop sheets ... we had to put the furniture somewhere). Soon we will put the order in for the hardwood for the living/dining room, hall and master bedroom. My vote is for the custom made wide plank white oak. Lightly stained and oiled. Very beautiful and a little expensive but well worth the investment.
Working with my Dad is fun. We worked yesterday and today. Tomorrow and the next day we are doing a large job and we will take Friday off to make a long weekend. It feels good to do physical work on a regular basis.
My Mom has sold both her internet job center businesses. One deal is all done and the other is in the transition/consulting phase. Her workload is halved for now and soon she will be carefree as far as work goes. She is enjoying the lighter workload and the free time to putter around the house and yard.
The dog is doing okay. She is enjoying her new surrounding and the new things to smell. She buried a piece of kibble in a flower bed a couple days ago. The neighbours on both sides have 2 dog each so she has lots of diggie company even if relations are a little strained due to her need to be a top dog. Despite her advancing years she is still an imposing figure but it loses it's edge when her feebleness causes her to stumble and have a hard time getting up during a display of doggy daring do.
My sister was up here to visit for the first four days in the new house. It was nice to have a longer visit with her even if most of our time was spent moving boxes and furniture. We had some good laughs. She didn't handle the heat well. Blamed everything that went wrong on sunstroke and spent most of her time inside unpacking boxes and enjoying the air conditioning.
A friend of my parents has informally adopted me as a grandson and is making plans to take me hunting for deer and fishing for trout soon. There are over a hundred lakes within a couple hours drive from here so the fishing is plentiful.
posted by braverdave at 10:08 PM
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