Again it’s a hot Tuesday in the Okanagan, but not hot enough
to keep us inside this week. One
of the women I bike with lives in Armstrong, a small town north east of
Vernon. We met at her place about
8:45am this morning because her car has broken down so she couldn’t join us
anywhere else. We biked from
there. As usual we did about 35 km
on rolling back roads. My arm has
improved so much that I’m sure I could handle more difficult rides now, but I
really enjoy the company of this group of women and I don’t have to get myself
strong for the fall bike trip this year because it’s in Sept., when I will be
in Korea. Armstrong is in a
beautiful wide valley. The roads
are paved and roll through fields of corn, hay, grains I don’t know the names
of, market gardens and even huge herb gardens. At one point, the smell of oregano combined with that of the
clover on the side of the road to create a perfume that made me want to breath
deeply and never stop. Of course
we passed through other less pleasant country smells too, especially at the
point where a farmer was spraying liquid manure on his fields using an
irrigation sprinkler that shot the putrid yellowish stuff in a vast circle.
Miriam and I
are going to go for a swim at Jane’s again later today. The water in Lake Okanagan is really
warm; Jane didn’t think so last week, but Miriam and I swam for quite a long
time. The only time you felt cold
water was if you dove deep.
I walked down to the Town Theatre last evening to watch
‘Love is all you need’ with Pierce Brosnan. He was certainly better in it than he was in ‘Mama
Mia’. I looked up the movie when I
got home and discovered that the title in Danish is ‘The Bald
Hairdresser’. The actress,
Trine Dyrholm who played the hairdresser was excellent, and the two titles
together give an idea of the jumble of romantic jocoseriousness to expect.
The lazy, hazy, not much of the crazy left, days of summer
are here. I look forward to
visiting mom, dad, Barbara and Terry next week in Victoria.
Otter Lake near Armstrong
Otter Lake
Resting under a willow on the shore of Otter Lake
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