Winter is coming to a place near you if you are in a place
like Vernon. There was frost on
the grass this morning when I left the house to meet Lusia for a swim at the
rec. centre. I was happy to spend
the first 20 minutes in the sauna.
That’s what I really go for.
Then I swim a bit and have a steam bath. Lusia and I turn the shower room into a jimhillbong scrub
house, rubbing our skin with rough gloves and then we go for a good strong
coffee. Not a bad way to spend a
chilly fall morning.
I’m almost ready for winter, big winter quilt on the bed,
warm winter clothes in the cupboard and the yard weeded and fertilized. I have appointments for winter tune ups
of the furnace, fireplace and car as well as a doctor’s appointment for me, so
by the end of next week I will be ready to take off again at a moment’s notice.
Mom and dad sounded desperate last Monday when we talked on the phone but by
Thursday after mom’s doctors’ appointments they were relieved and in better
spirits. I don’t know what will happen
tomorrow.
I missed the salmon run on the Adams River when I first got
to Vernon. It’s a four-year cycle,
so this year was another big run.
I went with Mo and her friends to catch one of the last days. It was impressive, but as many of the
fish had already finished their mating and died, the shore was littered with
what was left of them, almost as numerous as leaves and they stank. The Sunday hike in Kal Park was the
last one of the season; we saw snow on the distant hills. We have a last Ramble tomorrow and bike
ride on Thursday. The next outing will be to Sovereign Lake or Silver Star to
ski. On Sat. we “fall back”, so I
will be rising at 6am to Skype with Jay on Monday. The seasons turn.
Happy Hallowe’en.
Jay and me posing as hollow-cheeked celebs
Salmon mating on the Adams River
An enthusiastic biologist explaining salmon anatomy
Wandering over the grassy hills of Kalamalka Lake Provincial Park
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