Family Day in BC

Our second week together begins appropriately with Family Day in BC. The girls got up admirably early, and after breakfast, we all walked over to the Vernon Farmers' Market where we bought an enormous cabbage, spinach, corn on the cob and samosas. We've just finished a great lunch of rice, May's chicken curry, samosas that Jay thought were too potatoey and spinach salad. They are going to drive to Kal Park for a hike and swim, but I'm staying at home for a quiet afternoon. I went for a long hike to Twin Lakes in The Monashees with the VOC yesterday and my legs need a rest. 

The weather in the Okanagan continues to be hot and dry. Even some of the leaves on the big maple and horse chestnut trees in the back yard are starting to yellow, wither and fall off. Jay has been doing a lot of pruning that had to be done anyway , but I'm hoping it will also lessen the load on the stressed system. As for the cedars I so rashly planted, as soon as I moved in, I'm watering them regularly. I've lost three small junipers that I planted this spring. I was so thirsty myself this Friday evening as I walked directly into the sun down 30th Ave. at the outdoor downtown market that I accepted a chilled bottle of water from our Conservative candidate. He seemed like a pleasant person and his idea of getting people's attention with cool water was brilliant, but I will never vote for the 'Harper Conservatives'.

The gang at the market. 

May with some local Alpacas.