My sister (aka Ena) and her husband M visited us in Kelowna a week or so ago… we had a blast going to Elton John. But we also enjoyed some nice down-time playing, chatting, and visiting wineries.Â
Then a few days ago we went to visit my sister in Invermere. The highlights for the girls were, [...]
Continue reading about Kelowna, Invermere and my singing sister
I was worried as summer approached - what hair could I do that would stand up to the sun, days at the beach, sprinklers, etc?
Well, I decided that the swimming would just happen, and not to worry. But I did start making their braids smaller and using more of my secret hair elixer. (Secret told [...]
Well it isn’t the Naramata Bench if you don’t do a little wine tasting, now is it?
We did slip away to see a few wineries… our favourite that we tasted at was La Frenz - everything was good. Somebody there obviously knows what they are doing.  And the prices were great. Kettle Valley had respectable wines… I [...]
Continue reading about Harambee: exploring Naramata wineries
Harambee was a chance for the girls to spend some time with their new and old friends… I found they did more socializing than I did - maybe in future years I’ll get a chance to relax a bit more. But it was neat to see.
Sugar, in typical fashion, hung out with her Swazi friend [...]
My sister came into town last night, (and thanks to my awesome friend T!), we got to go out to see Elton John. This concert sold out in 4 minutes and I was one of the frustrated people who didn’t get tickets… but somehow T did. And she sold them to me at the last [...]
I thought I would break up the pictures from our week at Harambee thematically, instead of by day or something. After all, it was a jam-packed week of activities, friends, learning and winetasting!
For those of you who don’t know, Harambee is a family camp in its 16th year, for families with children of African heritage. [...]
Continue reading about Harambee: drumming, dancing and storytelling
These guys crack me up. You can see what drumming lessons for a week, two tiny guitars, mixed with a little artistic licence, does.
It is an 11 minute video… but enjoyable for family and friends with time to kill!
If you are wondering - yes, Sugar does have a black eye. It’s going down now, thank goodness. [...]
My frind L asked me to post some pictures of my gardens this year. Here you go, my friend. Sure beats the hell out of Calgary for growing, lol. I think you still had snow when these pics were taken.
The homestead. Notice how much the front gardens have grown in since just planting them last [...]
I have been following Darrell and Jess’s lovely story about their twins from Ghana for over a year now. It broke my heart to read a few weeks ago that they had, after 6 months in country with their babes and passing Ghanaian court, returned home with empty arms. Mary and Martha, those lovely little girls, [...]
Jrock’s parents popped by for a 5 day visit the last week of June… and yes, I’m only posting about it now! (But you can see the garden in the background and in my next post you’ll be wowed at the difference 2 weeks of heat makes.)
We had a nice visit - going soccer games and Elysium [...]
Continue reading about Granny and Grandad enjoy the Okanagan
Shortly after we brought the girls home from Ethiopia, we took them to get a flourisde treatment. The dental hygenist told us “they both have cavities!” Yikes.
So three dentist apointments later, the “chompers” as the dentist calls them, are all fixed. The first visit was just that, a visit. The second one, both girls got [...]
