"Don't Fence Me In!"

One thing leads to another on the computer these days, and today was no different.
I was looking at a nice picture of Cheekpoint on the river Suir 
and it struck me there were some spelling mistakes. Should it have been a Checkpoint on the river Sewer?  No! There is a village called Cheekpoint near Waterford  in Southern Ireland and it is indeed on the river Suir. This led to other place names in Ireland, some familiar from their US counterparts such as Baltimore, others unfamiliar. Quite a few are preceded by the prefix "Bally". Now a Bally is a small division of land in Ireland, called also a Townland, and there are over 6000 named Townlands. At one point the Post Office tried to abolish all Townland names from postal addresses as being superfluous when Postal Codes were introduced, but failed completely in some areas. ( They are from two or three hundred acres up to 7000 acres in size)
They used to have them in England too but they failed to survive. The English words include Vills, Trefs, Towns, Townships, Baileys, and Shires. In the Isle of Man they had Treens.
So many types of land divisions to put fences around! So many fences in the world!
How about Walls next?

Wooden Fence, Metal Gate

Old Fence Corner

Fence Post

Old and New

A very Steep fence!

Here are a few fence pictures to go with today's post. One thing leads to another indeed! Thank you Mary for inspiring this post! This is Mary.
History is not in my baileywick! I usually leave all that to Helene and Alan.....

Election Over!

Finally we are finished! The suspense is over! The world can go back to normal work/fight mode! Barack is Back! The best is yet to come!!

Sides of the Trail

Orchard with Sage Brush

KVR Trail

Fence Posts

The Red Tree

House in the Hills

The Wooden Bridge

Here are a few photos from our walk yesterday on West Bench KVR trail. The weather so far is pleasant and warm and dry for November.

Confusing Events

Talk about getting mixed up in UK between Hallowe'en and Guy Fawkes, in North America we are becoming confused between Thanksgiving, Hallowe'en, and Christmas. Of course, we are enjoying them all, but with modern commercial deadlines, they seem to be appearing almost at the same time.

Deck Celebration

Hallowe'en, Christmas, or Thanksgiving?

Thanksgiving, Hallowe'en, or Christmas?

We went out for Sunday Brunch yesterday, (a confusion between breakfast and lunch) and found these images on the restaurant deck!

All Hallows E'en

For All the Saints, who from their Labours Rest.....

I think the electric ghosts have been here!

Some good Pumpkin Carvings

Here they come!

Watch out!

And again I say, Watch Out!

The Very Best Witch!

All Hallows is another name for All Saints Day, which is the first of November, and Hallowe'en is the evening before. All Hallows is also the name of a village in Kent, named after its church. Tomorrow then we honour all those saints who have gone before us. This evening we watch as they rise from their graves and scare the living daylights out of us. A stroll around the district brings these images to light....Enjoy! and take fright!

Things seen and unseen

Winter is come already with its dark nights

A Dark Horse

At least their faces are white!

This young lady had better find the gate before it gets dark! She is on the side of the road!

Wild Ram just made it across the road.

Driving at night is hazardous. Being dark we cannot see so well. When it rains, our fancy new blacktop  roads reflect lights and obscure our vision even more. So we should go slower. Near here a fifteen year old girl was killed by a truck. There were no street lights. There was no sidewalk. She was wearing dark clothes. She was walking away from the traffic. It was very dark and rainy. If she had had reflective clothing, and had been walking towards the traffic, she might be still alive. The results: a death; a forever shaken driver; who got a fine of $1000 and was prohibited from driving at night. I don't think this is fair. The judge should have recommended all pedestrians wear reflective clothing, walk towards traffic, and street lights and sidewalks be provided whenever possible. This was an accidental death which was indeed preventable. Blame should have been placed where it belonged. What do you think?

Keremeos Transformations

Carving at Keremeos Municipal Building

Xeriscape

David's Fruits and Vegetables

Fruit Trees Transforming

Bull  with Fall Tree

Our most recent visit to Keremeos was to replenish our fruit stocks at David's Fruit Stall. Along the way we had a bit of rain, and some great photo ops. Yesterday we had our first sight of snow on top of Apex Mountain, which can be seen from our window. It is already snowing in the Rockies.
We are entering a time of change, transformations are taking place everywhere. We had a transformational experience last evening at the first symphony concert of the season, with butterflies changing into tropical storms (by Randolph Peters) and Beethoven's wonderful 6th Symphony , also with thunder and lightning.
 We are into a changing weather pattern. Today it is 0 Celsius for the first time since last winter. I also downloaded a book by the now famous Hilary Mantel, called "A Change of Climate".
 New technology is replacing the old. We now have Windows 8 and the touch screen Surface tablet upon us. Whatever happened to the poor old laptop? And so we are being slowly transformed into our future selves, hopefully better than the old!

Penticton in Red

Athens Creek Towers with Red Maple

Shopping Centre

Ornamental Oak

Hanne with Red Tree ? Ash

Red Leaves, Green Grass

Athens Creek Lodge Fire bushes etc

A number of trees are blazing red just now in Penticton. The fallen leaves are red on the green grass and in the gutters. Very colourful, even though the sun didn't shine...Many are oak trees, and a new hazard is spraining one's ankle sliding on the acorns that litter the sidewalks. The ornamental fire bushes are in flames too....