Rest?

Our commenters have been kindly wishing us a nice rest as we sojourn at our Pigeon Lake cabin in Alberta. Many thanks for your good wishes!
All is about to change this Labour Day Long Week-End as seven other folk are poised to descend upon us! At least we have to be thankful that we don't have as many in our family as Pat Mackenzie in Edmonton!
Hanne's Calgary family are driving up today, with a couple of their daughter's friends who are planning to tent here, even though it goes down to six degrees Celsius at night these days!
We are looking forward to their visit, then we plan to be back home in Penticton by Wednesday next week.
Enjoy your long week-end if you have one. Hope the weather is kind to you all.

Michael and Hanne
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http://mhs22.blogspot.com

We are still Alive!

We have arrived at our cabin at Pigeon Lake Alberta for the next few days, after exploring new roads and places in BC. Today is cloudy and wet with threat of thunder and a high of only 17 Celsius, and the constant sounds of tree-felling outside as the local municipality in its wisdom sees fit to diminish our wild trees in the name of safety. There was a huge old tree on our property that was always used by ducks for nesting purposes over the years. That is now gone and we can see why; it was completely hollow inside all the way down.
We discovered a squirrel or two had been in our basement sequestering bits of pine- cones in our furnace pipes thus preventing the blower from starting, so yesterday we had the repair man around to fix it. Last night it was so cosy we slept for eleven hours!
And so August draws angrily to a close, with much destruction on our Eastern coastlines, and many people losing their property and lives, as Irene ploughs its way North.
Our next post will probably be in September, when we arrive home to Penticton and edit our mountain of photos, and write our monthly newsletter!
In the meantime, stay safe and keep on blogging!

Michael and Hanne
mhvetbo@gmail.com

http://mhs22.blogspot.com

Sailing Lessons

Yesterday Jake went to the beach and spent ages sliding into the lake at Naramata. Today we drive Aunt Alix and Jake back home to Bowen Island and then take a little break ourselves, so there will be a gap in our postings.

Jake Sliding In ( Twin Towers of Penticton in the far distance )

Sailing Lessons

Break for Lunch

Meanwhile also at Naramata there were sailing lessons in progress, carefully supervised by adults. Enjoy the photos!

For Whom The Bell Tolls

Jake, Great-Aunt Clare, Aunt Alix, Great Grandpa Michael

Jake Tolling

The Burrowing Owl Bell

Jake and Hanne enjoying Quality Time together...

Seventy-one years ago Ernest Hemingway's famous novel of that name was published, describing the brutality of civil war in Spain. Let's hope the brutality of present day civil wars in Libya and Syria, Afghanistan and Iraq, and other countries, will soon draw to a close. Visitors to the Burrowing Owl winery were wondering for whom the bell tolled yesterday as young Jake pulled the bell rope in the tower! You can see the owl on the bell. We had perfect weather for our explorations. Today it is to be 34 degrees and more of the same sunny weather. We are visiting Naramata and Kelowna on the last day for our visitors today.

Last Visitors for the Summer

Dock at Twin Lakes

Hanne refreshing in Manitou Park Naramata

Girls Relaxing and Paddling

Three girls in a boat ( preparing lunch for their three guys who went to the pub....)

Our last set of visitors for this summer season have arrived. We are setting off soon to show them our favorite spots around Penticton and beyond. Meanwhile the world continues to unfurl around us. King Arthur has lost his appeal. Our leader of the opposition (Jack Leyton) has passed away at 61 and has been granted a State Funeral. Colonel Gaddafi probably won't get one. Next week-end Penticton holds the "Iron Man" triathlon with about 3000 participants. Life is all go! So, here are a few "Hot" photos to relax by! (They are hot because they're mostly girls)....

Rest between Visitors

Interlude. The quiet time before the next ones come. Daughter Clare, great-grandson Jake, and his aunty, my grand-daughter Alix, are on their way here from Bowen Island today. Jake's mum Adel had to stay home to go to work...So here are a few interlude images to bridge the gap.

"Summer Colors" (Digital Painting) 2011

Clown at the Interior Provincial Exhibition in Armstrong. This year it starts in a week.
Digital Photo with background painted on CS3 Photoshop. 2008

Digital Painting ( Abstract Untitled ) ? Forest Fire? What do you think? 2008

Piper ( after various filters ) at the Exhibition in Armstrong 2008

Family Portraits

Chad Kevin Randy at Twin Lakes whilst waiting for....

Karin to Visit Friends at Twin Lakes

Swinging with Chad and Kevin in Manitou Park Naramata

Kevin and Hanne on the KVR Trail

We are enjoying our family. They are camping in Summerland close by. We had a good day with them, first exploring our favorite haunts, then to a friend of Karin in Twin Lakes, next to see a delightful model railway built by a pleasant couple of Danes in Osoyoos, and finally we all had supper together in a local Boston Pizza, before visiting with our friends Paris and Ellen in the evening.