January 9 On Mayne Island it seldom snows.
January 24 Irrigation hibernating... on a winter walk in Lake Country.
January 25 To pour concrete in the winter we had to use 50 insulated blankets and pump in heat.
Feb. 28 All natural stone installed on a nice day in winter.
Mar 3 The Winfield Sevens... there was actually nine of us that joined in the Hike for the Homeless at the Kelowna Gospel Mission.
March 9 On a walk in Lake Country... will it ever end?
April 30 Spring is here at the Uplands in Lake Country. Balsam Root and Saskatoons in bloom.
May 4 Trusses going on the roof of Townhome #10.
May 9 Shirley planting on the hillside in the rain.
May 27 Near Campbell River, Seth caught the biggest fish. We were celebrating Alan's 60th birthday.
May 27 Mr. Prepared with Mrs. during the Campbell River runaway.
May 31 Begonia's blooming at the Greek House Restaurant in Lake Country
Aug 2 We worked for ten days preparing our decks on Mayne Island for repainting.
October 13 Sabbath afternoon walk on the Rail Trail, Kalamalka Lake near Vernon.
Oct. 13 Shirley captured the autumn reflections of Coldstream from the Rail Trail.
Oct 16 Golfed 9 holes on several Tuesdays with the Rotary Group at the Pinnacle Course.
Nov 2-10 Dr. Sid Kettner and Carol came from Creston to help us with our Live Your Best Life Seminar at the Winfield Seventh-Day Adventist Chruch. We had the grand privilege hosting them for the week.
Nov. 24 Celebrating our daughter Sherilee's Big Five O at our ThanksBirthMas Getaway. It has become an annual event to celebrate US Thanksgiving, all the October and November Birthdays in our family and exchange Christmas gifts (but not open them.) Hence the abbreviation ThanksBirthMas. We even made customized hats the say ThanksBirthMas 2018 for everyone.
Nov. 24 We enjoyed walking on the beach every day and taking photos of Haystack Rock.
Dec. 22 Several huge trees blew down crunching our fence and totaled out the neighbor's storage shed on Mayne Island. The power was off for several days but was back to normal before Christmas. Our tenant Chris took some photos and sent them to me. A good neighbor's brother is going to clean up the logs for the firewood and use my little John Deere tractor.
"In conclusion, my friends, fill your minds with those things that are good and that deserve praise: things that are true, noble, right, pure, lovely, and honorable." -Philippians 4:8
great pics pa. i think the most remarkable one for me was the concrete pouring in the snow.. ha!
ReplyDeleteLove your shots. Too cool! :-)
ReplyDelete