Showing posts with label wildfires. Show all posts
Showing posts with label wildfires. Show all posts

Wednesday, September 16, 2020

Diversions ~ under smokey skies...

 Feeling restless while stuck inside under a poor air quality advisory...so much smoke and particulate in the air...ash falling from the sky.

The fires to the south of us continue to burn...devastation to homes, businesses and wildlife. It is difficult imagining losing eveything one owns. People have had to evacuate and leave behind many treasures and family heirlooms. It is heart breaking to see this in the news.

In the meantime, I am needing a diversion...there is only so much news that i can absorb without going down that rabbit hole! Let's start off with some roses, books, cooking and later some retail therapy!


Jude the Obscure on a sunnier smoke free day in The Humble Bungalow Garden.


HOORAY!
The local library has re-opened.
We are encouraged to put holds on the books that we want to read.

Several stands are placed near the self check out with assorted random books.
I returned a book and grabbed these 3 as I was leaving...
Everybody Rise was a fun read and I have started reading Montauk.

Dinner prepared and served to our son and the 3 grandchildren.


Heirloom Tomatoes


Salmon, heirloom tomatoes, red cabbage slaw, twice baked potatoes.


Rosemarie a long time reader from Vancouver sent me the seeds.
(Thank you!)

 Here is one of the sunflowers.
Standing about 12 feet tall.


Under sunnier skies...

Rudbeckia 
a giant variety 
 from the plant sale at Government House many years ago.


My neighbour is painting rocks during Covid.
She has a "take one leave one" area in her front garden.

I left a plain unpainted rock...
(what a trade)
I think I got the better deal though...


You never know what you might find on the boulevard in our neighbourhood.


Painted it black 
that is the colour of all our outdoor wicker and metal French bistro tables.


The garden is fading as the summer season comes to a close.
There is always something to see on the street.


The deer seem to be very comfortable here.
They saunter along the sidewalk
dine in our gardens.

They sometimes even sleep in our front yard! 


My husband is building a fence...he started with the front gate.
He still needs to install the latch.
Hubby had to reinforce the pergola and straighten it with beams...
he has temporary bracing on the sides as he needs to install two more hefty beams.


While hubby was busy sawing and building 
I took the grandchildren back~to~school shopping.

Grammy got a couple of tops too...
a white shirt to wear with my pearls, black pants and red ballet flats.
Red lippy of course, 
 just not when I am wearing my mask!

The striped top will pair well with my black Yoga pants.

So this short diversion has helped me get out of my afternoon funk.

Not being able to get out and walk in the "fresh" air
has been a frustration, which leads to grumpiness.
(and baking!)

I cannot wait until the smoke dissipates...
hope those wildfires are contained and extinguished.

I'll close with another image of Jude the Obscure.

How are you doing?
What are you reading?

Have you been shopping at all during Covid?
What new purchases have you bought or are considering for Fall?


~ Be Well and Be Kind ~





Sunday, July 5, 2015

Sea Ray Adventures...and wildfires.

We went out on our SeaRay this past weekend and left the cats at home with a friend.
 The forecast was for record high temperatures...and records were broken, we were glad that we didn't take them along as they would have been miserable in the heat.


OPI : "This colour is making waves."
Polka dot PJ's and our new nautical mat.

A trio of blues...



Breakfast is blue too.


Our wee Galley.


Ah...
it's Dusk at the Maple Bay Marina...
and we are finally cool.
Keeping hydrated was tough and we had to seek out shade from the mid day sun.


Taconite is the lovely Fantail Cruiser from the 1920's that you can see in the middle of this image
and to the right a tug that has been converted into a live aboard vessel.


Metal wall art on a house boat at the Marina.


In the afternoon...
the water was calm so we went out in our dingy for a ride to explore the cove.


Pretty orange Nasturtiums
I love the variegated leaves.


A wee bit of whimsy...
some one has been busy carving.


We had asparagus with our BBQ steaks, mushrooms and salad.
We went to bed early and had a sound sleep.
When we woke up there was a fire red sun, smoke in the air and ashes all over our boat.


There are quite a few wildfires burning out of control in our province and the wind has carried the ash and spread it all over the lower mainland and the south of Vancouver Island.
It feels very eerie...
there is a red glow in the sky and you can smell the smoke.


We stopped on the way home at Mill Bay Marina and had a bite of lunch.


This family of Canada Geese and a lone seagull greeted us...
you can see the strange colour of the sky.

Ferocious Forest fires have displaced many people who have had to flee from their homes...
it's very alarming and I can imagine how upset they must feel.
Many brave fire fighters are risking their lives to help get these wildfires under control.
Alaska and the Yukon have dispatched experienced firemen to help our Province.

Hope that you are safe and sound where ever you are...