Jul 26, 2014
A few days ago the skies darkened and the heavens opened. We had a major storm system pass through complete with weather advisories and warnings.
A huge amount of rain fell in a short amount of time. This was in Kamloops.
Well that's one way to get out in your kayak.
The storm brought a lot of lightening and thunder with it. I put Carmeh into her Thunder Shirt as soon as I heard the first clap, she chose to hang out in the bathroom where I put a blanket down for her. I then closed the sliding door so it was just wide enough for her to come out. She didn't.
We also lost power for a few hours during the storm and there were still thousands without power 24 hours later. Not only that, it turned so cold that evening and for most of the next day ( 10C ), that we turned on the fireplace for several hours. July is the hottest time of the year, this never happens here during the summer. Needless to say the orchardists were concerned with split cherries and bruised peaches. Today marks the first day of several consecutive days with anticipated highs of 32 to 35C/ 91 – 95F. Too many extremes for me.
I found the last photo and article just a few days ago from somewhere online. The words speak for themselves.
Do you believe in global warning?
Jul 25, 2014
It is cherry season here in the Okanagan.
They are so good and I'm eating more than usual. I think I missed out last year because of my hip replacement. I certainly wasn't driving and Colin was too busy between me and his business to go the the orchards.
I think I've bought over 23lbs in 4 or 5 visits from this lady @ $1.75 per pound, picked that morning.
These 11 pounds were headed to my Dad in Edmonton. He loves cherries and wanted to come visit this summer but he is too frail.
So I chilled the cherries in my fridge, put them into a styrofoam cooler topped with newspaper.
The stores were all out of ice packs and this was the best I could do. I then put more newspaper on top of the ice packs, added the lid and taped the box shut.
Off to Edmonton via Calgary. The package was picked up at 9:30AM Wednesday and got to the Canpar depot in Edmonton 48 hours later.
My brother picked it up and put the cherries in his fridge and went back to work.
First thing Saturday morning Dad was eating fresh cherries, just picked a few days earlier. He was really surprised.
It was fun to be able to do this for him. Now he wants me to send peaches 😎 I think they would bruise too easily in the shipping.
Jul 22, 2014
Happy 64th Colin, mi amore.
Yes, I’ll still need you and I’ll still feed you and I still do love you! Ohh, the wine is in the fridge! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
