holiday snapshots

view from the plane, over Greenland, flying to Calgary
Canada!!
stop for coffee on the way from Calgary to Nelson
nice house, fabulous view, coffee provided
comfy seats, couldnt quite squeeze this in my suitcase to bring home. . .

lake Kootenay from Nelson
somewhere on the road from Nelson to Portland, Oregon (route 385)
Deborah Ann, with two of her grandchildren, Portland
the view from the Greyhound bus as I escape from the grandchildren . . . .
friends kindly having me for a visit, I could look and look at this view forever. . .

beautiful gardens to dream in
adventures on the high seas
stop for lunch
Bob cat

feryy to Anderson island
scottish cows! Belted Galloway.
bannana slug
starfish

space ship on a stick (loved it, had lunch!!)
Ty cat
on the road back to Canada
meeting Alice and Reba in Nelson,
small plane from Castlegar to Calgary
large plane to Scotland
can just see Scotland, home, tired, jet lagged!!

lichens and lupins

damp woodlands with things growing, also available in Canada!!

lupins grow wild
not identified

travelling

have loaded car, will travell. . .
my recent adventures included about 30 hours of driving in this trusty vehicle. I saw a lot of highway, and trees.

Teddy

Teddy was put to sleep after being badly kicked by another horse.
She was a grand old mare and will be sadly missed.

travelling

well its a BIG place!
eight hours of flying to Calgary followed by eight hours of driving to Nelson.
and another ten hours of driving yesterday to arrive in Portland, Oregon.
some consolation is that I am not actually having to do all this driving and I get to choose the music in the car.

bye garden!

I am flying off to Canada this afternoon for my two weeks holiday and I am definatly being picked up at the airport, which is a relief to me! I will post if possible.
big poppy! its obiously enjoying the warmth we've been having and has come out early
this acacia is about to burst into full bloom, just in time for me to miss it. . . also the peony has buds for the first time ever, probably miss that too. . .
and whats planted and seeded will have to cope without me.
Rosie is in charge of the greenhouse, if anything dies she is to be held responsible. . . and beaten accordingly. . .

Canada?

I have been planning a trip to Canada for some time. I rarely holiday anywhere but my own house(I do 'weekends' away frequently, but only really in Scotland) and I do not travell(I went to Rome for a week twenty years ago) so for me this a big thing.
Now all is going on an 'unplanned' status, my friends daughter has gone into labour six weeks early and my holiday may be slightly different. We had a total panic when this happened but nobody wants me to cancel and I am still heading over.
Just at the moment the baby seems to be staying put and things may be okay. But there is the possibility that I will arrive in Calgary with nobody to pick me up. . . we have looked into hostels and there are plenty of places to stay, then get the 'Greyhound' or look into internal flights. This thought filled me with horror till I thought about it and then decided this will be an ADVENTURE. So I am packing a rucksack instead of a suitcase for easier carrying.

But I think in future, the bottom of the garden may be as far I plan to go. . . .

Tansy walks the line. .

Tansy walks on the bricks running up the side of the path, her paws too delicate for walking on stones. . .

I posted a link some time ago telling about a rescued horse called Atom, it has now been updated.

harvest

I planted for potatoes for christmas, here they are 5 months late after sitting in the greenhouse while I waited for them to grow! some weeny carrots planted in a pot in the greenhouse in january, and a spring onion from the garden.

update: all steamed, little bit of melted butter and all GONE!!