OUT AND ABOUT

It's now been a month since we moved in the house.  There is a lot of work involved in setting up a house from scratch.  We seem to have purchased all the furniture etc. for making this house our home.

We had a great day Sunday.  We explored the village of Naramata.  Narmata is on the east side of Okanagan Lake through the city of Penticton and along the "benches" above the lake, about 35 minutes from town.  The village is at the end of the road.

There are several beaches.

This is called Naramata Bay

This one is Manitou Park.  It has a lot of facilities baseball diamond, playground, picnic area etc.

Don't remember the name of this one

There is another one called Three Mile Beach which is clothing optional.  Glad we found that out before we took the grandchildren there.

After exploring for a while we had dinner at the recommended pub in the village.

The food was excellent.  We ate it before I thought to take a picture of it.

After dinner we went to a fundraiser at our friends' church.  The choir has been invited to sing in Carnegie Hall in New York City in November.  They are the only Canadian Choir selected.  They were wonderful.  Church was packed and very, very warm.  

There was a silent auction which we participated in.  A worthy cause and we won three items.

The yard continues to entertain both Doug and I and the cat. Doug built a bird feeder and put it outside the living room windows.  It's like television to Zoe.  The tail goes crazy.  She watches for hours.

A finch on the left, a magpie on the right.

We were not aware that there were quail in the area.  They are not native but they are definitely here.  They "dust" in the gardens.  They seem to be fatter than the Arizona variety.  More to eat I suppose.

Our garden continues to delight us.  The irises are pretty much over but the roses, oh the roses.

This one is blood red.  Perhaps Latin Lady

This week we were going to be  working at replacing the nook in the motor home but it is so hot out we have to wait for cooler weather.