Aug 15, 2022
Last Monday we were watching something on TV that we had previously taped. That way we can fast forward through all the commercials. I caught sight of something out of the corner of my eye.
Dogs driving a car!
They stop here for lunch.
Time to eat – wienies.
Oh, oh!!
….and off they go leaving ALL the wienies, including the food behind, check out the sidewalk in front of the car. Yeah for the doxies.
Moral of the story is do not eat hot dogs in front of wieners.
Aug 14, 2022
Guess what, the doxie pool party made the local news? Click here for the short article and photos. Colin and the girls are in the first photo and more.
Love the light coming thru here, August 2nd.
Both of them can hear me turn on my camera from across the room. I have missed so many photos because of that.
We have had a few days of smoke due to the Apex fire. This was on August 3rd. Overall we have been mostly smoke free this summer.
The weather finally has cooled down and we are enjoying not having to use the A/C. Hmm just had to turn the air on about 4PM, maybe for a few hours, up to 87F. Many of our windows get full sun.
I am feeling better but still am sore and tight in certain areas. Looking forward to seeing the chiropractor tomorrow. It was nice to do a four block walk yesterday but it wore me out. I am doing a good deal of sleeping, 2-3 hours in the afternoon and about 8 – 9 hours at night.
If the lone seagull isn’t hogging that tree branch then the turtles get to gather.
Another one of those special moments.
We were surprised on Sunday, August 7th when we saw this guy out there doing??? He is a new neighbour two over to the left.
Colin spoke with him and it turns out that he does not like the aquatic plants like seaweed, kelp and watercress that the geese and ducks eat floating on top of the water.
He was out there for several hours. Mostly he pulled the living plants out and threw them towards his beach. In all the years we have lived here the natural process of nature has not been an issue for us.
Yes Katie certainly did love our girls, all six of them. Caeli, June, 2006.
Colin was putting some photos together that we had of Katie and Louie from years back for Katie’s daughter. OMG I love this photo of me. I love my hair colour. Also the fact that I was thinner. Taken April 1, 2009.
Sending the photos to my hairdresser. These are our #3 and #4, Carmeh and Caeli. I am holding Caeli ( #3 ) and Gramm Katie is holding Carmeh ( # 4 ). I think that I was using steam rollers or velcro rollers in my hair!!
I have to say that this was not the blog post that I planned to write tonight.
I truly believe that Katie had a hand in this.
Aug 11, 2022
The days are passing swiftly. I have to keep up with all of my photos. Just to let you know that I am feeling better today. Someone asked how the chiropractor worked with my ribs. She simply tried to align my spine working with the muscles and ligaments. It has helped but I know that I need to see her a few more times. But it sure is nice to be able to take a very deep breath for the first time in 16 days.
The geese are just laid back during these hot summer days. We do have a very few ducks as well.
Just a few more examples of the aerial photography that Colin did on July 26th. The south arm of the Fraser River.
Vancouver Harbour.
He wanted me to post this so you could see his socks! As Colin flies with the door removed from the helicopter to his left he has to keep his pants from flapping in the wind. In the ‘olden days’ he had to duck tape his seatbelt buckle for safety in case it opened.
Richmond with the Fraser River in the foreground.
Vancouver airport – almost impossible to get permission from the tower to fly in this area.
This was the helicopter he flew in, a Gimbal Cabri G2.
Colin set up some patio furniture on our lawn but I was unable to leave the house to enjoy it.
Colin and Ciela on July 30th. Both the girls love jumping in and out of the hammock. We got this particular hammock around 2007-2008 while RVing in Acapulco. We spent 3 or 4 winters there.
Having an afternoon nap on July 31st. I was doing the same in my teal recliner.
An interesting sunset because of the smoke from the Apex Mountains fire, again on July 31st.
For some reason, likely because of all the rain and then the heat our HoneyLocust Tree is growing very rapidly.
I was surprised to see how it had grown around the Mark White kinetic wind sculpture we had purchased in Taos, New Mexico perhaps in 2005/2006. I just looked it up and this is now worth about $2,000.00 USD. We paid half of that.
Snip, snip, August 1st.
Visitors to our golf course last week. Thanks for sharing the photo Cindy.
I just have to add here, that it is really difficult to do a blog post knowing that Gramma Katie won’t be reading it.
Aug 09, 2022
I was supposed to go to my chiropractor last Friday but there was a huge accident near the Cadet camp in Vernon with two fatalities that blocked the highway for most of the day so we cancelled.
Today I finally was able to see Dr. Kalashnikoff. If was a struggle to get facedown on her table but I did so with some effort. My head was tilted down to the right and my shoulders and hips were tilted up on the right side. Long story short my ribs on the right side were rotated internally to the right causing a great deal of my pain. Also my trapezius on my right side was very disturbed. There was also damage to the C2 on the left side which would help explain my difficulty in taking deep breathes. Basically recovery can take up to 12 weeks. Today was day 14 from the fall. I am planning to recover sooner than later.
When I got off the table I was able to take deeper breathes and the pain was almost 50% gone. It felt like my body had relaxed and released some stress. I slept for most of the afternoon. I will need at least two more treatments but I welcome them. I could not go sooner as I had to be able to get onto the table on my own.
Aug 07, 2022
We last saw Gramma Katie on July 14th. She was not well which is why we made a quick visit to the coast. Katie went into hospice on July 29th and passed yesterday, August 6th just after 4AM. She will be forever loved by us and we miss her more than words can convey. So many memories.
July 22, 2010. We were staying in Point Roberts, Washington for a few days when Katie and Louie surprised Colin in his birthday. It was a double celebration as Katie’s birthday was the next day.
April 2011. Katie loved to feed humans and animals alike.
April 17, 2012. Our first stop back in Canada was to see Katie and Louie. Katie and I really enjoyed our wine.
Every time we got together ( whether here in Kelowna or at their home in Tsawwassen ) wonderful memories were created. Taken 2013.
Back cover 2019 calendar, photos taken on April 18, 2014.
With Carmeh and Carlie in 2016.
Katie exuded love. Not sure when this was taken.
July 26, 2021, we visited Katie and Louie to introduce them to our twins who were 6.5 months at the time. Katie was so delighted to see Carlie and Ceila, that smile never left her face.
Photos taken during our July 2021 visit. This collage is the back page of our 2022 calendar.
We took many photos during this last visit ( July 14, 2022 ) with Gramma Katie. You can click on the link at the top of this post if you wish to see some of them.
This visit was so bittersweet.
Gramma Katie turned 90 on July 23rd.
Two weeks latter she left this world. However we know that she is up in the heavens surrounded by all those who have loved her over the years and of course by hundreds upon hundreds of animals that she has cared for. Gramma Katie you will always be in our hearts and minds.
