Pocketful of Memory Cards

This weekend was spent catching up on a lot of things around the house and in the yard.  I made a big dent in the disaster area known as our office, but I still have a ways to go.  I even did some gardening, which is not one of my favourite pastimes. I consider gardening to be housework done outdoors.  I know I have many friends who cannot relate...but they love me anyway! I have to admit the front garden does look much better with less weeds. My husband finally had a chance to put up this lovely set of wind chimes my friend Donna picked up in Chile while she was touring and studying Spanish in South America this past year. They're quite beautiful, made of copper and bronze and have a very gentle, tinkling sound.

I couldn't resist this brilliant orange pumpkin and these velvety violet petunias.  Orange and purple are my latest favourite colour combo. 

One of Kelowna's Community Gardens is tucked behind the CNC off of Gordon Drive in the Mission.  The City of Kelowna is really to be commended on partnering with Central Okanagan Community Gardens to make wonderful use of a space that was likely no more than a patch of grass up until now.   The gardens are beautifully tended and so healthy and green you can almost feel the vitamins rushing into you just from looking at the lush plants. A member of our dog park pack has a plot in here.  He signed up in the spring at a cost of a mere $15.00, promising to abide by the 17 rules that are mostly  common sense.  As per Kelowna City bylaws, pesticide use is restricted, members are encouraged to leave tools in the shed to share and a compost bin and blue room are provided for well, waste.  What a great opportunity for individuals with no yards or green space.  Gardening is so important to people, some call it a hobby, some call it therap...

Perhaps you'd like to buy a flower? But I could never sell. If you would like to borrow Until the daffodil Unties her yellow bonnet Beneath the village door Until the bees, from clover rows Their hock and sherry draw, Why, I will end until just then,  but not an hour more! -Emily Dickinson