kootenay grandma

Walking on the beach at Lakeside Park

Gord says that Taghum has shrunk since
he was there when he was 12.

And waiting at the Dairy Queen - one of the
few remaining outdoor ice cream only locations.

Folks that were there for the steaks

We were introduced to Trevor. I always feel
a bit sorry for new people when they come into
our family gatherings - what will they think of
our humor?

Steve and Adele

Kim with Christa's new baby - Corby

Even my mother couldn't believe that I would
volunteer to hold a dog - that's how cute she is.

Steve has 2 sweet babies - Casey and Corby
(cousins)

Barbecue at Salmo

There's only one baby but everyone wants
to hold her.

Grandpa

Deanne

And it's Steve's birthday so we brought
him a cake, and a cheesecake

Wanda, Gord and Deanne came for a visit

We took this photo from the lookout at Gyro

Shirley's going-away party

We held off the tears quite nicely for a while

She actually ate some of my brownie! I thought
that was a really safe offer!

We had the party at Deb's place and a tree
almost fell on the cars.

Some of the kids saw a bear(in the trees)

Our flower bed

Here's Mom standing in the carport and
below is a closeup of the lily that Jim and Kim
gave to us last year.

Meanwhile, back at the ranch

Florence and her uncle Don came to visit and
Cottonwood Falls was just about at its peak
while they were here.

Jim and Kim came for a dinner.

Gordon came over to help with the
vacuum cleaner because I couldn't
remember how to get the top off
the power bar. It is soooo simple.
Apparently I am too. I think that I
should take it off about once a month
so that I don't forget how.

Jim and Kim planning a trip to Ireland.

And Terry's tomatoes. This photo was taken
on June 10 and there are already a few tomatoes
on his plants.

And the last photo from the trip

This was our only photo op in New Zealand,
at Auckland. Looks like a spot we should spend
some more time in, one day.

A lovely tree on the riverbank - a man
from Melbourne took this same photo
and was going home to paint it so I
thought that I'd better take the same
photo, the difference being that I will
never paint it.

Just as we were coming up the bank to the golf
course parking lot we saw this wallaby from
the car window.

One last dinner with the gang.

We let someone else cook this one.

At the Queen Victoria market in Melbourne.
I don't think that I will ever have enough time
to do it justice.

This plane looks as though it is ready to land
in the parking lot at the RS&L club

But it really has already landed. Jen told us that
it was the actual plane that was used to bring
home the last soldiers from WWII

Birthday time!

Going for a walk the night before we left. This
seemingly wilderness area is a park just across
the river from the 45 hole golf course - the
biggest in all Australia

Here's the riverbank - very peaceful.

We're getting there!

I had never seen a truck with a snorkel before
but then found out that is likely because I am
female and have never noticed. There are a
lot of Aus trucks that have them and most of
the guys that I showed this photo have already
seen them (or just won't admit that they hadn't)