tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31566611.post8219579898796482888..comments2023-11-03T06:17:51.479-07:00Comments on daybyday: Hildredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05420791064923078834noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31566611.post-28861114805149345532012-02-20T23:31:56.771-08:002012-02-20T23:31:56.771-08:00lovely photos! yes the willows are so pretty righ...lovely photos! yes the willows are so pretty right now. I like something about every season don't you? We are doing just fine down here in the states. I should write you a long note but need your e-mail...we lost all our e-mail addresses when our phone company went out of business. I hear snow<br />is possible in the low lands on the week-end....humFonnell/Grammie/momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14428737043026677865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31566611.post-34523154174361465042012-02-20T23:29:26.829-08:002012-02-20T23:29:26.829-08:00What a lovely drive and such beautiful photos. So ...What a lovely drive and such beautiful photos. So much history and such a shame that some of the of houses are decaying, so nice to have a photographic record of them. Parks? A vexing subject but if people are living and farming there I dont think they should be turned into parks, and who is to manage them? If it is anything like here in Australia, lots of parks, not enough money to look after them.Pennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14177627504060328999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31566611.post-10026775362337509262012-02-20T23:28:00.556-08:002012-02-20T23:28:00.556-08:00Lovely tour. Thanks for taking us along.Lovely tour. Thanks for taking us along.John "By Stargoose And Hanglands"https://www.blogger.com/profile/00832873074550725579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31566611.post-46112110598541560732012-02-20T22:07:50.805-08:002012-02-20T22:07:50.805-08:00Mornings Minion : When we came to the Similkameen...Mornings Minion : When we came to the Similkameen in 1951 we were among the first on a veterans' land project, but before we could plant orchards we had to clear the bench land of sage brush. The lower valley bottom is all Indian Reserve land, and our neighbours on the bench had a Reserve given to them by Queen Victoria, - at the time we moved here it their land still had prairie bunch grass on it. The Similkameen is the northern part of southern deserts and is classified as a semi-desert, - luckily there are vast amounts of water underground so irrigation has made it into viable orchard and vineyard land.<br /><br />I do like your blog name, - Mornings Minion, - I think of Hopkins each time I see it. When I was weaving I called my studio 'Windhover'.Hildredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05420791064923078834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31566611.post-32866068337934769732012-02-20T20:40:37.443-08:002012-02-20T20:40:37.443-08:00I'm trying to decide from your photos if the l...I'm trying to decide from your photos if the landscape is similar to that of Wyoming where we spent 12 recent years. You seem to have more in the way of trees, but also expanses which look like sagebrush.<br />At any rate, your photo tour was refreshing. We are so near to spring here in Kentucky--and yet, February has been a dreary month of grey weather. It makes us really look for small splashes of color for photos.Morning's Minionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01912356455981434029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31566611.post-19915325916568360232012-02-20T16:37:10.606-08:002012-02-20T16:37:10.606-08:00Even grey days can be beautiful.
I'm so glad ...Even grey days can be beautiful.<br /><br />I'm so glad Canada created as many national parks as they did when they did. It's a lot harder to do nowadays. Just saying.EG CameraGirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12803759124643467711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31566611.post-57161387562119717032012-02-20T16:10:00.438-08:002012-02-20T16:10:00.438-08:00Your pre-spring scenes are lovely, Hildred. I saw ...Your pre-spring scenes are lovely, Hildred. I saw in your previous post the mention of Robins; Bluebirds have just returned here, checking out the nesting boxes!Wanda.....https://www.blogger.com/profile/00551160819558198338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31566611.post-79523653730956959012012-02-20T15:43:07.956-08:002012-02-20T15:43:07.956-08:00So glad that you got out for a drive, Hildred. The...So glad that you got out for a drive, Hildred. The trees and shrubs are already putting on their color for spring! I see that your water is open and flowing. Soon you'll be gardening again.Barbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04984171407726520584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31566611.post-4346341022395826812012-02-20T15:09:39.912-08:002012-02-20T15:09:39.912-08:00Sallie: There are pluses and minuses in all situa...Sallie: There are pluses and minuses in all situations I guess. It's the little stretches between winter and spring that get to me, - February is such a fickle and faint-hearted BLAH month.Hildredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05420791064923078834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31566611.post-48335278911129974502012-02-20T14:46:56.857-08:002012-02-20T14:46:56.857-08:00What an absolutely lovely drive Hildred! And you ...What an absolutely lovely drive Hildred! And you had me at the mention of pussy willows! (I just had to stop reading there for a minute and remember early spring in Oregon.) I do miss "home" in the Spring! No winter here, but consequently no spring!Sallie (FullTime-Life)https://www.blogger.com/profile/15442598857394838271noreply@blogger.com