The buzz is we are going to have a cold snap the like we have not seen before.  Really……. I am willing to bet some older folks remember some very cold winters in the past.  For those more recent arrivals to the valley, you have been living in a false winter paradise. Our family moved […]

The man accused of a 2017 armed kidnapping in Okanagan Falls has been acquitted of all 10 charges against him, marking the end of one of the longest and bizarre trials in recent memory. Afshin Maleki Ighani, 46, had his head down in the prisoner’s box as Justice Nitya Iyer delivered her verdict Friday afternoon […]

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Magpie enjoying Sumac berries Thanks for banner pix as well

  Cool as a Cucumber Where did that expression come from? It is apparently based on facts that can be easily tested when you have a cucumber plant in your garden. Even in hot weather the core of the cucumber remains about 10 degrees cooler than the outer ‘skin’. If a cucumber is severed from […]

SLEIGH BELLS JINGLING            Usually December and January can be counted on to give us some snow.  Out come the sleighs and families take their little ones to local hills, for some fun and games. As a child, my sledding adventures in England were rather poor.  Barely an inch of wet snow, with all sorts of […]