It was excellent timing for Judy to have her gym women’s get together yesterday.  This is a small group of us from the Woman’s Place gym, some former and some still current members.  Judy has a lovely pool and since it was her turn to host, she said let’s meet in the afternoon instead of the morning and make it a pool party.  Hurray!

It was still hot and sunny, albeit a bit smoky around the edges yesterday, but today we had clouds and now I see a few drops of rain.  I sure hope it amounts to a lot more than that given we’ve had the horrendous fires due to the drought.  It must be such a strange feeling for the tourists who are lah dee dahing about on holiday while thousands of locals are losing their minds.

During the height of the fires when West Kelowna was burning down and it made the news all over the world, I was contacted by a friend in New York and relatives in Germany all going are you okay?  I had to reply not only was I okay, but I basically knew as much as they did as all I could see from here was white sky and so had to follow the news for updates.

Though so far from the actual fire it was amazing to see burned pine needles littering the deck and smudges of burnt embers on the driveway and carport floor.  Years ago, we had cedar shakes but now at least I have an asphalt roof which is somewhat better, but one likely needs a metal one in this new environment.

A week ago, I was in Osoyoos and sitting in the dining room of mom’s house with Gord her handyman and all-around caretaker.  He was looking toward the willow tree and said oh there’s a deer over there and I looked and said no, that’s a bear!  Luke was heading over and Gord went out and said there’s a bear under the willow, so he walked over smartly and came into the house.

We sat around pounding back drinks and then the usual walkers appeared here and there, and we said should we warn them, and then went nah, that bear’s not gonna charge out and hurt anyone.  Later it wandered across the road and Luke said that’s one of the juveniles that was born this spring.

My laptop was acting scary so Calvin ordered a nice new one for me, and Lenovo informed me UPS would deliver it on Friday.  I sat at home all day waiting for the delivery then around 5:00 went out to the coop and at the gate was a note “Sorry we missed you.”  Yeah, sorry I don’t have a couch and TV at the gate, eh?

You probably know intermittent fasting is all the rage these days so lately I tried to fast for 14 hours and eat for 10.  Well.  Did you know you can still gain weight if you eat twice as much during a shorter amount of time?  I think the point is not to eat like a horse but to eat normally and yet that’s something I’m still working on conquering anyway, never mind giving me a time limit.

Elsa and I were at Costco today because she has a card and so once in a while there are items I want to buy.  We noticed an awful lot of moms stocking up on back to school stuff and what looked like kids’ lunch foods.  It made me so very glad I have nothing to do with back to school anything.