on to Oliver, BC

As we head into Oliver we see field after field of grapes, cherry and peach trees .... and every few miles there is yet another delightful little family run fruit stand.  This is certainly a fruit plentiful area.

These mature peach trees looked like soldiers lined up in row after row.  We are too early to take advantage of their bounty. How sad!

I love gates of any kind....

And stone walls... this is what I imagine Ireland looks like, only much greener.  One day soon I hope to see for myself.

An entire planting of peach trees in a gully of sorts... interesting.  I wonder if it has to do with irrigation?

Oliver, BC - in and around Oliver, a photo story.

Back to work I go

Since I've been back at work I haven't made much effort to post.  But.... I've had plenty of time to take photo's and work in my garden.   I'll let the pic's speak for themselves.

A somewhat blurry but still pretty shot of Japanese Kerria.  One of the first things to bloom in my yard.

It's such a happy plant and it is growing almost 30' high up a cedar tree. 

My favourite clematis ~ and that's saying something because I LOVE clematis, is Clematis Armandii.  This lovely specimen is twining it's way around the post on my front porch.

We are lucky enough to have five flowering Japanese cherry trees lining our driveway.  I can't believe that the typhoon like wind we had last week left any blossoms but these ones hung on for dear life.  I believe our trees are Akebono.

While I do love a few varieties of Euphorbia I had no idea that this particular species ran like mint!  YIKES.  Between this and the Greek oregano my back yard is a MESS. I do enjoy the flower heads though.

And lastly, this just reminds me of Madonna.  Sorry, I couldn't resist.