Farewell Uncle Ken

God speed Uncle Ken.

June 28th, 2009.

We will miss you.

Go with grace into the arms of God.

It's Raining!

Ugh, it is raining in Kamloops. We really should be grateful for the rain, but it seems like it's been raining for ten months now! So, I went outside to take some pictures of the yard.

This tree turns purple when it gets enough sunshine and water. I think it is called a Tamarisk Tree. It's leaves are feathery fronds. It's really quite pretty.
The pond has not been repaired yet. We have a leak and can't find it. We lost all our fish over the winter when the pond heater quit working properly and shorted the pump. No new fish and the pond is empty for now. Kind of sad.


That's the pool. Doesn't it look like a clown exploded all over my patio furniture? The white box is covering a stereo and there are speakers that we covered to be waterproof. Good thing in the rain.

This used to be one of those canvas folding chairs. Now it just collects the water on my patio because I forgot to fold it up. At least now I know where the water is coming from.

And it looks like we're going to need to replace the patio roof supports. Those boards are about to collapse! I didn't realize how bad they really were until I took this picture. I knew they needed to be done, but it looks like it'll be this fall. They certainly won't hold up with two feet of snow this coming winter.

Poor Butterfly

I was talking to my father outside and when he turned around I saw this little guy clinging to the back of his shirt.
I put my fingers against dad's back and he climbed onto them. I noticed his one wing wasn't moving at all.

I put him on a flower. I thought that if his wing wasn't working right then at least he'd have food.

He's so pretty.