Garage Re-arrangement Blues: Wednesday, September 30th!

Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor. -Truman Capote, author (30 Sep 1924-1984) 

Hello Cornwall! Trust you are both well. Have been meaning to send along greetings for some time and when we chatted with Chloë, last night, I was reminded that I'd not done so. She told us that she thought that she'd broken her big toe at work yesterday. She was dashing to answer a phone and caught her toe on a desk leg, I believe. At any rate, I told her, rather flippantly, that she she go and live with Kriissy! Was upset to learn about her latest "accident"! I gather it was pretty serious and, the least of it, some anniversary present for you! Belated congratulations, (and sympathies), to you both! Hope Krissy is recovering satisfactorily. At least Mark seems to be doing well in his new role. Did I send you the snaps of his time here? Had a great, if brief, visit.
 

On a brighter note we are expecting more visitors, Nancy and David, from Vancouver, this weekend. Nancy and Cora Lee were in Library School together, (back in the '70's!), so good friends. Looking forward to doing a bit of wine-tasting with them. Ironically, have been so busy since moving here that we only have time to visit wineries with visitors! Not complaining but just reporting the facts. (Per esempio, only recently tasted at Nighthawk. New winery discovery as place has only been open for about six weeks! Tasted there last weekend with friends, Penny and Mike, from London. They did a bit of the same trip to Banff as you, this September, before visiting us. They also visited us in Cornwall, although they stayed at a hotel in Truro.)

"Nothing but the facts, Ma'am!" Please identify quotation to win a free case of Orofino wine. We are off, on Saturday, to collect our Fall release from this wonderful winery in Keremeos. The owners put on a pizza-pick-up-party for Wine Club members. Went earlier this Spring and it was loads of fun. They even have gluten-free crust and Cora Lee had two pizzas of her own, much more than anyone else! You can sample the new releases while chatting and nibbling so a fun affair. Have invited Jos and Aart, lovely couple from hiking group. They live in Summerland and will come to our place to take our car to Keremeos. Corinne will drive as I plan to ride there, (only about 55 km), so I'll leave a couple of hours ahead of time to meet around noon. After event I will put my bike on rack and drive back together. Jos and Aart are very active and ride themselves but are uncomfortable with cycling on highway. I'd rather ride on less busy thoroughfares, obviously, but shoulders on 3A are wide and clean so I don't mind. Almost better than some of the busy roads in Cornwall!!! 

While we are in Inja will ave a couple, Louise and Henryk, staying here while we are away. They are good friends of Corinne's sister, Pam, and when they learned that we were going to be on holiday they wanted to rent our place. They are looking for a spot in the Okanagan and so wanted to stay here beforehand to get a better idea of where they might wish to buy a home. Henryk is quite "handy" so I suggested that he do some of the work we wanted done on the place instead of paying rent. 

In this vein, must away as I plan to rearrange the garage today. Made a start, a few weeks ago when friend, Branko drove up from Vancouver to help build a work-bench, storage shelves and replace a window so things are starting to fall into place. Want/need to make room for more shelving I'd like Henryk to build. Also hope he will be able to install the in-house vacuum system we brought back from Winnipeg. Piping will go in the crawl space but power unit will be mounted in garage. On and on and on! Have included album from latest hike. Fondestos from Mme Coriandre to you both. Cheers, Patrizzio!
 

Patriçio, Oh, don’t read the manual. Manuals are for weenies. Real men just do it! You will not believe how the Dewalt will simplify projects. Makes me want to visit again and go crazy on shelving, etc. whatever!

Impressive ride, I must admit. Maybe I will put my motorcycle back on the road and join you next time. I can be like the escorts in the Tour de France!

A pick up for the charity event would be appreciated. I am home from Yakima (probably) late Friday aft, so we can touch bases then, or Saturday a.m. On another note, I have taken up a new hobby, mushroom farming! The attached photo is a typical example of mushrooms I have growing in the yard. Happy to send you some. I hear they are excellent in omelettes and salads! hasta la vista//bjp 

Hello Mushroom Man! Just a quick note to say how much we are looking forward to your return to continue shelving project! Following your advice, I've already recycled manual! Thanks for offer of mushrooms but we have some growing in our front planter. Not your radioactive reds but large ones, nonetheless. Stay well. Take care of yourself. Fondestos and Cheers, Il Conduttore!  

Hi Colin! I thought film stars never aged! Here is the Winner of the Chicago Tribune's best Tweet of the week: "I thought my vasectomy would keep my wife from getting pregnant but apparently it just changes the color of the baby."

Hello Lower Mainland Folk! Trust you are both well. Played any bridge since we left? Cheers, Patrizzio!



Dear Patrick and Corinne Great to hear from you-- I think Burns Street Base Camp is pretty apt. 101 km--what a ride--and what terrific fall weather. So lovely! You really must celebrate your blessings.
 
Today is the official opening of the Robert Lee Alumni Centre. It is very beautiful! Will be re-enacting the Great Trek and all. However, rest of us have classes and must try to run the university while all these activities are going on. The Education 100 Alumni dinner was very good and it was great to have education alumni honored.

Saturday went to the Best of the Fringe and saw God is a Scottish Drag Queen Part III Very entertaining monologue by Mike Delamont--lots of media used and very clever lines--seeing man from God's point of view and God as a Drag Queen. The Scottish accent adds loads to this no "bullshit" look at religion. God is distressed as the Ten Commandments handed down to Moses don't seem to be working.

Who do you vote for in this election? Is Penticton a Conservative riding?? Didn't manage to go to Word on the Street--celebrating Don Currie's 75th birthday instead. It was a magnificent day so I think it went well. Corinne must breathe a sigh of relief not having to worry about going to such events. Anyways must run for now--lots of love Jo-Anne

Hi Miss Marps! Glad to hear that you are now "running"! In a different sense, Richard Cannings is our NDP candidate. Cora Lee has been volunteering for his campaign office. A few weeks ago, now, September 11th, we went to his campaign kick-off in Kaleden. Evening itself was certainly quite a genuinely stirring political event, as far as such rallies go. Corky Evans gave an extremely heartfelt speech. He expressed, in a far, far more articulate and insightful manner than I could, my thoughts and feelings about what Harper and his government have done to the country. While I respect Richard and certainly support him, he is not as passionate a speaker as Corky so I trust voters will listen to his needed, critically important message rather than his low-key delivery. 

Our riding, South Okanagan-West Kootenay, is a newly, re-drawn one. The Okanagan has traditionally been Conservative and the West Kootenay, traditionally been NDP, as you might know. We are hoping that, overall, the NDP will prevail. Of late, as you are probably aware, their support has been slipping, nationally, and here, as well. We are afraid that many voters will opt for the Liberals, (I'm not impressed with the Liberal candidate, Connie Denesiuk, although Lynne Lighthall is a supporter.), in order to oust Harper. Gaia forbid that Harper is re-elected and/or that Marshall Neufeld, Conservative candidate, wins. In an interview he stated:
 
My desire is to serve the people of our communities and further their priorities. Under the leadership of Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Canada has weathered economic instability with our Conservative plan of low taxes, a balanced budget, economic growth, and benefits provided directly to families.

We attended an all-candidates meeting, a week or so ago, and I was most impressed with Samantha Troy, the Green Party candidate. Although just recently nominated and new to both national politics and the race itself, she articulated the GP platform more sincerely and pointedly than did any of the other candidates, their respective platforms, etc. We will be voting in the Advance Poll as we'll be in Vancouver on Election Day. Cheers, Patrizzio!

thanks for this Patrick. too bad about the tasting. i will get someone else. Spiffy helmet and welcoming fireplace. we are now with puppy but are in mourning with a lost cat. the competition was the last straw i guess. matt

Hi Glasgow! Sorry to hear about disappearing cat! Cora Lee mentioned episode. Nine lives so who knows! I also gather that "visit" to Falcon was a bit of a fiasco! With respect to tasting, I see from email list that you will proably be in good hands with Sir Andrew and Ricardo! I'll be thinking of you, in front of fireplace, with malt of my own! Cheers, Patrizzio!

Oh, Faithful Dutch Servant and fearless leader Ken, Any idea how long the hike will be and the extremity for tomorrow? Yours truly, South Okanagan Princess​

I would say a South Okanagan Princess should be able to do this. Unclear when we will be back exactly (depends on the level of creative blundering we do), but I would say we should be back no later than 2:30PM (Teresa has to be back by 3:00PM). With hugs ... Yours faithfull, but above all humble low flying Dutchman 

Hello Low Flying Dutchman and High Class Consort! Just a brief note, not a 500 page novel, to say that I have "negotiated" with Mme Coriandre and she has agreed to allow me to cycle to Keremeos. This being the case, Lady Mary suggests you "carpool" to 611 Burns Street, (Not Home Hardware parking lot!), to arrive around 11:15 am, Saturday morning. Change to our car and proceed, forthwith, (No stopping for malt sampling!), to Orofino. I will depart early enough to be waiting at winery to greet you three around noonish. We have friends arriving from Vancouver, later that afternoon, so we should be home to greet them, hence the timing mentioned above. Trust this suits your busy schedules. We can fine-tune things, domani, over course of Dark Lake hike. Cheers, 'yer ever obsequious, nay grovelling, Patrizzio, able to fly under the lowest of low Flying Duchmen!

Hi Chloë and Hallmark Exec! Finally had a chance to look at the description of The Daughter. Looks terrific! Did you see it? Guess you will pay for my ticket when I go! Why don't you get into the movies since you know so many relatives of actors? Can't Ms Tinsel Town help smooth the way? Pay is better, I assume!!! And all those opening night hors d'oeuvres, not to mention free hootch! You will really be able to host a "real" Oscar Party!
 
Must away as I have orders from Lady Mary to rearrange the garage. So much to do and so little time. (David and Nancy, from Vancouver, are arriving on Saturday and Whirlygig and Calamity for Thanksgiving, then into Vancouver on 16th. Gulp!!!) Love and Cheers, Dad! Pics: Have my work ahead of me!

I find today's photos quite disappointing to say the least...

Hello Jake and Virginia! Here is the Rock Creek Hat Fiasco album! Cora Lee would like to chat about her editing duties! As well, we'd like to invite you to dinner, at our place, this coming Sunday. If you are free and interested, anytime after 5:30 pm. Perhaps we can chat, domani, on hike, if you plan to join outing, or else on Saturday at FM. If neither, give us a shout when you have a moment. Cheers, Patrizzio! 

“Vancouver Writers Fest's Opening Reception” “Glad you et. al. will be there! - Sandra”— Vancouver Writers Fest Hi Sandra! Really looking forward to seeing all you VWF folk as have missed being close to the action, so to speak, on Granville Island and Studio 1398! Cheers, Patrizzio!