Paolo and the Staple Remover Blues: Monday, March 25th!

Life is an adventure in forgiveness. -Norman Cousins, author and editor (1915-1990)

Tummler and Corinne, thanks again for the great visit and your generous hospitality. And of course the personal tour of your local wineries. Our favourite winery so far : Budino Brothers Estate Winery. We are trying to secure you an invite. We liked their Italo-cemente Foot-looseTrebbiano. By invitation only of course. The food shows we were wanting you to see: Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat and The Chef Table series on Netflix. Start with the one on Modena Italy. And then the Slovenian chef. I will send a sample of the trusted house sitters offering to give you a sense of what is available. Let us know when you are coming to the lower mainland and can visit the Republic. We will secure visas. Fond regards to all, W&CJ Tummler Reserve Whiskey, 2018

Today's New House & Pet Sitting Opportunities Just a sample of what is available. We get two offerings per day. If you want to travel around Christmas you could have a castle in France! Hi Pat and Corinne, Talking to you and reading this makes us want to put Turkey at the top of the list!! Love J&G
Turkey’s Black Sea coast: food to drive for: https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2019/mar/23/black-sea-coast-turkey-food-drink-mountains-trabzon?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
 

Greetings from a Freeloader Free Zone! Thank you both for the wonderful if all too brief visit. We enjoyed your marvelous company and delicious food. Pleased you were able to visit with Chloë and see her comfortable spot. We have already made arrangements for you to stay with her on your next visit! Just a quick note to thank you for all the websites. We started a new series last night, Carlo and Malik, a detective series set in Rome. Another for your list! Must away as I am doing my arm exercises and Lady Darjeeling will drive me to the doctor shortly to have my staples removed. All the best to you both from Nurse Ratched and Cheers from front gate Geo, [Lost in automatic dictation!], also known as Patrizzio The One-armed Bandito! PS: Will send more snaps once I'm back from I'm seeing dottore!

Hello Dedicated Followers of Foot-loose Trebbiano, with a hint of Italo-cemente! I assume you are readying yourselves to soon be winging your way to Vancouver. Trust a landslide has been cleared and drive will go well. Thanks again for all the links. Unfortunately, we simply did not have time to explore Turkey's Black Sea coastline when they're in 2003 with Elaine and Ted. The closest we got was a distant view from a castle we visited after taking a ferry north from Istanbul. Stunning scenery indeed let alone the food. Must away as I'm going to stream Day One of Canada Reads. Travel safely. Stay well. Wanda Stowes and best Estos from the cement factory! Cheers but the Seo also known as Patrizzio! PS: Calamity thanks for the archival picture Popular Grove!
  

I ARRIVED SAFELY LAST NIGHT. . . and am delighted to be away from Brexit madness. André mentioned that the writers festival is on here in Vancouver so we wondered if you were in town. I thought it unlikely since it is only 13 days since Patrick’s surgery but just thought I would ask just in case. Patrick - thanks for my St Patrick’s Day card. Currently still planning to drive up to you on Tuesday April 16th, assuming this still works for you both. Our cellphone number still is the same - let’s talk soon. Much love to you both, Rosemary XXX
Glad you arrived safely! April 16 is still fine. The Writers Festival is not on only some occasional events. Patrick is doing very well. His first two weeks have been pain free. Had the staples out today. Hugs Corinne Greetings from Penticton! Welcome to Canada, Rosemary! Can understand your Brexit malaise as we are suffering from our own SNC Lavalin/Trudeau debacle/scandal.

Glad you enjoyed the St. Patrick's Day card. Lady Darjeeling Took me to my doctor this morning to have my staples removed. Incision looks so well-healed that he didn't even bother to put a dressing on it. I am now cleared to have a shower. Although I have had a number of showers since the original surgery Lady Dar always covered that portion of my shoulder with a plastic bag taped to the skin. She just left to drive to the recycling depot as she spent a goodly portion this afternoon rearranging the garage.

Must away as I plan to ride my stationary bike. I'm up to an hour so I'm quite pleased with my progress in this regard. All the best to you both from Nurse Ratched and Cheers from Front Gate Geo, [Lost in automatic dictation!], also known as Patrizzio, The One-armed Bandito! Pics: Staples; rain barrel cracked by ice!

Hi guys, We are just looking at the calendar and seeing what works for having a visit with you at our cabin. If the May Long weekend doesn't work, we could do it on the weekend that we are opening up the cabin which is April 27th. We'd love to see both of you and catch up! Hopefully, we can arrange something in the not too distant future. Ruth
 

P.S. We had a very successful 80th celebration for my Mom in Kelowna. We started by seeing my niece and her lovely baby Anastasia who is 3 months
old and absolutely delightful. We then proceeded to do some wine tasting at
various wineries in East Kelowna with a lovely lunch at Summerhill. Did you know that you can make wine from honey? Well, if you visit Meadow Vista Honey Winery, you'll find out about their process and they also have cyzers,
beer and other delights.

We also did House of Rose Winery which has hilarious labels and titles for some of their wines for example: "Hot Flashes" wine which Brook Shields gave a huge call out for while she was filming a Movie by the same name. We did St. Hubertus which is an oldie from 1928 and has come back strong after their wine tasting hut was burned down in a fire several years ago. The View Winery and Cidery was built in an old Apple processing plant with relics adorning the walls and some hilarious wine magnets and other goodies. We ended with a yummy Asian meal!

Hello Kelowna Wine-taster! Wow! You'll be giving wine tours soon, Little White. We really have not explored any of the wineries in and around Kelowna so we'll have to address this large gap in our repertoire soon. Thank you for the lovely invitation to visit at the cabin. Lady Darjeeling is currently looking at her busy schedule to see what might work best. This includes everything from scheduled weddings to her book club in Vancouver. I, of course, am Infinitely flexible, given that I am naturally so, plus currently limited by my shoulder rehab.

We will certainly be in touch as soon as we have a better idea of our schedules. Must away as I plan to ride my stationary bike. I'm up to an hour so I'm quite please with my progress in this regard. Stay well. All the best to you both from Lady Dar and Cheers, Patrizzio!


Yes, there will be an Old Farts’ outing this Thursday. Tony will lead it. You will: -gather at IGA parking lot in Summerland at 0900 (0840 at Home Hardware north parking lot in Penticton) -carpool and head to Bentley Road (Tony will be more specific) -hike on Rattlesnake Mountain -return to S’land for debrief and refreshment If you are interested, give Tony a nod. And, Tony, thanks for stepping up and leading this! Cheers, Jim