Burrowing Owl and the Tim Tam Blues: Wednesday, May 29th!

Speculation is perfectly all right, but if you stay there you've only founded a superstition. If you test it, you've started a science. -Hal Clement, science fiction author (30 May 1922-2003)

Hi Patrick! Your garden is amazing! I can't wait to see photos of it in another month or two. I bet you will have quite a bounty this summer. Fresh produce right off the patio is so wonderful to have. I so miss my Grandparents and their garden. It was such a treat to have beautiful carrots, lettuce, beets and tomato every year. There was more of course but it was such a labour of love for them and then to share it was another part of the love.

I really do need to follow through with a plan to visit. Must look at the calendar seriously and book you when the boys are not paddling and you are still home! They have time off right after the home Regatta on July 20/21 so maybe around then? Pray for no smoke!

Thank you again for your continued support of my little men and their adventures. I only have a couple of things each year to fundraise for and it means a lot to us when our family and friends keep encouraging the boys in their little clubs. Very different than big organizations so we just keep plodding along. They are happy and even managed to be on TV today with the mid day show for the news! So fun! Good fun and they love it - especially because they enjoy the people they have on the team. Well...another late night. Hugs to you all! Take Care, Ariane ❄️❄️

Hi TV Celebrities! Terrific that the cause is receiving such support! Ever Onward! We'll be home for July, [Lady Dar is in Winnipeg for ten days at beginning of the month.], as we have friends from both Denmark and Vancouver visiting, as well as a number of weddings for our resident Marriage Officiant!  Fondestos to one and all. Stay well. Cheers, Patrizzio!

Thank you so much for your encouragement for next month’s ride for cancer. When I signed up I thought I might get fit, lose a few pounds and make a modest donation to the Kid’s Cancer Foundation. Then the donations started to add up and I began to take it more seriously. Finally they asked the riders to share their stories about cancer and the ride became an emotional commitment. I know you have lost family or friends or know someone now struggling with cancer and that is why you have joined this effort to raise funds. On their behalf I thank you. Now I just have to get out there and pedal! You can check my site to monitor my progress: www.greatcyclechallenge.ca/Ride/ColleenTrimbleSchneider  

Hi Pat and Corinne, I hope you're both out enjoying the sunshine. It was wonderful to see both you and have some time to catch up. I ran into the friend of mine whose husband has all of these weird symptoms that the doctors are having a hard time diagnosing. You mentioned the name of a rare one that's hard to diagnose that your friend had and the symptoms you described were similar to my friend. I couldn't remember the name so it would be of great help if you could send me the medical name you mentioned. Thanks so much, Ruth

Hi Ruth! Trust you are both well. Terribly, terribly sorry about your friend's husband's un-diagnosed illness. I trust it is not Jakob-Creutzfeldt Disease as this is what Ted Keating died from. You can find much information about it on the Web so I won't go into any detail.

On a much brighter note, we had a wonderful late afternoon, yesterday, driving down south, past Oliver, to Burrowing Owl Winery for an early dinner. Lady Dar had a $50 gift certificate which she received a number of years ago, now, and we decided it was time to cash it in, particularly since we were attending a concert later that evening, in Oliver itself, at the Venables Theatre. Dinner was wonderful and since place was quite quiet, at 5:00 pm, we had a lovely relaxed time, chatting with our friendly, efficient server, [A delightful Finnish lady who grew up in Sweden, most senior server in restaurant, after ten years!], and enjoying the stupendous food.

Concert, [Tim Tamashiro, former host of CBC's weekly Jazz program, along with a pianist, bassist and drummer, put on a mini-musical, featuring the songs of Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr and Dean Martin, in their Vegas years. Affair was incredibly informative and marvelously performed.], was held in the Venables Theater, in Oliver itself. I learned that the original, historical building was lost to fire, [not sure when but in fairly recent times], and replaced with an auditorium that is nothing short of spectacular, especially given the size of Oliver, smaller, even, than Penticton, which, as you already know, is on the way to nowhere!

Quite a few friends, from Penticton, attended, so it was fun chatting with them before concert started and during short intermission. Even had time to pop in to say hello and goodbye to a good friend, Hildi Schmidt, [I call her Hildegard Von Bingen!], in hiking group and book club, at her lovely home, a few blocks from the theatre, before concert started. All in all a terrific day.

Argon Solar will be by tomorrow morning to complete the solar install by hooking the panels into the house electrical box/city grid and setting up inverter for Tier Two charger. 

While at Burrowing Owl we charged our car at one of the eight stations they have. Many, many solar panels on the various winery buildings across the extensive property. I plugged the Kona in last night as wanted to have as full a charge as possible as Lady Dar is off to Vancouver for the weekend, first a church conference, in Langley, and then her book club round-up on Sunday evening. Have Evehicle, Will Travel! Fondestos from her to you both. Stay well. Cheers, Patrizzio! Pics: Burrowing Owl: , amuse-bouche or amuse-gueule, soft carrot ball, Ostrich Carpaccio; Duck Confit; Arctic Char; Von Bingen!

Hi Wine Connoisseur! Trust you and Sondra are both well! Fondestos from her to you both. Stay well. Cheers, Patrizzio! What a treat you both had, spectacular pictures....we are very jealous....your choice of food.....wow again.....lots of love, A & S xxxx 
  
Hi Patrick, My apologies for the late email. I was informed that we could complete your solar install / grid tie tomorrow morning. Just wanted to know if tomorrow is still good for us to install your inverter and start generating your own electricity!!! I believe Dean may have called earlier to confirm but had not heard back from you. Here is his mobile. Thank you. Southside Jonny.

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