Nasty black ice

Our winter took a bad start with black ice. We could not drive up the last bit and had to put on our snowshoes. It was slippery as h...! Even the deer could not make it across the road without falling. Unfortunately my car was still on top of the mountain, when it was raining ice. Sliding my car down the hill was a pretty scary situation. But thanks to SUBARU-Power we made it. Today Nicole could not resist to shovel some snow, since it is really powdery and light.

Oh deer!

Almost every day we get lunch and dinner walking by ;-)
We wonder how long we still get excited about it. For now it still is "jööööh", when they are around. As long as they don't touch our garden next year! Our little farm will be growing from next spring anyway. We will get some chickens to look after. How thrilling, fresh eggs every day!

Visitors!

The day before the first snow fell, my sleep was interrupted by familiar noises. A look through the window confirmed the muuuuh, muuuuh.... cows in our garden!

Indian Summer

Since Highway 97 is closed due to a potential rockslide, one of the detours leads through Canada's backyard. Truly beautyful sceneries and - I found my Rally-gen again. The dust was just flying off behind me...

Top of the world

After cutting some firewood for the winter a few days ago, it is already here!
We enjoy the view from up here day and night. The nights are so quiet that it almost scares you. The boxes slowly get emptied and everything finds a spot. The internet antenna is up too and obviously works well.

Wine, wife and chant

At this years Okanagan WineFestival we hosted 4 dinners with different Winemakers from the Valley. We tried to use a lot of local grown products, that pair well with the wines and their flavours. Among the various creations were a barrel smoked squash soup with a hazelnut ravioli or false frog legs with crunchy beans and a garlic vinaigrette or the home-made duck prosciutto, caramelised pecans and blue cheese dressing. Another favourite was the duck confit with ratatouille and balsamic glaze. For dessert we did a vanilla-poached pear, exotic crème anglaise served with a churro.

location, location, location!

I finally managed to drive up the other side of the hill and get both lakes on the picture on this beautyful fall-day. From November 1st we will have to drive all the way up to the red arrow, but it is worth it!