This isn't Hallowe'en, but it's the only dress-up picture that includes Tim. 
Those clown costumes from Doyles really got good use!
Mal's 267 lb. pumpkin hit the newspaper.
We spent Thanksgiving in the Okanagan, beginning with Diane and Gordon in Keremeos for one day.
The fruit stands go all out in decorating for fall.
Then we had turkey dinner with Irene and Joe in Kelowna. Yummy!
It was Ron's birthday, plus they sang for Mal and me.
It was a good family time, and Dad can still beat us at dominoes!
We went camping for an overnight on an impulse because the weather was gorgeous and managed to hit it when the fall colours were at their best. Our friends Rob and Linda joined us. It was awesome!
Rob and Linda said I could use this picture as long as I mentioned that it was us who led them into sin! We wanted to show them our church camp but the gate waas closed for the season, so we found our own way in!
We camped at Red Lodge Park, and it was gorgeous no matter where we looked.
There was this old codger enjoying the campfire with us!
Black leaves with yellow veins indicated disease, but it sure looked pretty.
It took until the middle of August before our flowers looked like there was a decent amount of growth. We're still babying them along, protecting them from frost because we don't want to let them go yet!
Mal laid rubber tiles on our walkways in the side and back. They are made of recycled tires, so they should last well, and they are really nice to walk on. We'll put shavings or crushed rock along the sides to finish it off, but maybe not until next spring now.
My Scarlet Runner Beans have finally reached the top of the arbor. I grow them for the flowers and vines, not for the beans. In past years I've tried morning glories and moon flowers, but they are just not tough enough for our weather.
The swing is our favorite place to sit. We often go and sit outside on the swing for a bit after lunch. I've got 6 sunflowers blooming now - only about 10 to go! I have a feeling we're not going to make it this year! This month has been below normal temperatures and time is running out. However, bit by bit we do a little more in our yard each year, and we enjoy it.
We were pretty proud of what a cute baby we had!
Your favorite pillow - later you carried it around, calling it your "pong".
Mal's birthday celebrated with 2 others in our care group.
We camped at Keiver's Lake for the first time and enjoyed it.
There were a lot of reeds at the edges which would make for good canoeing. It's a small lake.
We went for a drive and checked out an old abandoned house and found this swarm of bees. Needless to say, we didn't get too close!These small birds whirl around continually to feed. Watch the ones in the foreground, and then imagine a group of 20 or 30 all whirling at the same time. They twittered constantly while they twirled, so between the whirling and the twittering and the pecking, it was a very busy scene! The reason for the whirling is described in the last picture below.
