Baldy Babes - every season.
Join the Baldy Babes for a hike on August 30th, coinciding with Baldy Mountain Resort's end of summer barbeque - all welcome.
Thursday, August 7, 2025
Wednesday, August 6, 2025
91% RH and Clean Chimney
I don't usually light my woodstove at this time of year. It is burning now and venting into a very wet outdoors.
Reason for lighting it? Both sets of work gloves I wore today are sopping wet.
Tuesday, August 5, 2025
In Loving Memory of Jane Bland, September 24, 1942 – July 11, 2025
Our thoughts are with Marnie, Charmian and all of the family as they rest, reflect, and adapt to life without Jane. The family did not dwell on the illness factor, so I won't either. I do want to say though that Jane's family provided exceptional support and caring for both Jane and Mike through their health challenges.
In this community, Jane was the ultimate hostess. It always amazed me how calmly she handled the vast numbers of young folks who came to the cabin with Marnie and Charmian.
For community events, Jane could be found in the cafeteria smiling as she presided over many potlucks, and served hot chocolate to the masses on Christmas Eve.
She absolutely adored her grand-daughters.
The family cabin has been pretty quiet, but we look forward to the return of the younger generations, as they make new memories on the mountain.
In Loving Memory of Jane
Bland September
24, 1942 – July 11, 2025
Surrounded by family, Jane passed peacefully on July 11, 2025, with the same love, grace, humour, and strength that defined her life.
She was dearly loved by her husband of 62 years, Michael; her daughters, Marnie and Charmian; her granddaughters, Sola and Mia; her sisters, Halcyone and Rozzy; extended family members and many close friends.
Jane was intelligent, creative, quick witted, and deeply committed to her work as a childcare services manager. She was a passionate advocate for children’s needs, first in North Vancouver and later in Penticton. She shared her love of art with family and community, and her encaustic work remains a lasting reflection of her vibrant spirit.
Jane also found great joy in spending time with her granddaughters and took deep pride in her roles as a mother, grandmother, and lifelong companion. She was a dynamic and social person who loved connecting with friends and family in Kaleden and at the family cabin on Mount Baldy.
We will miss Jane, Mom, Amma, deeply and are grateful for the love and beauty she brought to our lives.
December 13, 2008, Baldy's 40th Anniversary - Jane and Mike on the left
Celebrating Mike Crowson's 80th, Jane and Mike on the left.
I will add other photos as a find them.
In her working years, Jane called me one time when she was working on a proposal for child care for families working in the orchards. I gave her some contacts, but told her that each immigrant farm worker group seemed to have their own solution. There were apple bins under the trees made into playpens, and eventually immigrants whose culture had all generations living under one roof so there was no shortage of childcare.
Jane asked me to keep posting photos of clouds, as she liked to paint them. She also floated the idea of a subscription to this blog so I could be compensated for all the work.
Dearly missed, but we have her daughters and granddaughters in our community - influenced very much by Jane.
Tree Fallers
There are many options out there, from guys who will just drop the trees for you, to full service contractors Who will drop. limb, buck, chip etc.
It's only 10:00am, and the crew has taken care of the dead ones that required the bucket truck from Porcupine.
Monday, August 4, 2025
If you don't have a family Doctor............
You should be registered on the Provincial matching list.
There is a walk in Clinic coming to Oliver on Fridays for those who do not have a family Doc
Saturday, August 2, 2025
Lightning, His name was Michael
We sometimes referred to him as "perfect" Michael. A good looking boy with dark curly hair, and a handsome adult, with that same curly hair, He had a brilliant mind. He would have turned 40 this year. He was probably a pre-schooler when we first met. He was a friend to both of my nephews. I have lots of photos of him at birthday parties. I'd visit with his Mom outside the school as we waited for the kids.
He was a brilliant scholar, having a holiday with family. Beach front, at Hilton Head, Carolina. He had gone for a walk on the beach with his Mom. They saw the storm coming.
“It was a lovely, sunny day,” she said, until ominous clouds soon overtook what had been a clear sky. She and her son turned around to head back to their starting point about two miles away when they noticed stormy clouds in the distance. Rain had not yet started to fall, but Vesna said she and her son saw a lightning bolt “football fields away.”
The last thing they said to each other was, “Let’s get off the beach.” Both Jurist and his mother were struck by lightning almost immediately after.
Michael was gone in an instant, his mother injured. Electrical storms - you never know.
I remember the noise and the feel of the lightning strike up here a couple hundred feet from my cabin.
It is sunny now, but I've heard thunder in the distance - we may not get a storm. My tools are put away, and I'll find other things to do............
When I hear thunder, I always think of Michael.
Friday, August 1, 2025
Another Thunderstorm Watch
So far we have had some moisture, and we can hear the thunder off in the distance.
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