Marshmallow Farming

These are not two words you often see together but since we moved to this area, we've been intrigued by how the farmers protect their bales of hay.  You have to admit these bales really do look like marshmallows.

                               

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 A little further down the road, we found the mint marshmallows.  They were a lovely shade of minty green and we began to wonder why no one makes a mint flavored marshmallow.
They would be great in hot chocolate and even in s'mores. 

Then just as we were going home we found the lucky ones that will be getting these marshmallows .

Salmon Run

In the fall, the Kokanee Salmon spawn in the creeks that run through the town and outlying areas.  These photos are of Coldstream Creek.
Forgive me for so many photos but it was awesome to see so I took lots of photos and tried to only post the best of them.
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A favorite hiding spot

This is a small run compared to other creeks in the province but exciting anyway.

Turtle Mountain

One beautiful sunny day after a week of rain convinced me to take a quick hike up a new trail opened up by a housing subdivision.                      
The trail runs along the edge of Turtle Mountain.
It was completely unplanned but I was fortunate to have my son and granddaughter come with me.   You can tell they are waiting for me to take my photos and grab a quick rest as the hike was quite steep in some parts.   I've been told this is an old volcanic crater and the rock formations were very interesting.  It was early afternoon so I didn't see any interesting birds or animals or even insects but that's okay the company was good and the sunshine wonderful.