Back to town in good time for the spring gardening – April was rather cool and wet here. Had our first crop of asparagus and planted all sorts of veggies and flowers (and pulled tons of weeds from the non-garden areas). The cedar hot tub we ordered in October was delayed further and might be ready in August/September. So we decided to order a regular hot tub for delivery in June. This necessitated some modifications.

Concerts are back on (we had 5 in May) and saw a truly excellent performance of a commissioned piece, Macbeth, by the Kelowna Ballet. Lots of animals around – cougar sighted just down the road, two adult bears beside the pool next door, a bear and 3 cubs at another neighbor, coyote yips in the evening, a few marmots sniffling about and a turkey vulture has taken up temporary residence on our lower rock face.

Next month should see progress on the hot tub, irrigation, outdoor stairs and a few other projects. And I leave you with Taisho in full flight rounding a corner.