Hike to the top...

 We headed up the trail.... 

Had a wonderful view of the valley...

Hubby had to leave his balanced rocks:)

Grapevines

We have two grapevines growing up our deck...hubby has been searching the web to see what he should be doing with these vines (the walnut tree is his favourite...this is a close second:)

May 2016

Apparently one vine is red grapes....we have seen the odd red one...we had a strong wind in the spring that blew lots of the 'little' grapes off)

the vines have been neglected ... but starting to come along!

We were told the grapes are sweet and delicious.... looking forward to harvesting them!

Something old....

When we bought our house....the previous owners never had time to depose of some 'garbage'....
In that garbage hubby found this...

We saw possibilities.....so we stored it for the past 10 months under our deck.
We had thought of a small island in our kitchen.... couldn't find anything that worked .... then I thought of that old piece of furniture!

Hubby made it stable...made the drawers workable.
I sanded it....then painted it ..destressed it...

Hubby made a top from 'old' wood....it had 'greyed' but by the time he cut and sanded.... it look like new wood!

I tried the vinegar and steel wool on it (that is suppose to grey wood...but it made the wood look like cedar....

So I then stained it grey and sanded like crazy...then stained and sanded again...Gave it too coats of wax...

And I was happy with it! (It almost matches our flooring??!!)

It has wheels on it so we can move it where we like....it works super!!

Good Fences...

On a hike at the edge of town we stumbled across this gem...

Wonder who lived here?

And...what the fence kept in...or out?

 Linking with Theresa at

Last of our Reno's....

I haven't shown much of the process of our reno's.... It was a MESSY 6 weeks... The two rooms that where the worst for me....

The Laundry Room...

And the basement washroom...

I'm glad I listened to hubby and agreed to buy this house.... I am so happy with our home!!!

Flashback continued....May 2016

Hike through the Creston Valley Wildlife Management Center with these guys...

Flash back....April 2016

Pictures from this past April....

Exploring Goat River with family...

Biking dykes along Duck Lake...

Tulips from my garden...

Kayaking West Kootenay Canal...