Yesterday we hopped in the truck and went for a drive south. I thought we had no destination in mind just a little road trip. I was perfectly okay with that because I knew I would be able to get my husband to stop at the art supply shop on the way through Kelowna. It kills me that we don't have a decent art shop in Vernon.
Anyway it turns out that hubby did have a destination in mind but was keeping it as a surprise for me. Knowing how much I love to photograph flowers he took me to the Summerland Ornamental Gardens. The Gardens are over 15 acres of ornamental and xeriscape gardens along with a butterfly garden and an arboretum. We barely scratched the surface of this place yesterday and I am sure we will go back. Hubby was very patient carrying around my extra camera lenses while I stopped to take pictures of just about everything. I will post more photos later in the week but here are a few. All shots are unedited, straight out of the camera so they are not as good as they could be but I just wanted to share some of the beautiful scenery.
And along the way back we toured along the water in Summerland and Peachland and I snapped these.
And then to round off our day we went to a car show here in town. We generally do this every year, we start with dinner on the sidewalk at a lovely downtown restaurant and then head out to see the cars. Here are a few shots of dinner and the crowds of people.
And from there it was home, to a bottle of wine on the back deck...ah...what a fantastic day.
The colors you captured are amazing. Great job.
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