Penticton Pedestrian: Sunrise photos… Peach Fest parade… native drummers… friends… family photos… thank You!

Aug 8, 2009

On Saturday, hubby and I went out early and I took a lot of excellent sunrise photos! He found 3 camera memory cards so we looked at them (in our camera), one was new, the other 2 had photos, featuring First Nations people, with cedar hats, etc. So we went to the “Aboriginal Village” set-up in Gyro Park, and it turned out that one of the exhibitors had had his bag stolen (with his camera in it) so the people we talked to were pretty sure it was his (he’s West Coast) and said they would pass them on.

Home for a bit, then back uptown to Farmer’s Market (set up in front of the courthouse). People were lining up for the Peach Fest parade, so hubby grabbed a spot under a big tree, and I went home and got us lawn chairs. Then his allergies started acting up, so I walked home again and got his allergy pills and the camera. I took a lot of shots of the Vancouver City Police motor bike show, as well as other parade pictures. It was going on to noon by the time we got home. I watched some TV, mostly HGTV, for awhile, then went back to Gyro Park and watched a group (Tsimshian, I think) do some drumming and singing. They told an interesting traditional story of how all the west coast tribes with potlatch traditions originated, and they sang a Haida song (I’m not sure I’ve heard that one before, but it definitely sounded Haida; they said it was) and a paddlers song which I have for sure heard often before. I really enjoyed it – hadn’t heard that kind of singing and drumming for a long time! Afterwards, I thanked the young girls who had helped with the drumming.

After awhile, I headed homeward. Stopped and chatted with R for a couple minutes outside Starbucks. Just as I got home there was BD pulling away, so he came back and visited till hubby got up. I was making fried rice for supper, and BD went to Safeway and got a roast chicken and some take-out Chinese (sweet and sours, chow mein, chop suey). So we had a feast! BD seems discouraged about being a Christian, so I tried to encourage him, and told him he should drop in to church-in-the-park some Sunday morning.

After hubby left for work, I tidied up, and got all the ingredients and equipment ready for fried bread, then set the alarm for 3 am, and went to sleep on the living room floor (the coolest spot in the house – right under the fan!).

Oh, and yesterday, and again today, I went to the Staples website, to their job-search area, called “Staplesville,” and looked at all the different job possibilities, as well as reading about their corporate history, mission statement, etc. I made a list of job possibilities that sound the most like me… So if You want me to have an interview, thank You for helping prepare me…

(later, after a nap!)

I looked on facebook and was delighted to find new pictures posted by my daughters so of course I had to comment on them and save them! Later in the afternoon I finally went through all my photos from the start of July and posted some on Flickr and Facebook.

Well, I drove my son over to my daughter’s place, had a short visit there, and then came back and loaded pictures to Flickr, journaled, and read Your Word.