We will not  Forget!

Poppy Rocks from Oliver’s Youth. Thank you!

Photos by Master Corporal Retired Jim Stewart’s fabulous wife, Nurse Shelley Stewart.

My Mom Joice Constantin MacDonald CarterMy Dad Corporal Samuel Eric Pickering MacDonald

Royal Canadian Engineers

Available at Beyond Bliss.

Dear readers:

Request for Reviews

This is the last week of this serialization.  I’ve enjoyed this experiment and was encouraged to see people coming back week after week to pick up their installments.  It was a lot of extra work, but it has had its rewards as well.  The Plainsrunner will soon be published and available online, so now is the time to ask my readers to consider posting a review when it appears.  It can be a one liner or two pages of details, whatever suits you.  There will be review copies of the complete novel available for participants, so you can write your review now or wait until you’ve read the finished novel.  If you want a review copy please drop a comment here or at greencomet.org, or email me at arjaybe@greencomet.org.

Thank you for participating,

Jim

This week in the story:  The Sunwardians go home in their repaired vessel, and the Grasswindians enjoy a cup of ersatz coffee with Archie.  Tallgrass and his crewmates prepare to return to Grasswind.  They hope they will meet again and all work together, but for now they just want to get home.

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 Ursula Peggy MaryLou Maureen Nancy Susie JosieKaren

Last Artist Within class we took advantage of Hallowe’en and painted each others faces. Then they got photographed!

Each was given their photos and 2 hours later, some still in progress, these amazing collages are the Artists Within.

The next cycle of The Artist Within starts Nov 14. First class will be a drawing class. Drop-ins welcome.

For information connect with

Oliver Parks and Recreation

Katie Hadwin • Recreation Supervisor • katie@oliverrecreation.ca

250-498-4985

 I can’t decide . . Do I like the 47 Chev more . . or the dog?

The Dog, Tucker . . paws down!!

Globe trotter Mavis Grant and Wild Woman Sue James decided to search for an Okanagan landmark.

Photos and story by Sue James

I had heard about this rock for years.

We drove 12 km up McKinney Rd, checked all the trees for a sign. Finally  we spotted it on the right side of the road … a wooden sign on a tree, Balancing Rock .

There is a small parking area.  The trail is rustic but manageable. We did see tire marks.

We walked further than we had to, looked at the sign again and went more to the right of trail, climbed a slightly steep rocky hill and there it was.

It is impressive! It was deposited by a glacier but don’t know how old it really is.

Leza wonders is this is a question for Dick Canning.