I finally found the first sign of spring on March 1

pruning

It's a bit of a mindless job once you know what you're doing and the whole orchard needs to be done but the music helps.

Finally, the weather broke!

Coming back over the Hope/Princeton Highway, Jan. 21, 2009

travelling to Vancouver, Jan. 15, 2009

The whole 5 days in Vancouver looked like this.

Socked in

So many of the orchards are being torn out now to plant grapes. Pretty soon we'll all have to stay drunk so we won't notice how hungry we are.

Bear in the snow

It's tough being little in this kind of weather.