Canadian Gardening: Seeing if I can post a picture on this thang..., 1 by castlegar_rock

castlegar_rock wrote:
Hi, all. First thanks for the kind comments. The peony is from Dutch Girl near Nelson.

Regarding smoke. It was very smoky at the time the Pend D'Orielle Fire was blowing from the south, but lately its not been very bad at all. Thats only because we are upwind of several large fires. We are right across from the airport, and we hear the bombers and spotters and helicopters all day, although this morning was quiet. Its been very active. I sometimes hear them circling for a long time, then landing at night (this is a VFR airport, for the most part, although we do get commercial flights and there is a tower), its really a tricky approach.

Here is another one....