The state of Emergency for British Columbia was lifted yesterday. There are still fires but not as severe as in July and August. The state of emergency was brought in on July the 9th. Some of the evacuees abandoned their hometowns for Prince George. 
I guess it doesn’t matter where we live, the weather conditions start many a disaster like hurricanes, earthquakes, forest fires, tornadoes, flooding….you get the idea.
The weather here has cooled considerably, -3C in the morning. I no longer scurry to the sliding glass door to get outside as soon as I wake up. Now I sleep in till it’s warmer and perhaps the sun will show up. 
This is my bed, right beside mom. When I was younger, I would bite her….gently, of course, when she would toss around too much. haha It didn’t help keep mom still so I gave it up.
All the veggies except potatoes and brussel sprouts are out of the garden. Apparently, brussel sprouts taste better after the first frost.
The tomatoes are sitting on the kitchen table turning red. Then mom and dad can them. They only have 5 pints done this year. 
It’s humongous!
I like the cold and foggy mornings we have now… but I have to admit that I dislike to go our in the darkness… I thought Phenny will sleep a little longer now… but I was wrong LOL.
your sunflower is like that beanstalk in the fairy tale… maybe you can use it as a ladder to find the treasures of that giant in his cloud castle?
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Good idea…find the goose that lays the golden egg. You know when one thinks about it….the golden egg would be too heavy for the beanstalk and the stalk would start to bend….wait the giant would crush the beanstalk…logic does not work here. hehe
Shoko
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Nothing like a giant sunflower to set off a garden! Well, many giant sunflowers trump that! And the birds appreciate your gardening.
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The birds do appreciate the sunflower head. We take off the head and stick it on the arbor or atop the shed. in the winter and it’s gone by spring. They do make a mess though.
Jean
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You have already -3, we have been over zero some degrees, the humidity is very high and everything is wet outside. You have tomatoes, a lot of tomatoes! The sun flower is huge. Wishing you sunny days.
Kosmo and his family.
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Yes, it is getting cold here. Love ya Kosmo.
Shokolino
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Those wildfires are really scary! We have a week of hots again…yay!
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Terrific…enjoy the hots. I think our hots are done for the year but maybe….
Jean
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Yes, climb that stalk and report back to us, please!
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This may take a bit of finagling.
Shoko
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Gees, that’s colder than it usually gets all winter here. It’s back in the 80’s (26+C) here these past 2 weeks. I look at all those green tomatoes and all I can think is fried green tomatoes. Yum!
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Mom likes fried green tomatoes but dad doesn’t like em. She’ll make em when we bring in the next set of tomatoes.
Shoko
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kali N shoko….we hope de firez stay out go out N never ree tern….thiz yeer haz been feerce…N we hope mom dee sidez ta make sghetti N pizza pie sauze with thoz veggies and ewe both get a perch pizza afturr all iz said N done ~ ☺☺♥♥
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Mom added zucchini to her spaghetti and dad never noticed…hehe
Shoko
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Amazing garden swag! Wow! Mom had 2 stinking lousy flowerpots on the balcony and they flatlined halfway through the summer. #blackthumb #RIPflowers #gonetoosoon
Love and licks,
Cupcake
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A pile of work for all of us. I really need a smaller garden to take care of.
Shoko
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Shoo you look darling laying on the bed. We think alike I used to nip Dad too.
Goodness that is a BIG sunflower, Try and climb it and see if you can wave to us!
Oh My Cat that big fellow drinking in the funny looks just like a certain Big Blue MOL
Einie
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hehe…Buddy would never do that Einey….or would he? hehe
Love,
Your Shoo
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Maybe you should change your name to Jack and climb that stalk, Shoko. 😉
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haha…I like that idea my friends.
Shoko
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Lady had missed the state of emergency being lifted. Thankful for that.
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Thank goodness…what a pack of peeps and animals displaced for so long.
Shoko, Kali and Jean
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Happy to hear the state of emergency with the fires has been lifted – now to wipe out ALL the rest that remains – maybe some snow or rain??!! I love that table full of tomatoes – you had a great garden this year – just look at that GIANT SUNFLOWER!!! You might try climbing it but I think that only works with BEANstalks………
Hugs, Teddy
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Think you’re right Tedd..it must be a bean…stalk. The silly sunflower bends over when I stretch on it. hehe
Shoko
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Whoa! Those fires look nasty and I bet they smell nasty too. That’s some sunflower stalk. Do ya think Jack might be up there?
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If, Jack’s up in the beanstalk so is the giant and I don’t want to see the giant.
Shoko
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Nice sunflower. Ours is about 1/3 of that in height, very short. Good job on the tomatoes, thanks to your mom for the newspaper advice, I have a bunch of ripe ones now to can. XO
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Dat’s a lot of ‘maters girls. And dat’s some gigantic stalk. MOL Mommy saw your mommy’s purrayer plant there in da background and went nutz. Mommy does miss her plants. Big hugs
Luv ya’
Dezi and Raena
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OMG! All those tomatoes! FABULOUS! We had about seven small ones…🍅🍅🍅🍅🍅🍅🍅🍅🍅🍅🍅🍅🍅🍅🍅🍅🍅🍅🍅🍅🍅
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We got 22 pints of tomatoes canned. The rest we gave away. The 22 pints well probably do us for 3 years.
Jean
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