Aftermath of a Forest Fire (Tweedsmuir Park, BC)
I hope you’ve been enjoying the July tour through the Chilcotin area of British Columbia! Today’s photos are some of my favorites from the plateau area. You’ll notice that Nemiah Valley/ Chilco Lake is right in against the Coast Mountains. So beautiful! I didn’t have a chance to show you photos of the petroglyphs we saw (one site) as well as the pictographs (two sites), or… well, a lot more, due to limited space! But if you want to see more, pop over to my Facebook album Chilcotin/Coast Adventures 2017.
I chose the photos to share this month a few weeks ago and set up the beginnings of each Sunday’s post, not knowing at the time that fierce fires would take over that entire region throughout July. They’re still ongoing, though many of the residents have returned home and are back on evacuation alert instead of the roughly two-week evacuation order they’d been under. The photo at the top of this page is from a burn several years ago. I imagine a lot of the country we saw in June looks similar now. :(
Taseko River (Chilcotin, BC)
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Upper Dean River (Chilcotin BC) — prime fly fishing!
Last Week
On Monday, Narelle Atkins confessed to binge reading Kara Isaac novels.
On Tuesday, Elizabeth Maddrey shared Christmas in July.
On Wednesday, Julie Arduini hosted Laura V. Hilton’s guest post, Finding Love in All the Wrong Places… and giveaway.
On Thursday, Melanie Snitker talked about letting go of fear… and giveaway.
On Friday, Kimberly Rose Johnson shared a time of refreshing.
On Saturday, Marion Ueckermann invited us to join her in looking back.
Next Week
Monday: Lindi Peterson
Tuesday: Lee Tobin McClain
Wednesday: Krista Phillips
Thursday: Alexa Verde
Friday: Heather Gray
Saturday: Annalisa Daughety
Chilko Lake (Nemiah Valley, BC)
Flight 259 (Hope Series 1) by Staci Stallings
The Soldier’s Secret Child (Rescue River 5) by Lee Tobin McClain
July 2017
On Board for Romance (Homegrown Love 1) (Arcadia Valley Romance 7) by Annalisa Daughety
Memories of Mist (An Urban Farm Fresh Romance 3) by Valerie Comer
Cherish by Autumn Macarthur, Heather Gray, Elizabeth Maddrey, and four others
Learning from Experience (re-release) by Ginger Solomon
Season of Hope (Rios Azules Christmas 3) by Alexa Verde
Picnics & Promises by Autumn Macarthur, Marion Ueckermann, and four others
A Courtship for Clover (Seven Suitors for Seven Sisters 5) by Marion Ueckermann
His Father’s Son (Sweetapple Falls 1) by Autumn Macarthur
Love’s Healing Touch (First Street Church Romances) by Autumn Macarthur
A Christmas Surprise (Love in the Cascades 1) by Kimberly Rose Johnson
Heart of a Prince (Crowns & Courtships 1) by Carol Moncado
Fraser River Canyon (Gang Ranch, BC)
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Valerie Comer is a USA Today bestselling author and a two-time Word Award winner who writes where food meets faith and fiction. She injects experience laced with humor into her green clean romances. Her life on a small farm in western Canada provides the seed for stories of contemporary inspirational romance. Like many of her characters, Valerie and her family grow much of their own food and are active in the local foods movement as well as their church. She only hopes her creations enjoy their happily-ever-afters as much as she does hers, shared with her husband, adult kids, and adorable granddaughters.
Thanks for sharing your beautiful pictures!
Valerie thanks for hosting July’s Sunday Edition and sharing your favorite photos and God’s majestic beauty of the Chilcotin area! Sorry to hear about the fires and evacuations and praying they continue to be under control. Glad that the state of Michigan could help by sending fire fighters to help Canadians. This year with our cool nights and lots of rain, Michigan is experiencing an abundance of summer squash, tomatoes, blueberries, cherries, peaches, and apples. God is good! Enjoy the rest of your summer.
I have only recently found you online and I’ve enjoyed this blog so much. We have fires every year here in CentralWashington that eats up the hillsides and sometimes more. It’s hot here! Most people unfamiliar with this part of the state are surprised to know that. We have had so many fires near us, within a mile or three, but don’t get too excited about it anymore. The fire department is brilliant and hardly anything is lost in the Yakima valley. Anyway, thank you for sharing the lovely photos ?
I’m happy to do so!
BC thanks Michigan! We’re in the full swing of cherry season here, too, and my garden is doing well… when I keep enough water on it!
Central Washington is just as dry as central BC and central Oregon. I’ve been through Yakima a time or two! Please that you have found our blog. :)
Hi! I am a German American living in SW Michigan. My husband took business trips to Yakima, Washington. Yesterday I read Kimberly Rose Johnson’s romance A Christmas Surprise (Love in the Cascades) set in Leavenworth (Little Bavaria), Washington. My husband really enjoyed visiting that region. The internet often makes for a small world. Prayers for areas having fires.
Valerie, just checked my herbs and tomato plants. First we had too much rain, which almost killed the plants. Roots and leaves were too moist. The rain came during prime harvest for the area cherry and blueberry farmers. Now we have been without rain for over a week. The cooler nights are helping, produces dew. The weeds are growing. Has been an interesting summer with daily 30 degree temperature changes.
Here it seems if the rain doesn’t split the cherries, then it’s a bad wasp year and they go around taking a bite out of each! Commercial growing is a hard business!
It is a small world! We are very used to summer fires but thank you- prayers are always appreciated ❤️
Thanks for your posts and photos this month……beautiful and interesting!
Just beautiful! God’s creation is amazing.
I’m glad you’ve enjoyed them!
Isn’t it though!
Thank you for sharing the pictures, Valerie! They are beautiful. And so sad about forest fires…