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#240 Nomad Diary. 24-30 May 2025. Full Week in Penticton, BC at Month-long Housesit with Bailey, Allie and Ollie. My Crab Stuffed Mushroom Recipe.

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  A Deer Resting Inside Our Fence at Our Penticton House Sit Saturday. 24. We stayed in all day. We cooked three nice meals with our protein, fiber and good fat ‘macro ratios’. Darrell is resting from his exhaustion from this eye treatment in Seattle on Wednesday. I feel as though I’m needing rest too. I did laundry and painted a little with my watercolors. Darrell cut the grass and did some weeding. The cats hung out in their usual ways. They act like we’ve always been here. Not all pets treat us so comfortably. They also understand boundaries and respond to no’s and hands to keep them down off the counter when they look like they are getting ready to jump.  Quinn (4 yrs+9 mos old) in Brazil Wearing the T-Shirt We Sent to Him via His Dad Ollie Getting a Foot Rub Pork Chops with Mushrooms and Skillet Browned Veggies at Our House Sit House. Sunday. 25. Today we had our morning routine. We are two hours earlier than central time and we watched facebook live for our Capshaw chu...

#239 Nomad Diary. 17-23 May 2025. Last Days in Vernon, BC. Move to Penticton, BC and Begin 3 1/2 Week House Sit for 3 Cats. Darrell's Trip to Seattle for His Eye Treatment.

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Weekly Call with Son Jeremy and Quinn, Andrea Off-Screen. In Brasilia, Brazil.   Out for a Walk in Vernon, BC Helmuts for Lunch. Down the Hill from Our Airbnb in Vernon, BC Another Great Meal. Darrell Went With the Mennonite Sausage, Kraut and Slaw. Helmut's Ambiance Walking Back Up Hill to Our Airbnb in Vernon, BC. We Never Saw a Badger, but a First For a Sign Like This! lol Some Sheep Near Town. Vernon, BC Spring Flowers on a Tree. Blooming Tree. Saturday. 17. Caught up on my Blog through May 16th. Thinking about walking into town! Sunny day. Call from Jeremy, Andrea and Quinn in Brazil. We walked to town. It’s downhill all the way. It took 1 ¼ hour to walk downhill to Helmut’s Sausage Kitchen. We had some fabulous soup, slaw and sandwiches. Darrell got the Mennonite Sausage piled high with sauerkraut. I had the Turkey panini with artichoke hearts, spinach and pesto. I took some of my sandwich on the long walk uphill to our place. I reheated it for my dinner. We also got some sau...