Author Archives: dfolstad58

About dfolstad58

I live in the South Okanagan. BC. I enjoy reading, exercise, toastmasters. spending time with my son, my daughter, & her husband , and my patient wife. I try to respond personally to every comment on my blog, and in this way I hope to get to know my readers a little bit and and am able to thank readers for their encouragement on what they liked and suggestions on what they would like to see me try in order to improve.

June 8,2020-Tongue tied almost

Posted on June 8, 2020 by dfolstad58

I had to confess yesterday that I went into the yard to take pictures and my thumb went crazy. I felt like it was too many pictures for one post so I divided the pictures into backyard, frontyard, and the … Continue reading →

Posted in Just being creative, wordless wednesday | Tagged balcony, flowers, garden, green, plants, silent, tongue tied, wordless | 24 Comments

Garden Green June 8, 2020 – Front Yard

Posted on June 8, 2020 by dfolstad58

Scattered Showers yesterday meant the hills will stay green and I went a tad overboard with photos in my yard resulting in a three-day post series. I divided the photos into front yard, back yard, and front balcony. Front yard … Continue reading →

Posted in Just being creative, wordless wednesday | Tagged cacti, cactus, green, plants, silent, wordless, yard | 27 Comments

Silent Sunday June 7, 2020-Backyard

Posted on June 7, 2020 by dfolstad58

Scattered Showers today mean the hills will stay green and the creeks will continue to gush into the lakes that line the Okanagan Valley north to south. A perfect day to show the green in my yard. I previously posted … Continue reading →

Posted in Just being creative, wordless wednesday | Tagged flowers, garden, green, Okanagan, plants, silent, wordless | 30 Comments

Tears expected, or not

Posted on June 6, 2020 by dfolstad58

Thanks for visiting Life and Random Thinking today. – David There is a saying that time heals wounds, but I think some wounds never heal completely. They can still twinge a hot stab of pain that usually passes quickly to … Continue reading →

Posted in family, Just being creative | Tagged healing, heart attack, lessons, Lillian Folstad, Love, memory, remembrance, sharing, speak up, Time | 30 Comments

Can’t skip practice if I want to win

Posted on June 5, 2020 by dfolstad58

My son and daughter motivated me to climb Giant’s Head mountain a few weeks ago. I am glad I did and I have climbed it four more times since then. (To learn more about Giant’s Head Mountain – click HERE) … Continue reading →

Posted in health, Just being creative, Thinking Out loud | Tagged challenges, giant's head, growth, health, hike, not stopping, overcoming, slow | 28 Comments

Unexpected Opportunity

Posted on June 1, 2020 by dfolstad58

Today’s post is the 10th instalment of CB and PB’s story. Welcome to Life and Random Things. My posts are not all stories, but this short story experiment has a life of it’s own. The first post was Spread Your Wings . … Continue reading →