Celebrant Alison Moore

03/31/2024

Happy Easter 🐣 looking forward to our annual Easter egg hunt on Ravens View Farm with our youngest friends

02/21/2024

Parasols have always been a fascination for me and of course my daughter, when she was little, loved parasols as well. When I asked her for permission to post this picture she asked, “How old was I?” Needless to say this was before date stamps on photos. My guess is three. Others guesses welcome. .

02/15/2024

I love parasols and I often bring mine along to provide shade as I await the arrival of the guests and the wedding party!

02/13/2024

Valentine’s Day is special not just because it is a day of romance, proposals, and a great date night, it is also a day that beloveds give special gifts. Sometimes it is not a box of chocolates! This beautiful illuminated manuscript adorns the cover of a boxed book titled King Rene’s Book of Love. It is filled with images illustrating the allegory of the King’s dream giving his heart to Amour, the God of Love, who gives it to the Page, Ardent Desire to find his love Sweet Grace and to give her his heart. This very special gift was from my very special husband on Valentines Day.
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02/13/2024

Love marrying couples in all kinds of venues near and far including Barn at Six in Faulkland. We had so much fun!

02/10/2024

Today is Losar, the Tibetan New Year on the second new moon, a time to clean and clear your home and maybe other things as well. It is customary to SMILE throughout the day to spread happiness to one and all. I performed a ritual of cleansing and clearing the wintry energies on Ravens View Farm on this rare sunny day. This shadow picture reminded me of the Great Stupa of Dharmakaya where I went on retreat last fall and reminded me of the wonderful Buddhist teachings I received. Mountain retreat centre

11/18/2023

My good friend arrived delivering a honey green tea from Tea and Weaves and a birthday card of my favourite painting “Tea Please” to inaugurate my new tea set with my husband.

11/15/2023

A loving husband who is married to an adoring tea drinker knows just what to gift on the morning of her birthday!!

11/14/2023

Glorious sunsets are the highlight of autumn’s shorter days.Never tire of the view from our home at Ravens View Farm.

08/20/2023

Thank you to everyone who has reached out. Here is our situation. Ravens View Farm is fortunate to be located in Peachland which is due south of West Kelowna over a small mountain. The fire is about ten miles North of us. We cannot see the fires but it brings back memories of being on alert and watching fire kindling ponderosa trees on the hill across the ravine five years ago as it approached the farm. We have been firesmarting our farm every spring for the past three years and Mark has sent the last of his extensive wild and wonderful ephemera to auction in Chicago just one month ago to preserve his 40 years of archiving in case of this eventuality. Our grab and go kits and emergency preparedness plan have been updated. Yesterday we spent the day with teen helpers doing fall clean up around the property instead of picking peaches and plums as the farmers market was canceled along with all other events across the province. Our deepest disappointment was having to cancel a two week visit with our niece at the eleventh hour literally when the state of emergency was declared with mandate that non essential people in the province go home and not come. The Cottage at ravens view farm is now available for evacuees with animals who need refuge. Apocalyptic is the word that is used for a reason. And now I have family in Southern California preparing for a hurricane and a year’s worth of rain being delivered. Wish it were coming here.

02/15/2023

Mark always seems to remember Valentine's Day and takes us out to a romantic meal, except I always forget to take a picture. it was true today too. Somehow this valentines day dinner was captured and we are currently debating what year that was! Enjoy a heartfelt Valentines Day with your spouse, fiancé, best friend, kid cat, dog or yourself!❤️💛💚💙💜💕💕💕

11/26/2022

Michelle Obama shares her views on "Partnership, Marriage and Relationships." Always appreciate when people share their experience with truth and vulnerability. As we enter into the 2023 wedding season, advice to consider what it really means to enter into a marriage is probably worth sharing. Start at 4:10.

Life Kit on NPR One | 19:56