Last year, in this part of the world, a sudden drop in temperature killed a lot of buds on the fruit tress that had started to form too soon. The vineyards suffered severe damage as well. Most of the soft fruit and a lot of the grape crop for the Okanagan a was loss.

The orchards are not only pretty this spring, they are full of promise.

They remind me of hope deferred and hope restored.

Thank you, Lord.