8/28/2023 0 Comments Coastal flats jobsSmoke and flames can be seen coming from a hillside near North Grandview Flats Road. Friday, July 7.Ī wildfire sparked in Spallumcheen Friday afternoon. ![]() The blaze burning in the Grandview Flats area in Spallumcheen was discovered shortly after 2 p.m. Some Spallumcheen residents are being evacuated due to a wildfire in the North Okanagan. The township has downgraded to a level one Emergency Operation Centre. The Township of Spallumcheen said the evacuation alert will remain in effect “through the night.” Both the east and west side of Round Lake Road are on evacuation alert due to the Horseshoe Lake wildfire in Spallumcheen. Gimme a week or two.The evacuation order has been rescinded for people living on the east side of Round Lake Road. Not there yet but it’s just a matter of time. The aesthetic demands early morning walks in the garden talking to the birds (like a crazy person) so the classic Coastal Grandmother always goes to bed with a Barbara Kingsolver novel and drifts off by 9. In fact, every single box was ticked except one. Further, it noted the true Coastal Grandmother’s kitchen is often fragrant with a crispy-skinned Ina Garten roast chicken in the oven. The magazine seemed to know I had not one, but two pairs of cotton lounging PJ’s and I had recently bought my very first Eileen Fisher T-shirt (60 percent off) in the palest pink imaginable. Did my CG neighbor just drop off a couple of heirloom tie-dye tomatoes eliciting a loud and grateful squeal? Dear Lord, even my stick-straight fine hair had been secured with a relentlessly tasteful tortoise-shell clip I have no memory of purchasing. Was that an estate-sale Waterford vase holding freshly cut white gladioli? Check. I couldn’t have been more shocked if I had awakened one morning to discover I had become a Republican. When did this happen? One day, I’m eating Momofuku Soy and Scallion noodles to ensure hip-ness and the next…I guess becoming a Coastal Grandmother happened, as many things do, without my realizing it. The revelation wasn’t as frightening as shallow breathing your way through the “Ten Signs You May Have Colo-Rectal Cancer” poster in the doctor’s office but it was definitely anxiety-producing. And, by the way, when did I start storing back issues in these cute grass cloth binders organized by year? Although it took my friend’s intervention to point out my transition was under way, I only truly believed it after reading the “How to Know You May Be A Coastal Grandma” in my trusty “Southern If You Ain’t Living You’re Dying” magazine. While I’m not technically a grandmother, I do live nine miles from the ocean, so the coastal part is legit. The tobacco crop pants, the pale gray blazer with push-up sleeves (the better to show off your wooden bangle bracelets none of which were made in China)… So far, this trend of the Coastal Grandmother (the term was coined on TikTok last year, like every great/terrible idea) has staying power and that’s good news for me because…linen. The women are usually Coastal Grandmas except for the requisite “wild one” whom the others claim to adore while sniping behind her back about what a skank she was in high school. I was starting to dress, and possibly act like, all the “women of a certain age” in those awful movies featuring five famous actresses you used to love going on vacation, drinking too much wine and flirting with 30-year-olds. It was as if Diane Keaton and Martha Stewart had crept into my closet while I was sleeping and turned me into a …you know. (Coastal Granny loves gardening metaphors.) One day I was wearing a tropical fish patterned skort and a clingy orange top from H&M and the next…neutral colors and wide-brimmed hats had taken over. Coastal Grandmother? I had heard of the informal, classic clothing and lifestyle trend and now it had found its way into my closet like an invasive nandina in a hedgerow of azaleas. My limelights didn’t come back after a nasty frost this past spring and… “Where’s your vintage flower basket brimming with fresh-cut limelight hydrangeas?” “Coastal Grandma called and wants her clothes back,” she snarked. ![]() A close friend with a penchant for bold flowery dresses sniffed at my oatmeal linen pants, white linen big shirt and pale blue tank.
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