Monday, March 18, 2024

First Campfire

 


we had our first campfire


by the pond


it was a bit windy


but nice enough


the tent for the kids to play in

Thursday, March 14, 2024

Temperature Shift

 


Tuesday morning


forecast


Rien is right away going with the gator


sundown





Wednesday, March 13, 2024

Alpha meal

 


last sunday food was served by these 2


Tuesday, March 12, 2024

Early Morning

 


we have company


Duke is always there too



hoping for a bit of milk


working together


it goes pretty good


our own beef for the freezer
looking good


breakfast time

Monday, March 11, 2024

Barn Chores

 


I've been to the barn lately


feed some calves


cows in the calving pen, we had 6 calves this week
3 in one evening


3 calves here to feed milk


and 3 more by the calf feeder


met our milk trucker

Friday, March 8, 2024

Sings of Spring

 


we have corocusses


and lambs


they're cute






Thursday, March 7, 2024

Human Traficking presentation

 


96% are girls 91% know their trafficker
average age 13 or 12 for native girls


important phone numbers


where most of human trafic is moving around
usually hotels
but some girls are trafficked out of their own home


what to look for when you suspect something
some tatoes and look for expensive things
they should not be able to affort


a personal story of this lady
she was 8 when she moved from home 
12 when she was traficked
she was from Brantford and she lived for years 
at Slave lake, later a social worker in Calgary
 who she thought was helping her
dropped her off at a biker gang in BC


but she got out, had to hide for a year
 she's helped many victims
she's been married for 15 years


coffee and snacks were provided
by sponsor 
was nice talking to Keara

Wednesday, March 6, 2024

Fruit of the vine

 


so many wineries close together
(Olga's picture)


many views over vineyards


the restaurant was closed


lots of vines


and places to buy wine


we've went to this place before 


Fielding Estate


they all prune aggressively


and I though I did a lot of pruning


but we usually do it the easy way


bottled some wine today, 30 bottles

Tuesday, March 5, 2024

Brucetrail Mountainview to CaveSpring


we were with 9 hikers


great views from the escarpment


a great day to be out together


not very muddy for the time of year


quite rocky with crevices


Terry joined us again too


not a good place to hike in the dark


down to Quary Road


coats off


sunshine all the time


this was new to us, over 100 steps up the escarpment


walking in shorts, 
doesn't happen often due to bugs or poison ivy
(picture by Olga)


mostly flat ground


but a few steep hills


almost done