The River is still really high..When it slows down on the rain I will head back into the trails, but will deffinately take the high road..!!!  The River is close to the trail at the moment..Don't want wet feet..!!!  Will head painting tomorrow for a bit and have some house work that needs to be done ..   I had a misistry meeting with a Social Worker..So nothing says lets get the house in order faster than the Social Worker coming for a visit, I still have loads to do..!!  Keep finding dust bunnies everywhere..!!!!  Things keep on reproducing..LOL..LOL..LOL..  Made a big Lasagna tonight so dinner  for tomorrow is ready just have to heat it up..!  So glad to hear you had a lovely visit with your friend, and her grandbaby even if you had to drive..! Good luck at the dentist tomorrow..I have not gotten an apptment yet..  Really expensive here to go..  So waiting on pay day..!!  Hope you have a lovely day..Loads of Love and Hugs..XX

Hi Patricia: Yes we have had Totem poles around all the time Stanley Park in Vancouver has some very old ones.  Saw them as a child..  B.C. Museum has some very old ones as well..They are now inside to see about perserving them..  They are usually Cedar and although they last a loong tiime they do rot eventually..Must be all the lovely smelling Cedar oil that keepsthem so nice.  The Totems are to just be on the land and eventually become part of the land again.. So very much part of their culture and life style..  The carvers are not doing it for a fun hobby..It is their contribution...or use to be their contribution to the whole tribe..  They learn from masters and their  contribution to the tribe i to pass down the stories and customs.. The animals are done the same way..Paint is usually tradtional..You do not find purple, oranges firey pinks in any traditinal works..  They use to be only red, black, white and sometimes a bit of blue..  Huge feast bowls or steamers would steam clams and oysters right on the beach, but it was a carving that would be 10feet long that opened up and a fire would be put under or in the belly of the carving..It really is quite interesting..  Anyway..The weather here although dreary and damp it is not the absolutly pouring rain we have had over the past few days..A very heavy drizzle all day..

The Totems that are done with a chain saw are more of a decoration and not the ones we have around town..  Just different.. We deffinately need the Ark..!!!!!!  So much rain..YIKES..!! the River is up so high and there are so many low areas that are totally flooded..!!  More rain tonight and then (with hoped the Weather guy is right) it is suppose to dry up a bit for a few days..!!  Will get back out walking when I do not have to slush my way around..!!The snow on the mountain is just about gone..There was a small reel on my F/B says the snow is quite heavy with a large water content..!!!!  It was slush..!!!!!  LOL..LOL..KIds were out with their snowboards flying through the water.. They seemed happy enough..!!!!  Will get a few more photos for you though..Some interesting ones.  Hope you have a lovely day..!!  Good luck with the dentist..I have just broken a piece off one of mine as well..  But do not see it, but really rough on my toung..!!!  So sounds like the same kind of thing.. Loads of Love and Hugs..Xx

Hi Patricia..It is amazing the Totems are created with the hand tools. The school that the little kids go to. So Rashad is at it..A carver comes in and can watch him doing the carving in the hallway..Takes a few months so he is there often and the kids can talk to him and he will explain all the different designs.  When Eryn was ther he woud let her run her hands over the carving every day to feel what he had done..The carvers are part of the community and their work is not just art it is part of their lives.. One family has 2 paintings on their wooden fence..One is from the Bear Clan and the other is the Thunderbird Clan so both are on their fence . They are about 10 feet long each they face each other..  The Cemetary has a few Totems either giving the Clan they are from or a Totem from the family.. Don't rellt think too much of them as they are always here. !!!!!  One f the Elders who is a master carver..His responsibility is to teach the younger members their skills...He has am open Carving shed that we drive past close to the River..You can see him in there carving with younger men..  Lovely man as well..XX