Tomorrow is a blank day..So looks like I am going to be baking and cooking dinner.  Like I said I am hoping it is going to be dry over here..!!!  Most places had standing water..Parking lots that don't usually flood were flooded..But we did have the King Tides and the wind and rain..So made sence..!!  Glad you got into the Dentist..I am trying to find a time to get in..Have not been able to figure a  time out yet..!!  Deffinately not next week..!!!  Am having to get going on my Braille course again..Which I do not mind..I do enjoy it..XX  Hope you have a lovely day and so glad to hear you were able to get to the Thrift shop with your next load..!!!  Loads of Love and Hugs..XXXXX

Hi Patricia.. Hope you had a great day..Sounds like you got a few things done..!!  I didn't get much done..Was wet and cloudy over here, but by this afternoon it stopped raining ..!!  I have high hopes that I can get out tomorrow for a walk..!1  Next week I have the entire week booked o=up with meeting and Dr. appts..!!  The cat is even included this time around..!!!  Still getting things sorted for Rashad.. He gets to see his grandma this coming weekend. He has not seen her since he was 3.. So he does not even remember her.. They are trying to reconnect so he can head down towards Victoria so they can have regular visits until  grandma can take him full time.. That is the plan and it was all along..Just thought they would have moved  little quicker to be honest..We are white and they do not like placing Indigenous kids into white homes. ..  So they will do the Criminal record check and home study then he will be allowed down to them..  Hoping the Social Worker will do the trasport..It is a 3 1/2 hour drive from our house..On the highway travelling at 110 km hour all the way..So not just around the corner..!!! 

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..Th