The Cycle of Life...of Fish

 A lovely sunny Saturday morning... a phone call from my nephew, Tony Klassen, and...

a much appreciated invitation to

 Weaver Creek Spawning Channel          

                            

Emma, Leah, Julia

Peter, Susan & Victor Klassen, Tony, Emma, Leah, Linda & Julia

 Location

So many jumping fish and only a half an hour drive from our place.

Near Harrison Mills in the Lower Mainland, British Columbia.

Hours of Operation

And, if you want to see them hard at work, you have till Nov. 1

Open from 8:00 am until dark.

There is no admission charge.

"Look at all those fish!" "But what is that smell!!!???"

Sockeye, some chums and...

pink salmon--the prettiest and the tastiest of them all.

Cycle of Salmon Life

  A meandering stream 2,932 meters long for fish to follow.

 Gravel to lay their eggs in.

 We walk beside the stream...and wait for our picture to be taken. 

 A place to kick up your heels...and be yourself (:

Go, Susan, go!

 Look how determined this fish is. All of them are very anxious to get to the spawning channels.

 Ooops, wrong way...

YouTube by Jessi Loerch:

    

Victor and Susan Klassen, Hilda, Tony Klassen and his gang--Emma, Leah, Julia and Linda 

You know how it goes once you have a song in your head...

Do you remember this one from way back when? 

I will make you fishers of men

Fishers of men

Fishers of men

I will make you fishers of men
 If you follow me

And then it was time to go home for Faspa...

Hilda

Change Will Happen...That’s Life

PEDEGOest I will go...and you may as well come too.

As we all know, change will happen as we get older. Some are good, and some are not. One of the changes--I won’t mention any of the other ones--is our vision. We tend to need more light for all the activities that we do, like reading, writing, cooking, knitting, gaming, driving at night, working with tools, etc. 

But one thing that does not change...is our need to want to see changes. We get tired of the "same old." 

 We need changes because life is about change. 

It makes us feel good when we see something new, or have made a change.

It inspires us... 

It gives us hope.

And since our weather has been so fabulous, I have been out in our garden "making changes" by digging out the old strawberry plants by the side of our house.

They didn't do as well as they should've, 
so...they had to go.

Here is the before picture taken in the spring. 

This spot has been so nice and sunny; a perfect place for strategically placing a bench here...and a table with comfortable chairs there.

And, as you can see, we still need to do some more work here. 

But, all in all...it's a sunny spot in the autumn afternoon for sharing a cup of coffee with the neighbours.

“And that is how change happens. One gesture. One person. One 

moment at a time.”
― Libba Bray, The Sweet Far Thing

Love to you,

Hilda

Leavenworth, WA, USA, etc.

PEDEGOest I will go...and we are off to Leavenworth with our trailer. Our 8th and last camping trip for the year. 

Wed. Oct. 2 to Mon. Oct. 7, 2013. 

Hadn't been here in many years...

They were celebrating the "Festival of the Leaves."

 We found ourselves a lovely spot in the woods by a river three miles out of town...

 ...by the Icicle River

 What would life be without colour...?

 

...or friends...? 

Mel and Anita Penner from Abbotsford, BC.

They told us about the MCC relief sale in Ritzville.  And so Saturday...

 ...on our way to Ritzville...

 ...we saw fields of corn and acres and acres of apple trees, pear trees and vineyards. 

Our aim was to attend the MCC sale in Ritzville...a 2.5 hour drive.

 Follow the sign, and you will get to...

 ...the Menno Mennonite Church.

www.menno.wa.us.mennonite.net

 Drive until the pavement ends...

 ...find a parking spot in a farmers field...

 ...and enjoy some Swiss Mennonite Food.

The quilts were in a tent, and the quilters were busy quilting outdoors. 

The auctioneer did a fantastic job...

...and...some people found themselves the perfect spot... 

Peter and Mel. 

Mel and Anita have attended and volunteered many times.

After an enjoyable day, it was time to drive back to our camping spot at Leavenworth.

Interesting landscape...

Sunday we drove to Lake Chelan, and as we walked thorough the lovely town on Chelan...would you believe I found PEDEGO'S sister!--or brother...

Looks very good in red as well...Blue PEDEGO, don't get jealous now...

Time to eat again...we found a lovely spot for lunch...

...with a view of Lake Chelan.

And then a walk in the park

Boat races on Lake Chelan

And now...something else caught our attention... 

...it was time for coffee, but...

...in order to cross the busy street, we had to walk across holding up this green flag as a warning sign.

Ahhhhhhhh, so good!

And then it was off to the Ohme Gardens

http://ohmegardens.com/

A much needed rest after climbing stone steps.

There goes Peter...never enough!

And...I'm still resting while Peter climbed some more steps...

Our drive home was lovely...

I just couldn't get enough of those autumn colours.

So ended our little trip to Leavenworth, WA. USA 

"It's been a slice."

But...tomorrow... it's back to reality: Round #6. After that I get a two month break before I start on a two year maintenance program. Which means that every two months I go into Vancouver for chemo, and one overnighter instead of two.

We have had a wonderful Thanksgiving...and I hope you did too.

Hilda