more Kokanee Lake

If you plan to spend the night at one of the many lakes high in the alpine regions you must wrap your car up from the porcupines.  The come out at night and eat your brake lining and tires!!!  There is plenty of chicken wire and stakes laying around for that purpose.

Lola had it made.....she is really fitting in....everyone loves her here.  The only issue is she can't come in the house because Dianne is allergic to cats and dogs.  She has to sleep in my car at night.  It's fine right now with the weather and I'm sleeping with her in the car at night.  When the weather turns.....?????  
The last photo is Bonnie Jean...what a sweetheart!  I dropped her off at an ashram across the lake a few days ago.  She might be back to wwoof in a few weeks.

Party night

This is Dianne playing her Dolcimer.  It was the last night the Quebecqua's were with us.  The fresh baked apple pie/cake was gifted to Dianne that night.  The idea came to make every night  some ones birthday to initiate a celebration!  I was awarded the first pie!  It was accidental...Mark thought he heard Isabelle say that it was my birthday. What she really said was,  wouldn't it be fun IF it were Janet's birthday!  What a surprise it was when I came home from a meeting and was given a cake!  It was so much fun because I got to pick an age I would like to be....I picked my current age...54....I love being me.  Isn't that a gift!

Job Description as a Wwoofer

This is Mark from Quebec.  As you can see he's peeling apples.  We dried apples today.  We also weed, water, pick seeds (paper bags hanging in bags in photo below), dry herbs in one of the many driers, wild craft into the bush for many different herbs, press herbs (photo below), help with medicine making, pick fruit, pick ripe vegetables and make dinner or freeze, make AWESOME, organic fresh picked meals, sing, yack, contemplate and rub my sore muscles with arnica cream! 

The Gang

The Wwoofing crew of Laird Creek Farm my first week.  From left to right:  me, Mark from Quebec, Dianne our wwoofing host, Isabella from Quebec, Bonnie Jean from Nova Scotia, Noah- Diannes grandson

Chancellor Avenue, Vancouver

August 2, 2010
This is Dan and Fran; the most phenomenal couple in the world....the ones you always hear me talk about!  They have opened their hearts and home to me and have brought so much God and heart healing to my life over the years.  They are truly a gift from Great Spirit to me. They "knew me when" and they loved me even through the worst part of my life....I know that it is through their prayers that I was restored to the blessed life I have today.  They live a life of service and they are a very hard act to follow!  I am so very proud to have them as relatives....we don't get to pick our family....but I would have picked them!  (Wally, if you read this...I would have picked you too!)  We all 3 share a very

similar path and this has opened our hearts to each other.  I have been doing nothing but catching up on this blog, lying with Lola in the hammock, admiring Dan's dahlia's (aren't they superb?) praying, meditating and going to a meeting.  I have been restored again! I am no longer disoriented to my personal legend and my fears have turned back into, again, the enthusiasm and excitement that I first started with.  A new pair of glasses!
Fare thee Well as I pack tonight for Keats Island!
Pioneer Janet

Ashland, Oregon

July 24, 2010-July 27, 2010
I spent time with my friend Lisa in Ashland, Oregon. We had a great hike in Lithia Park. The park has natural lithium springs so everyone is really mellow!  The beauty and park trails are superb dotted with the the characters from "hippydom".  I love this town and I love Lisa!  Thank you for showing me such a nice time.  We also saw the movie Inception.  Wow, great movie, a must see! Russel, Scott Bush's son came and joined us for dinner.  He has moved to Medford....you go Russ...you broke the Orange Curtain!
Ashland is rapidly becoming a sustainable town.  They boast a huge local food co-op .  Most people here are very eco aware and the town offers numerous classes in sustainability from food growing, herbalism, and alternative power.  You see local food growing everywhere.  Alternative health care is in abundance and solar panels dot the roof tops.  This is definitely a town worth considering based on it's beauty, it's character and mentality.  I was reminded of Laguna Beach without the ocean....Lithia Park makes up for it and the lack of people!
Fare thee Well!
Pioneer Janet