It Starts With A Pig

Charlie the local pig

I can’t tell you where we are but I can share why we are here. Today, at our house sitting location it starts with a pig roaming around in the back yard. Frank was outside working on the Ural motorbike and I was removing the breakfast dishes from the homeowner’s very large dining table. It has become common for us to watch deer of various colours and sizes saunter through this property from the paved road to the treed landscape behind the ranch-style house. What a surprise to see a pig in the yard. I called Frank over and we both had a chance to pet her before she trotted away. We learnt later from a neighbour her name is ‘Charlie’. How cute.

Later that day, I took my camera and went for a walk in the neighbourhood. There are many fun things to photograph and each item has a story. For example, Chuck, the local lawnmower repairman has a funky bicycle in his front yard. I asked him what it represents and he told me it’s his Newfie lawn mower. He has a very infectious laugh. 

Chuck's Newfie lawn mower

Just around the corner I spotted a woman figure with an alien helmet sporting an iron dress. I stood staring at it for quite a while before I strolled down the hill. 

Alien lady figure

Stone wall

A fabulous stone wall caught my eye and I snapped a photo. Frank and I have become fascinated with rock walls mainly because his family home in Saskatchewan was made of stones.

Tree sculpture

Just beyond was a tree sculpture. It appears that a couple of trees locked their trunks in an embrace. I am impressed that the property owner has left the beautiful structure to be. 

The history of the area is fascinating as well. A few days before, while retrieving the home owner’s mail from the mail boxes, a friendly man told us that sitting just behind are three large boulders indicating the burial sites of three First Nations persons. A couple of cedar trees have been planted there to memorialize the site.

Three rocks two cedar trees