[av_image src=’http://ourgreatescape.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Rux-outbuilding-800×533.jpg’ attachment=’5129′ attachment_size=’large’ align=’center’ styling=” hover=’av-hover-grow’ link=” target=” caption=” font_size=” appearance=” overlay_opacity=’0.4′ overlay_color=’#000000′ overlay_text_color=’#ffffff’ animation=’no-animation’][/av_image] [av_heading tag=’h1′ padding=’10’ heading=’One scene, two visions’ color=” style=” custom_font=” size=” subheading_active=” subheading_size=’15’ custom_class=”][/av_heading] [av_textblock size=” font_color=” color=”] It was a chilly November morning. We left Spokane bright and early with coffee in our hands and plans for a… Continue reading One scene, two visions
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Guardian of the Columbia
It distracted me from my ultimate mission — an afternoon with Maremma sheepdogs. I was driving south on a rural road on the Colville Reservation and spied it out of the corner of my eye. Of course, my new friend Kaila warned me about it. She said “there’s a beautiful abandoned church near our homestead.”… Continue reading Guardian of the Columbia
The church: centre of a community
I’ve driven Route 2 from Wilbur through Airway Heights more than a handful of times since I moved back to the B.C. Interior. Typically, I’m on a mission to get to Spokane Valley, our second home where Our American lives. It was only recently that a building, almost hidden behind overgrown bushes, caught my attention.… Continue reading The church: centre of a community
A meeting by chance
Phillip is a kindly, somewhat nutty old fella. He ambles out of his little home in Moyie Lake, B.C., his hands jammed into the pockets of his denim overalls. His fluffy white beard conjures thoughts of Santa Claus, while the ink art travelling up his arms gives hints to a rougher life spent on the… Continue reading A meeting by chance
Fading away in Scollard, Alberta
An old church left behind in Scollard
Family forever … in Retlaw
A family’s legacy in Retlaw