| October 2022 | |
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| Zooming in on an eagle across the lake | Canada finally opened its border to non-vaccinated people, so I was finally
  allowed back there. We celebrated with a trip to Fernie, the only place around where we can get Indian food, my favorite! | 
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| We started our Fernie adventure with a little walk. | Exploring the old town center. | 
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| It was Canadian Thanksgiving that weekend, so we checked out this small festival. | Family selfie | 
|   Buddy & I seem very perky in this picture. |  | 
| Swans on Costich Lake in the golden evening light. | |
|  These three other birds followed the swans around everywhere. Creepers! |  | 
| That lovely inversion, in the winter it loves to roll in and block out any sunshine. | |
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| There were 2 weddings held at Timbers Event Center in October. Here are scenes from one of them. | Our first outdoor wedding at our new (unfinished) venue. It looked great! | 
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| Larry built that arbor for Katie's wedding last year. | A pretty sunset as seen from our house | 
|  |   On our 2-mile walk we like to take around the place.  The boys are
    looking back to  | 
| Mike O! He just finished the first set of stairs in Lodge Bluff Homes. Progress! | |
|  |   The three ridiculous musketeers. What they lack in size they make up for in attitude. | 
| On a visit to Larry & Mary Beth's, this is Dude.  He's one of Katie
  & Caleb's cats. He has the most beautiful eyes. | |
|   Gus always wants a cuddle, and I'm happy to oblige! |  | 
| Woo, I don't think I'd mess with Dude if I were you Buddy. | |
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| Can you tell I'm holding a treat? Target acquired and locked on. | Lodge Bluff Homes on another crane day, standing up more walls. | 
|  |   Family trip to Therriault Lakes up Graves Creek Road.  This area was
    closed for months this | 
| Golden light always gets me. | |
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| There was a man eating something off to the side, so we could not capture Buddy's attention. | These lakes are beautiful. I've missed being able to visit here. This is Big Therriault Lake. | 
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| Eric walked across these logs and Buddy wanted to follow, but he was afraid to go. | Someone carved a chair into this stump, but the seat was wet. | 
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| This is maximum bravery for Buddy. He REALLY wanted that stick. | |
|   Little Therriault Lake, so beautiful. |  | 
|   My men, leading the way. |  | 
| Some local ladies put on a dog-friendly event in town which included a pet
  & parent photo booth - complete with dog outfits. Here I am with Cowboy Buddy. | |
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| Jeb enjoys hosting Monday Night Football in his new living room. | Our friend and new event coordinator Casey put on a great event for
  Halloween at Timbers Event Center. A 2-story bounce house, games, and treats. The coffee shop stayed open late and had a nice crowd. | 
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| Pretty woodpecker on our fence. They have been on our house a lot lately too! | Three eagles on their favorite tree.  I took this through the screen on
  our screened-in porch, so it isn't super clear. | 
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| Otters! I have never seen an otter here before but we got three of them swimming by one day. | They went down to the fence, got out of the lake, and took off over land from there. So cute! | 
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|   Logan & Rebecca's engagement card, 12/17/22 is the big day. |  | 
| An article in the local paper featured Timbers Event Center. Here's part of it. | |
|   Part 2 of the newspaper article. |  | 
| This is the story that ran in the "Progress" magazine, which is out on newsstands all year long. | |
|  |   Also in the "Progress" was this picture of the guys working on
    Lodge Bluff Homes.   They are trying to move that pile of pre-constructed walls. Heavy stuff! | 
| Part 2 of the "Progress" story. | |
|  | We also got a new web site!  https://www.timbersevents.com/ 
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| Kristi's sister Lisa designed this ad for us that ran in the "Progress" magazine | |