This sweet little church (St. Anne’s Catholic Church) sit’s in a narrow valley near a small town…just a village really…called Hedley, in the southern interior of BC. It’s actually just east of Hedley in the Chuchuwayha Indian Village.
I’ve driven past this church at least a hundred times in the past forty years and for the past twenty, I’ve wanted to stop and take a photograph…but we always seem to be in a hurry; a deadline to meet, a ferry to catch. There’s no easy place to pull over and I haven’t wanted to intrude on the people of the reserve. They likely wouldn’t mind if we pulled in and stopped to take a picture, but I’ve been hesitant.
On my last trip to the interior to visit my dad this past March, I took this shot from the car window as we were wizzing past! It’s not a great shot but I was so glad I did it. I’m now totally pumped to stop when we return later this summer, and take the time to actually focus the camera!!
I think forty years is long enough to want to do something and not do it. In fact, forty years is far too long for me to pass something by and not stop to act on my yearnings!
Is there something that you’ve been wanting to do for a long time…perhaps just a small something…that you haven’t yet done?
(the sun is shining on this end of the island and it's actually starting to warm up a bit...hooray!)
