A dreich day

Rained almost all day today.  Not too wet for this woman to take her dog for a walk on the beach though!
I forgot to add some historical info about the little church to my blip yesterday.   Here it is. 

"St. Paul's, Salt Spring Island's First Church
Salt Spring Island’s oldest church was founded in 1878 by Father Donckele, the first Roman Catholic missionary to the Gulf islands. Erected between 1880 and 1885 by members of the community, the windows, door and bell were acquired from father Rondeault’s “Butter Church” in Cowichan Bay. The materials were brought in Indian canoes from Cowichan Bay to Burgoyne Bay, then by ox-drawn stoneboat to this site. The church was formally dedicated on May 10, 1885, by Bishop J. B. Brondel. Coloured stonework was added about 1973."
http://saltspringarchives.com/cemetary/stpaul/index.htm

An interesting bit of info about the butter church in Cowichan Bay- it's called this because Father Rondeault paid the First Nations people who helped him build it were paid with money raised by the sale of butter from his cows.    If you'd like more details, google the butter church in Cowichan Bay.  When I first started working in Duncan, one of my colleagues, a member of Cowichan Tribes, drove me around the local area,  and one of the places she showed me was this church.