A year ago when we bought the house, there was something in the front of the house that was sort of a sign. It was made of wood and it also had the number of the house. The first time I learned about this piece of artwork was when I lived in the Northwest Territories. It was called Inukshuk (a structure of rough stones stacked in the form of a human figure, traditionally used by Inuit people as a landmark or a commemorative sign).
Since the one we had was made of wood, I knew that somehow we would have to replace it with rough stones as it would be more like what it should be. As there were many other items that needed more attention, we sort of put this item on the bottom of our list. The winter, spring and summer has come and gone and the wooden inukshuk was looking very weathered. It was actually a little wobbly as the post or screw that was holding it to the ground was very lose. The past weekend's weather was sunny and warm. We took advantage of it and headed to Just Rocks (a great place to search for the perfect stones). It was located just outside of Vernon off Highway 97. When we arrived there, we can see the variety of stones and rocks piled by sizes, types, shapes and textures. We were told to drive to the back and get on the scale. We got weighed (us and the car) and we proceeded to the area where we could pick what we needed. Once we found the pieces to complete an inukshuk, we loaded them in the car and we got weighed again. Then we went back to the office and paid for the granite rocks. The next day Jeff removed the old wooden one and stacked the pieces and was able to get two inukshuk. Here's the before and after photos.
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| Old wooden one. |
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| First try, the little one. |
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| Second try, the big one. |
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| The final one. If you look at the back, you will see the little one. |
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