Anne Elliott's photos with the keyword: Hutterite Colony

It was SO quiet and peaceful at the Hutterite Colony that we visited this afternoon. The pathways like this one led in four directions to the homes of the members of this community. Only 45 people live there, seven of them children. Two interesting things: at age 17, the girls have to learn baking, cleaning, etc. and take over all these chores and, at age 50, women no longer do any baking, cooking, etc.!

I had a very different kind of day today, visiting the Fairview Colony of Hutterites, east of Calgary. This was the first time I had been out there. After stopping for lunch in Beiseker, we spent a most enjoyable and interesting afternoon being shown around the Colony. The people who live there are delightfully friendly and welcoming and such hard working people! We could not get over how absolutely immaculate everywhere was - unbelievable. One really could eat off the floor here! This is a little cat who is a member of the Colony : )