It's a community tradition, and it's returning after a 3 year hiatus. Rain or shine, at the Downtown Community Barn, this Saturday, the Pemberton Barn Dance, annual community fundraiser, shindig and celebration, raising funds for Rotary and Lions Club projects. What started in 1995 as a small single purpose event in the Pemberton Meadows, grew to … Continue reading Pemberton Barn Dance comes home, to the barn, Saturday 26 September
On Sunday, in the middle afternoon, during a heavy rainfall massive amounts of water, mud and debris swept down the mountain in Birken, BC. Power went out throughout the area. Erin and Rob Elliot lost their house and farm. As updated by her brother, Brent, "The ground floor was completely filled with mud and the … Continue reading Rob and Erin lost everything in Sunday’s mudslide. Help them get back on their feet. Donate at https://www.gofundme.com/xd4nchvw
25mm of rain in the forecast today, so this shot, from Ruben Guibert, cruising around town, while it conjures a summer that seems to have disappeared, was really only one week ago. How can you not love that mountain in the skyline?
Look who I found in the creek, last week, behind my house! Pacific Chorus Frog, thanks to a facebook identification request and response and double-check-verification-reassurance, (yes i do know what I'm talking about) from Leslie Anthony, (the man behind @pembyboa) and authenticated by Veronica Woodruff, who supplied the additional photos below... I present you the … Continue reading Observed: Pacific Chorus Frog enjoying the recent rain
Kevin and Brooke Arnold are two of my all-time favourite photographers, so I'm unabashedly stoked that they've bought themselves a patch of paradise in Pemberton and are balancing family and creative life with a new farming enterprise. Happily, Kevin is posting sneak peeks of farm life on his instagram account, @kevinarnoldphoto, the latest feed to … Continue reading Instagrammers of Pemberton welcome @kevinarnoldphoto to the neighbourhood
Those pretty weeds blooming on your property might look innocuous, but they could be particularly harmful to Pemberton farms if they’re not controlled. The Sea to Sky Invasive Species Council (SSISC), along with the Pemberton Farmer’s Institute and the Pemberton Seed Potato Growers Association, have identified the five worst weeds that affect farmers in the … Continue reading Wanted: for crimes against native ecosystems
You are Invited to the Pemberton Community Forest Information Open House. The Open House will be held at the Pemberton Museum in conjunction with the historical logging display in the Soo Logging Building. Please come, review the information presented and share your thoughts on a Community Forest for Pemberton. Background info @ http://www.pemberton.ca/municipal-hall/village-projects/: * An … Continue reading Learn about the possibility of a Community Forest for Pemberton at an Open house at the Museum, Wednesday September 16, 3pm – 8pm
Snow in the alpine hit early September, so Dave Steers headed up Whistler Blackcomb, out of the valley, to get a closer look. I wasn't sure if one marmot was running in circles around me or if I was encountering different ones but everyone says there are lots and lots of them this summer, way more … Continue reading Marmots take over the mountains, Photo of the Week for 13 September wtih Dave Steers
You'd think, from his instagram account, that Gary Martin always has his head in the clouds. Having seen the way he tackles a training plan or a design job, I know that's not true, but I still wanted to ask him if he's like obsessive compulsive or something. What do you like about Instagram? I've … Continue reading Instagrammers of Pemberton: featuring @garypmartin
The Wellness Almanac 