For the last three months, a group of volunteers has been going out at sunset to search for Western Screech Owls. Our task was to play a recording of a Screech Owl for about a minute, then listen intently for four minutes, then repeat the sequence three times. If we heard an owl, any owl, … Continue reading Night Music
by Polek Rybcyznski: I had to shoot this frame of a Tulip in the garden as i had never seen a spider like this. I was amazed. It was not amazed at me, though - as as soon as i got within 2-3 feet of this spider, it would go up on its rear legs … Continue reading Photo of the Week: Polek Rybczynski meets a chameleon, the goldenrod crab spider
Could we better a more food-secure community? Could we ensure that every single resident had enough fresh food to eat? Could we be a haven for pollinators? Could every kid grow up learning how to garden and grow their own food? Dawn Johnson and Stewardship Pemberton have been working on the Pemberton Agricultural Parks project … Continue reading Pemberton Agricultural Parks Open House tonight at 5:30
Kalmia shared this recipe during her instagram takeover, and it is mandatory that I share it with you, but it just didn't fit in her recap post the other day, so in the spirit of taking over, I yield the floor to her once more. Enjoy. Quickles. Sweet, sour, crunchy, mouthwatering quickles. A mason … Continue reading Dilly-cious: a recipe for the world’s easiest fridge dill pickles
It was a combination of the colour-popping image, the perspective, the beautiful framing, and the get-off-your-couch caption that stopped my scrolling eye in its tracks, while I was on Facebook. Happily, Shayla Wallace, PSS grad and contributor to the Mount Currie Photography page, agreed to let me share it here. Hope you get as big … Continue reading Guest Photographer Shayla Wallace offers a powerful reminder to stand tall, reach high, dream big.
Plant a tree to mark April 22 signing of the Paris Agreement #EarthDay2016 # The late remarkable activist and founder of the Green Belt Movement, Wangari Maathai, said: "Some moments, history comes to us and says, What will you plant?" This is one of those moments.
Erin Baumeister is a transplant. She landed in Pemberton after a nomadic childhood — her dad, in global telecommunications, moved the family to Taiwain and then Israel. At 19, Erin, who had spent her youth taking camel-riding field trips with the Bedouin and fundraising to deliver school supplies to Masai kids in Kenya, found herself … Continue reading Sowing the seeds of a sustainable community
http://view.vzaar.com/6547451/flashplayer "The definition of boundary is simply what's okay and what's not okay. I think we don't set boundaries. We let people do things that are not okay. Then we get resentful. Me, I'd rather be loving and generous and very straightforward with what's okay and not okay, and that, I learned in the research. … Continue reading “I am not as sweet as I used to be, but I am far more loving.” Brene Brown says it’s more than okay to have healthy boundaries in place.
Celebrate Pemberton Arts + Culture Council’s 10-year anniversary, Annual General Meeting, artists and the arts onMonday, April 18 at The Prospect Pub in Pemberton. Birthday cake, local artists, a dance performance, guest appearances from past members, art, event memorabilia, stories, food and drink specials and the chance to become a member. The AGM starts at … Continue reading Monday Night Artsy Fartsy Party and PACC AGM, 7pm
The Wellness Almanac 