Janet shared this post on Valentine's Day, but every day is worth finding love, so we're reproducing it here... a few weeks after the legitimate chocolate binge has faded. If you feel the need toe at chocolate while reading this post, we endorse that wellness strategy. Over to Janet. A little over 5 years ago I … Continue reading Find it everywhere
It’s calving season on the farms and even though my photo collections abound with anonymous brown and white faces with cute pink noses, I can’t resist capturing a few more shots. Next time I delete images, it is highly likely that these will disappear but for now I’ll oooh and ahhh over them on mornings … Continue reading Cows: It’s calving season, Connie Sobchak reminds us of the sure marker that spring will come
You too can have a park named after you in Pemberton. Just dedicate half a century of time and effort. 🙂 via the Village of Pemberton media release On Tuesday, January 16th, Village of Pemberton Council announced it will name the new municipal park in the Tiyata Development, after Pemberton’s long-time residents and local advocates, … Continue reading Village of Pemberton to dedicate new park to George and Shirley Henry
I subscribe to the Sketch Guy from the New York Times because these little thought nuggets give me pause. Also, because his tagline is "where the complex gets made simple" and I found that promise irresistible. Here is a recent offering from Carl Richards., author of The Behaviour Gap. Let's have a little chat about … Continue reading Carl Richards on how to change behaviour
On February 10, John Tschopp, our birding correspondent, crossed paths with an old friend. This Short-eared Owl was soaking up the sun near Erickson Road, where SE Owls like to hunt mice. Is this bird on its way North already? Maybe it was pushed South by the big snow in central BC, too deep to … Continue reading Calling all owls – John Tschopp is offering a free portrait service
There’s a little white board in the corner of Emma Gillis’ office, with a wish list scrawled down it in black marker. Most of the items have been steadily crossed off over the five years since Gillis took the helm of the Pemberton & District Public Library and tried to conjure a future-proof facility. The … Continue reading What a future-proof library does to address growth pains: make every square inch count
There's a soundtrack to this, for sure. But yours might differ from mine. So I'll let you spin it up. Thanks Gary for reminding us of the magic of sunny days, winding roads, and mountain vistas.
What makes you different, makes you beautiful, writes Shayla Wallace, who only had to take about 50 photos, experiment with endless different angles and freeze her fingers, to get this moment. Worth it.
An object between a source of light and a ground will cast a shadow if the light source is bright enough-that’s the straight forward explanation for shadows and that’s the interpretation I take when I observe these dark images. I’m not unaware of the various significance others might attach to a fascination with shadows but … Continue reading Shadows
74 new cloth reusable loaner grocery bags were made by a crew of volunteers at the Community Centre on Tuesday 6 February. That brings the total bags sewn and made available to the community to over 1500. Next Boomerang Bags sewing circle takes place February 27, 6-9pm. Please bring your borrowed bags back, so the volunteer … Continue reading Boomerang Bags Sewing Circle does 74 bags in one night! Join the momentum on Feb 27 at the Community Centre
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