Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful. William Morris When my dad turned twenty-one, his younger sisters gave him a ceramic horse as a birthday present. They had work horses on the farm and dad liked to ride and work with them but it still seems … Continue reading Clutter
The public participation component of the Breeding Bird Survey that took place on Saturday June 11 suffered under the rain, reports John Tschopp. Volunteers had to pass up some locations altogether because of steady rain. On Sunday, the weather window sent John out scouting some of the missed locations. He advises: The Lazuli Buntings are … Continue reading Counting birds in the rain
Sometimes we get so caught up in trying to accomplish something big, that we fail to notice the little things that give us magic.
On the chance that anyone else is trying to figure out why they find term “science based” is so instinctively irritating (it’s hard to argue with it) and even exclusionary (since when did science get it right all the time?), I share this quote, attributed to Albert Einstein: The intuitive mind is a sacred gift … Continue reading The tired farmer falls down a rabbithole and hopes you value honest hard labour enough to pay for organic local carrots
Bucket lists got me thinking. Living each day to the fullest. YOLO. Bucket lists. Top 10 places to visit before you die. Make sure you live today as if it were your last. No regrets. In a weird way, this obsessive focus on what to do while you’re alive leaves out the death part. In … Continue reading Mind if we talk about death?
Coded message to the grads of 2016? Would you agree?
Most of my experiences with bushwhacking (struggling through deep undergrowth) have been unpleasant at best, forays into the darkest side of my personality at worst. They were desperate attempts to navigate from one location to another brought on by a lack of knowledge of the terrain or lack of desire to take the long way … Continue reading Bushwhack
Spend your summer making a difference. Stewardship Pemberton has openings this summer for two students (15 - 30 years of age) to help with the children's and community outreach programs underway this summer. You need to like helping things grow - little people, food, trees, community...
When they flew in 800 avocadoes from Mexico for the television commercial, to make sure they had one absolutely perfect fruit, Jenna Dashney knew that the money she was making wasn’t going to make this sit right. “You couldn’t even give them away to the crew afterwards, because they were constantly being fed by a … Continue reading Slow down for your supper – with Jenna Dashney, the Farmers’ Market’s new chef-in-residence
Saturday is the annual Breeding Bird Survey Day in Pemberton. It's one of 3000 routes surveyed annually by volunteers across North America and it has contributed to the creation of the BC Breeding Bird Atlas, an excellent online resource for birders, tried, true and new. Meet at 8am at the Farmers Market Barn in downtown … Continue reading Breeding Bird Survey Day is June 11
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