Fall has arrived and the mountains are calling. Just back from an overnight in the alpine with a group of girls, I was stoked to find this image from Polek awaiting in my inbox. Polek soloed Mt Weart a few weeks back in a one day push from the carpark - a true gem. Gets Polek's … Continue reading Dial STRAIGHT-UP for mountain time, photo of Mt Weart by Polek Rybczynski
There's this song that goes, The thing about grief is It gets kind've boring for the People who don't yet know. Your friends - some they will wander off and Most will wish you'd just move on sister. But black is the colour 'cause it Doesn't seem to have an end which strikes me as … Continue reading The thing about grief is…
It doesn't get more "wellness" than having to shake the dirt off your carrots and knowing your grower. So we're stoked that Michelle Beks, Wellness Almanac contributor, has started instagramming for Shaw Creek Farm. Michelle lives up the Valley on the 3rd generation family farm, (find them on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/Shawcreekfarm), where she and husband … Continue reading Instagrammers of Pemberton features @shawcreekfarm
Power of the river is pretty much top of mind this week. Rivers are the arteries of our planet; they are lifelines in the truest sense. ~ Mark Angelo Stewardship Pemberton have been inviting us to pay attention, get into the flow of things and celebrate the rivers and streams, every year, and their BC … Continue reading Celebrate BC Rivers Day at One Mile Lake, 11-2, Sunday 27 September
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
According to the David Suzuki Foundation: “Seventy percent of Canadian youth spends an hour or less playing outside each day, and more than seven hours in front of a screen. And yet, countless studies tell us that time outside makes children healthier, happier, more focused, more creative, more generous and, of course, better environmental stewards.” … Continue reading Subscription: Nature
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
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