Salmon are Sacred stickers
These stickers are showing up on Gabriola cars. Are they being sold somewhere on the island, or have all the purchasers bought them online at SalmonAreSacred.org?
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Archive for September, 2011
People smuggle hummingbirds?
Hummingbirds flit about Gabriola in the warm months, and (I suppose) flit somewhere else the rest of the time. They’re wild, of course, as they should be. Have you ever heard of people catching and smuggling hummingbirds? Now you have. Tai-wiki-widbee has the story and photos: Hummingbird smuggler caught with his pants down.
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Unusual bicycle
We have quite a range of bicycles and tricycles on Gabriola. There are several recumbent bicycles, at least one recumbent tricycle, and quite a few bikes and trikes made by Varna. I see a fixed gear bike here and there. Electric assist motors on bikes (unusual just a few years ago) are now common: lots [...]
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They’re everywhere in the Gabriola woods
At this time of year, here’s what’s showing up all over the place:
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Gabriola Post Office and the new parking lot
The sign on the door of the Gabriola Post Office tells us that the parking lot will be closed while work is done there. I thought that meant patching or paving on top of the old parking lot, but no. These guys are really serious! They’ve cut through the pavement, presumably with this saw, and [...]
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Sweet meat
If you stop for coffee at Mad Rona’s, you’ll see lots of tempting baked things in the glass case. There are similar (but healthier, prob’ly) yummy snacks at Harvest Thyme, and probably at other Gabriola cafes as well. But this is one thing I bet you won’t see: desserts like these.
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Transparent specimens
From the transparent specimens page at designboom.com: japanese artist iori tomita transforms the scientific technique of preserving and dying organism specimens into an art form with his series, ‘shinsekai [toumei hyouhon]‘ (‘new world transparent specimens’). tomita began experimenting with the preservation and staining of fish while working as a fisherman, gradually developing his mastery of [...]
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Smart meters for Gabriola
Hey, I thought that smart meters had been delayed or postponed or something. Apparently not! A BC Hydro advert in the Gabriola Sounder says Beginning this October, we’ll be on Gabriola Island to exchange your old meter with a new smart meter. The ad suggests you visit http://bchydro.com/smartmeterinstall for more information. Plenty of people are [...]
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Where’d the HarbourLynx vessel go?
This morning I just couldn’t remember the name of the catamaran that used to provide foot-passenger ferry service between Nanaimo and Vancouver. But in a blog comment, Bill posted the name: HarbourLynx! With that in hand, I looked around to see if anybody knew where the vessel went when it left Nanaimo. Wikipedia’s HarbourLynx page [...]
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On the Gabriola Fall Fair
Did you go to the Gabriola Fall Fair, kids? We did. It was a blast! I liked the goats best, and would have taken them home if they’d been adoptable and if I had room in my life for goats. But they weren’t and I don’t, so oh well. In the animal section, we came [...]
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Might Seaspan run a foot-passenger ferry service?
Remember the foot-passenger ferry that used to travel between Nanaimo and downtown Vancouver? I can’t even remember the name of that vessel now, but it was a handy service, and much-used by a number of Gabriola residents. Many in Nanaimo would really like to see a similar service in operation now. Today’s news is that [...]
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Gabriola Village Core Workshop
This is from the Islands Trust: Gabriola Island Official Community Plan Village Core World Café Workshop You are invited to attend a Workshop on developing new policies for the Village Core as part of the Gabriola Island Official Community Plan. The Workshop will be in a World Café format, with three opportunities for in-depth discussion [...]
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Autumn mushroom
Rather grand, isn’t it? Gabriola’s crop of fall mushrooms are emerging, and this is a swooshy elegant example.
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Gabriola Fall Fair, 2011
Gabriola’s Fall Fair will be at the Gabriola Commons this Sunday, September 18th, 2011, and it does sound like fun. If you’re in the mood for competition, enter your veggies, flowers, food, crafts, or animals into the various categories of contests. Just want to hang out and have fun? Here’s the schedule: 9:00 to 10:30 [...]
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Unusual dwelling in the Gabriola woods
I’ve found shelters in the Gabriola woods before, but I’ve never seen a dwelling quite like this. Have you? I first noticed it last January or so, when snow was on the ground. I didn’t blog it then because who would believe it? But now I’m tired and going through old photos, and … well, [...]
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It’s this dry on Gabriola
Right now the island is so dry that much of the salal in the Gabriola woods is wilting. Really seriously wilting! I’ve never seen this much salal in distress before.
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Gabriola scarecrow
A cheery face, yes? This scarecrow is at the Gabriola Commons.
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The reminder
When Gabriola Elementary School is in session, this figure stands on the side of North Road to remind drivers to slow down. (Now every time I pass it I remember this strange story from England: ‘Doctor Who’ child bollards prompt Plymouth rethink.)
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