the dog in the village
Turns out that the german shepard that’s been wandering up and down the Folklife boardwalk has an owner, and he is really shopping. I don’t know the owner’s name, but the dog is named Buster, and is friendly if not pushy. The owner drives a silver truck, is older and has a greying beard. Seems [...]
Gabriola election day 2011
Today was the long-anticipated election day on Gabriola. For Islands Trust reps, Regional District of Nanaimo (RDN) rep and the school board. I voted around noon, as prelude to dropping a whack of cash at crafts fest out at the community centre and going for a dog walk at Drumbeg. Our friends R & A [...]
storm!
Such a storm as was! Yesterday was all set to be fairer than any day we’d had for a week or more, despite the forecast, which was great so far as the Remembrance ceremony down at the RCMP station, but just two hours later the wind was howling and gusting, spinning the pine treetops and [...]
getting a bit buffy-esque
This is getting to be a bit much. It's my birthday today. Last couple of years I've been sick as a dog on my birthday. This year was congratulating myself on more-or-less robust health, when all hell broke loose on this our little island in the Nothing Ever Happpens Here Sea. A woman has been [...]
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deer mice dear mice
It's really quite disconcerting¹ to see how much a deer can eat, when it's been trapped in your yard for a couple of days. This past month have seen more deer inside our fenceline than ever before. They have been finding or making holes in our front fence and then doing the same to the [...]
