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Archive for June, 2010

Cathedral Grove

Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010

This past weekend my husband and I had a couple of days off and met up with some friends from Vancouver and camped at the Living Forest campground in Nanaimo.  We spent one of the days with them and our girls heading up to Coombs and continuing on to Cathedral Grove (MacMillan Provincial Park).  The girls loved Cathedral Grove, the big trees, “fairy holes”, streams and flowers.  It was a wonderful and magical day topped off with ice cream cones for all at the Old Country Market while watching the goats gambol on the roof.

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Solid Gold

Sunday, June 13th, 2010

Two of my grandaughters go to dance school in Nanaimo and I was invited to attend the year end dance recital ‘Solid Gold’. It turned out to be a tremendous production held at the Port Threater with dozens of dances lasting for just a few minutes, all with elaborate costumes. What a delight! The youngest dancers were about three and the oldest were grandparent age. Each class danced and there were awards and lots of flowers. I was impressed.

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Birthday Weekend

Sunday, June 6th, 2010

What a lovely day for a birthday, Saturday was warm and sunny and the scent of wild roses was in the air.  All 12 of us (6 adults, 4 children and 2 dogs) convened in the rec room for birthday cake and ice cream and then we gathered in the garden to enjoy the last rays of sunshine and watch the babies play.

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Helping Hands

Tuesday, June 1st, 2010

On June 9th Robert of Robert’s Place will be donating food and time to cook up a lunch as a fundraiser for People for a Healthy Community!  The cost of lunch will be by donation and all the funds raised will be donated to PHC.  PHC recently got word that the Gaming Commission grant money they have come to depend on will be 4 1/2  months later than expected.  The above is one of the fundraisers that will be going on over the next few months to help carry them through until the next available money is released.  Please come and enjoy a lunch knowing that the money will be going to a good cause, helping to feed people in our community through the Food Bank and Soup Socials.

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