It was a beautiful and sunny Sunday and what better way to spend it than wandering through other peoples gardens and homes, getting ideas and admiring their efforts. Yesterday was the 11th annual ‘Gabriola Home and Garden Tour’ which is a fund raiser for ‘People for a Healthy Community on Gabriola’. Hundreds of tickets were… Read more »
Thursday Night Fun
It is always fun to go to the art openings that happen in the village at Artworks and Jeremy Maude’s Studio. This week we were lucky to catch two very different shows. Artworks had it’s yearly objects show and this year everything was based around a pack of matches. The works ranged from jewelry to… Read more »
We Rode to Conquer Cancer!
What an amazing event to be a part of! The Conquer Cancer ride from Vancouver to Seattle was a life changing experience. The ride consisted of 1701 riders whose combined efforts raised $6.9 million for the BC Cancer Society. Waking up at 5 am on Saturday morning we prepared to leave from Guilford Center at… Read more »
A Day Away
A nice little day trip destination on Vancouver Island is Sidney by the sea, just outside of Victoria and about an hour and a half drive from the Gabriola Ferry. This is where the ferries from Vancouver to Victoria dock and it is a very cute little town with a main street that runs right… Read more »
The Future is Bright
We’ve got some pretty good shopping on Gabriola, but it will soon be even better. The Madrona Market Place has been given the go ahead by the Islands Trust. In the early part of 2010 the first phase of this new shopping center will provide a pizza and pasta restaurant, coffee bar, retail stores and… Read more »
