The Gabriola Theatre Festival is back for its fifth year of carnival style culture, August 16, 17 and 18 – dress up and take in the fun, a smorgasbord of theatre and live music. With 10 plays, StreetArt Market, kids corner, a full line-up on the Outdoor Stage, and the Lions Club fantastic pancake breakfast… Read more »
A day in the Gardens
This past holiday Monday Robyn and I and all the kids headed down to The Commons to help ‘People for a Healthy Community’ get the food bank garden beds ready for planting. Together with a group of volunteers we weeded, mowed, turned soil and planted starts of kale and chard to help get the garden… Read more »
Mud Run Ride
This weekend at McIvor Lake in Campbell River a friend and I participated in the Mud Run Ride race. This is a 5 km run 5 km mountain bike race interspersed with challenges that need to be completed before continuing on. We did it as a team of two, alternating who rode and who ran after every challenge, ending with… Read more »
Just Chickens
We took the children to see a poultry swap which was held at the Raven Feed & Pet Supplies store here on Gabriola. There were a number of varieties of chicks and chickens, including what were called pocket chickens which we were told are the world’s smallest chickens.The children were delighted to be able to… Read more »
A Sunny Easter Weekend
We had an absolutely gorgeous long weekend here on Gabriola! The sun was shining, the sky was blue and in some areas it was almost up to 20 degrees Celcius. Just what we all needed. Perfect weather for an easter egg hunt – we took our girls over to their friends’ house for an afternoon… Read more »
