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Funny Friday: Results of Square Foot Gardening

admin — Fri, 18 May 2012 13:00:28 +0000

garden row markers face unemployment!

Have you heard of square foot gardening? It has really taken off because you don’t need to plant your veggies in a row any more.

The only downside now is the high unemployment for garden row markers!

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Mail Art Exhibition at Nanaimo Art Gallery

admin — Wed, 16 May 2012 12:01:30 +0000

Currently, the Downtown Nanaimo Gallery is featuring 2012 Mayworks Festival of Labour and the Arts: Mail Art Exhibition until May 22, 2012. What is mail art? It is art sent through the mail.

Artists from 25 countries have mailed postcard sized art to the curator, Ed Varney of Courtenay, on the theme of “Hard Work – Work & Labour.” There are 125 artists from around the world who have mailed in their art and the artworks feature painting, printmaking, drawing, collage, photography and other media.

From rayjohnson.org:

“Mail art began in New York in the 1950s by art professor Ray Johnson and was seen as one of the new “communication arts”, a form of media aesthetics that evolved alongside video art. It is in this precise sense that mail art could be said to only have “a present” – a present of communicational events, of uncontrollable exchanges, of things arriving and departing at unforeseen times and places, thanks to the medium of postal system, which, just like television, could be seen to distribute “signals” across the boundaries of time and space.”

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Funny Friday: What’s your island zone?

admin — Fri, 11 May 2012 13:00:41 +0000

island weather zones

It’s sunny here!

How’s the weather where you are?

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Gabriola Island Pole Painting

admin — Wed, 09 May 2012 12:02:54 +0000

Gabriola is considering painting its poles. Earlier this year, the Gabriola Arts Council was approached by BC Hydro, asking if they would consider painting some of the hydro poles on the island. BC Hydro told them they will not approve designs, just locations. They also suggested that the Arts Council let the public know what images are proposed, how many poles it intends to paint in total, and that it has a pole paint maintenance budget. Apparently, this discussion about painting power poles has polarized Gabriola, with some people for and others against the idea.

Elsewhere, other communities, such as Burnside Gorge in Victoria, are seeing pole painting as a way to deal with graffiti.

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Wacky Wednesday: Seasonal Island Hopping

admin — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 13:00:41 +0000

Island rabbit

It’s that time of year

when people start feeling

long in the ears!

Hop, hop, hop ……..

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Funny Friday: Island clown

admin — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 13:10:31 +0000

waiting for spring

The island clown was looking down.

Why?

He couldn’t see the flowers in the hanging basket!

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Wacky Wednesday: Where’s the hook?

admin — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 13:05:32 +0000

local fish meeting

“Where’s the hook?”

One fish asked another.

“They don’t need one! Just wait for the net.”

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Funny Friday: Sun Stick

admin — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 13:10:19 +0000

an islander's sun stick

Looking for the sun?

Can’t get away to a tropical destination?

Time to invest in a portable sun stick!

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Wacky Wednesday: Islander welcomes Spring

admin — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 13:05:10 +0000

scuba dooba doo escape under water

Spring has officially arrived!

Wind, snow and rain – Why not escape under water?

Now all you need is some air.

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Funny Friday: Hot Hat Island Entertainment

admin — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 14:15:56 +0000

hot hat tricks

A little fire in the hat

and some sticks flying

around will keep you

warm as

your hydro bill rises.

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