Heather in BC… & Beyond! 'Living the Baby Boomer Life in BC… and Beyond!

Crystal turned 28 on Sunday and her boyfriend Dave invited me to the LampLighter Pub to join them and a few friends for dinner and a party.

Sean decided he should drive my car as he’d be likely to drink less than me! LOL – I don’t know what made him think that…
We picked up [...]

UPDATE! I heard on the news the Cowichan Tribes Knitters WILL be providing their hand knit ‘work of art’ Cowichan Sweaters to the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic Games!

A few days ago I wrote about the planned protest against the IOC and Hudson’s Bay choice of knitted sweaters being provided for the athletes and the [...]

This is how the Pender Harbour fishermen spend October!

How cute is that? Someone was very creative!
I was surprised to see a number of local businesses in Madeira Park (Pender Harbour) decorated for Halloween. It’s awesome they get into the spirit, and some of the displays were very well done – like the fisherman [...]

Arnie Jones was working on the totem pole for the Egmont Heritage Centre last week while a group of school children toured the museum.

Arnie explained his tools, the method, the wood and the meaning of the pole to the Pender Harbour Community School group which included 3 counsellors, 1 mom and 20 children.

The totem pole [...]

Sunshine Coast Wooden Boat Festival in Madeira Park August 1, 2 & 3, 2009

The Egmont Heritage Centre has a booth at the Wooden Boat Festival in Pender Harbour. Tom Lavis the manager of the EHC set up, and is manning the booth until Monday. He has his dinghy ‘… and her dog Spot’ [...]

I don’t eat clams or oysters, but I love making clam chowder.
Friends Gus and Darlene dig clams regularly and I made chowder for us all two weeks ago. Darlene said she wanted to learn my recipe and method. I’m always glad to share – so this morning she came to Pop’s house [...]