Duncan and Emma's Salt Spring Island Adventure!
Well, we've made lots of friends on Salt Spring, but now have friends in Vancouver to stay in touch with as well as our friends in the UK. And I have discovered a great way to do this. The phone. Of course you're saying - I do this all the time! But for me, by the…
Well, as much as I love chocolate - whether you're gnostic, plain spiritual or religious – that's not really what Easter is about. So, we decided on a different Easter gift for each other this year. Bees! Mason bees to be precise. They are small native bees – that are out and about much earlier than…
Cosy Woodpecker Cottage B&B – Cosy Salt Spring Island Accommodation. If you are looking for Salt Spring Island Accommodation we would be delighted to have you stay with us at Cosy Woodpecker Cottage B&B. Nestled against the hillside at the edge of a woodland of arbutus, fir and pine, the cottage overlooks our property. The…
So, it started last Summer when we first moved here. There was a period of about 2 months where Starsky (our 12 year old toothless cat) was catching mice, shrews and voles almost daily. Some lived, some died. The shrews were cutest – tiny with long, bendy noses. Anyhow I digress. Hiatus. Then in February…
So, it's over 2 weeks now since Duncan trapped his finger between the pick-axe handle and a big rock while helping my brother build a wood-shed.The pick-axe apparently sank further into the ground than he expected and he not only ripped the nail right out of the nail-bed but also fractured his fingertip. Luckily(?) it was…