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A photo of my dad in Port Alberni harbour on the Therma 1. A salmon troller, around 1975-76
He was not often in the PA harbour. I believe this was when they were readying to sell this boat before I was born.
update: just realized my brother is in this photo! he kind of blends in (70s colours) he is in front of my dad sitting sideways. He looks about 5 or 6 so that would make the pic 75/76
#portalberni #fishing

a true community gathering tonight, and all weekend. We were at a sold out showing of the Martin Mars movie tonight!
It was great! Apparently it will be on Netflix or some other streaming service soon!
#martinMars #HawaiiMars #PhillipineMars #portalberni

Inching closer! $1630
Donate here: #PortAlberni #Donations #Fediverse #CNOY #DomesticViolence #Women #Community #VancouverIsland #Help #MutualAid #Charity

Scored one of four signed posters!!
World Premiere of the Martin Mars Fire Guardians movie tonight in #portalberni
It is hard to overstate how special these planes were to this town of any in the world. We miss them like family. ❤️
#martinmars #hawaiimars #aviation #BCWildfire

the best non-medical feature about West Coast General Hospital is definitely the atrium/waiting room.
Nice natural light. Running water. Naturally planted foliage. Calming, quiet and comfortable even though all around the edges it is go go go.
I am waiting for Tree to finish her MRI. It is a mobile unit that attends WCGH for three weeks, then goes to other hospitals for 7 weeks i think, on a rotation. It is not fancy. you have to go outside to access it which really sucks in the cold and rain.
But it is there and makes a big difference.
#health #bc #portalberni

Finally managed to weed eat and cut the lawn today and got the last of the gravel moved so that we can get a bobcat in here to level the yard!! Yaaayy!!
Also did some cleaning out on the pond. Turns out the moss is great… until it REALLY latches in and makes space for grass. There was so much into the stream that it was backing up into the top pond, causing it to overflow, and the whole system lose water!
When I pulled up the moss, it pulled much of the gravel with it! So lesson learned. Very light on the moss, no more gravel in the stream, keep things neat and tidy!
In all though, the pond cleared up fast thanks to the barrel filters and all is good!
#pandemicpond #gardening #pondlife #spring #portalberni #backyardPond #PoolPond

beautiful day for a walk!
you can still donate!
#coldestnightoftheyear #portalberni

Last photos! The arbutus is doing great!!
I am a little worries that the damage it suffered from rutting deer last year will lead to disease. 🤞
But the hazelnut tree is budding!
#poolPond #Gardening #Spring #PortAlberni #Home #Pond #PandemicPond

Things are growing in the backyard despite the continued #poolPond chaos.
Rhubarb is sprouting fast. A daffodil held on near the hazelnut tree even with all the disturbances.
And the young plum tree is budding!
#Gardening #Spring #PortAlberni #Home #Pond #PandemicPond

rocks moved!
Managed to move the last of the larger rock off the blue tarp and spread it around the top of the pond. A tiny hope of mine is that this could be enough to stabilize the liner so that when I empty it of its (quickly algae-ifying) rain water, it doesn't bulge out from the sides. I doubt I will be that lucky so I will have to fill it with city water (chlorinated) to keep the algae and mosquitoes at bay while preserving the shape of the liner until the ground around it hardens up.
The rainy season is winding down!
thankfully i didnt have to use any city water to clean the rocks as I moved them. Just used the hose emptying water from the other ponds.

#poolPond #Gardening #Spring #PortAlberni #Home #Pond #PandemicPond

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#family #españa #home #food #cooking #portAlberni

the paella battle comences!
#family #españa #home #food #cooking #portAlberni

celebrating the boy's return. learning to make a paella 🥘 from his grandma; from great-grandma's instructions of 50 years ago.
#family #españa #home #food #cooking #portAlberni

An Earth Day message from me because why not. And because we have to keep fighting for our planet and everything we treasure.
#EarthDay #EarthDay2026 #VancouverIsland #PortAlberni #TransitionTown #FossilFuels #BCPoli #CamPoli #cdnpoli #EndFossilFuels #ClimateChange #ClimbingEmergency
#fediverse #peertube

It's pretty darn cool that right now there are three artists with deep connections to my hometown #PortAlberni living the musical dream...
The newest, and nominated for 5 2026 Junos:
Cameron Whitcomb
#SproatLake
Lauren Spencer Smith
#Music #PortAlberni #homegrown

#poolpond progress today as we approach spring. Need to clear out the backyard enough so I can get a local guy with a mini bulldozer to soread out and flatten out the dirt mountain.
I came to a realization over the winter that leaving the lining as is in the pool with just a bottom of gravel and nothing on the sides is definitely not an option.
Turns out if the hole is emptied in the rainy season, then water will drain into the gap between the lining and earth... bulging the lining out into the cavity. Nope. Not good. keeping water in it keeps things in place, but realstically winter and spring will be when I want to do cleaning and stuff.
So that means I must do my best rock wall building up the sides this spring once the surrounding ground dries. This was my original plan, but I had hoped to do it without grouting or cement. That was a mistake on my part that I learned in earnest in August.
So now, all the various rock sizes piled around the yard is not going anywhere.... BUT at least with the leftovers from the fence i have material to build some forms to help with the wall building....
So that's why my attention for preparing for spring will turn to reactivating the surrounding yard.
So I need to find a place closer to the house to move what rock is left. Ugh. heavy work. And I realized today that someone has taken our garden cart 😢 boo.
oh well, onward we go! There is light at the end of the project!
#diy #backyardPond #Gardening #portalberni #landscaping

Cameron Whitcomb! From #portalberni
Breakthrough Artist of the Year!
#music #junos #canada

Am planning my drive to pick up The Son from #yyj on Friday and discovered that the BC Hydro charging app has a very nice and comprehensive session summary for past charges.
It's a 2.5hr drive from home or 1.5hr from work, either way Ill need to charge before heading home.
I was trying to remember how long I charged for or what my starting point was, and there it is in the summary: 40min, going from 36% to 79%.
Now I can figure out what time I need to leave home/work to get down there, charge, and grab him from the airport. ✈️
Need to be at YYJ around 11:10. The chargers are only 5min away in Sydney (literally at the end of the runway lol) so if I'm charged by 11:00 I should have lots of time. So... at the chargers by 10:15.
done.
#evLive #EV #cars #HyundaiKona #Victoria #PortAlberni #VancouverIsland #travel