110 replies to this topic

[Victoria Watcher]

i imagine a series of pipes and pumps and backflow valves right through the earth.  but then just open to the ocean floor there.

[todd]

i imagine a series of pipes and pumps and backflow valves right through the earth.  but then just open to the ocean floor there.

Will that be considered a piece of Canada?

[Victoria Watcher]

2021 Greater Victoria Flower Count sows seeds of compassion

 

Friendly flower count competition runs from March 3 to 10

 

https://www.vicnews....-of-compassion/

[Rob Randall]

Would have been nice of them to mention the flower count's founder, Norma Fitzsimmons, who died last year at 97.

[Mike K.]

The flower count is sowing seeds? I don’t get it.

[todd]

Would have been nice of them to mention the flower count's founder, Norma Fitzsimmons, who died last year at 97.

she lived to 97 what more does she want

[todd]

“Victoria shovels free home-made compost out to gardeners“: https://www.vicnews....t-to-gardeners/

[todd]

“Warning issued about poisonous death cap mushrooms in Oak Bay”

https://www.timescol...-bay-1.24351391

(amanita phalloides)

Edited by todd, 17 August 2021 - 05:26 PM.

[Victoria Watcher]

$3,998,888

 

 

4082 Blenkinsop St

 

ATTENTION INVESTORS looking for a location and land opportunity! Where can you find 21.21 level acres within city limits, 15 minutes to 2 hospitals, walking distance to shopping, only minutes to UVIC and includes substantial revenue while you plan for your future dream? This family legacy property includes 5 titles and excellent tenants with a great lease that will generate revenue while you create your vision. This incredible opportunity in sought after Blenkinsop Valley connects to McKenzie St., a major east west connector leading to UVIC, Hwy 17 and the Trans Canada Hwy. ALR zoning with many options for the savvy business person. Investment for the future, nothing compares to this fabulous location and land opportunity!!!

 

https://www.realtor....nich-blenkinsop

 

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 27 October 2021 - 09:22 AM.

[Mike K.]

Hold on. I though the purpose of the ALR in our urban areas was food production and local sustainability. Why is the listing so open ended?

[Victoria Watcher]

there are some farming or food production uses you can mix with other activities.

 

i could see like one of those axe throwing places but you aim at the live chickens etc.  

 

or just an abattoir where you can bring the whole family to euthanize the cows.  after you get through the corn maze.

 

the gift shop you must pass through to exit could have eggs, fresh chicken wings, steak etc.

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 27 October 2021 - 11:44 AM.

[Sparky]

“walking distance to shopping”

That’s a stretch.

[Victoria Watcher]

Red barn. 17 minutes walk.

[todd]

 i could see like one of those axe throwing places but you aim at the live chickens etc.  
 
or just an abattoir where you can bring the whole family to euthanize the cows.  after you get through the corn maze.

Grandfather won a turkey at the fair. Kept it in the bathtub for a while, didn’t cut the head off properly apparently went running around the apartment complex bleeding everywhere. His wife wasn’t happy that she was expected to do the defeathering. True story apparently.

[Victoria Watcher]

As Vancouverites are enjoying the sight of cherry blossom trees on the streets — and on their social media timelines — one B.C. woman is documenting the lengths people go in their quest for the perfect cherry blossom photo.

 

Designer LeLe Chan started the Instagram account, Cherry Blossom Madness, where she posts photos not only of cherry blossoms, but also the people trying to photograph sakura season.

 

"A lot of just people climbing on fences, sitting on front steps, not minding barriers and gates and just trying whatever they can to get their shots without being respectful to the property or the neighbourhood," Chan said.

 

 

 

https://www.cbc.ca/n...ssoms-1.6406621

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 03 April 2022 - 10:58 AM.

[Tom Braybrook]

 

As Vancouverites are enjoying the sight of cherry blossom trees on the streets — and on their social media timelines — one B.C. woman is documenting the lengths people go in their quest for the perfect cherry blossom photo.

 

Designer LeLe Chan started the Instagram account, Cherry Blossom Madness, where she posts photos not only of cherry blossoms, but also the people trying to photograph sakura season.

 

"A lot of just people climbing on fences, sitting on front steps, not minding barriers and gates and just trying whatever they can to get their shots without being respectful to the property or the neighbourhood," Chan said.

 

 

 

https://www.cbc.ca/n...ssoms-1.6406621

 

 

Perfect....they are all perfect!   ... The Last Samurai

 

https://youtu.be/iDYBL70eReo

[Victoria Watcher]

Capital region farmers frustrated as rain and cool temperatures delay crops

June’s main cash crop — strawberries — sits green, awaiting an elusive heat that turns berries bright red, sweet and delicious.

https://www.timescol...y-crops-5463825

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 10 June 2022 - 12:59 PM.

[Nparker]

#heatdome2022

[todd]

“Planning, picking the right species can prevent bamboo spread: expert”: https://www.timescol...-expert-5615661

[Nparker]

I thought bamboo was one of those renewable plants we were all supposed to be embracing.