There are many traditions and rituals that help guide us through this crazy thing called life. Some are celebrated by different cultures across the world, some hyper-local, created for a family unit or group of friends. Easter in my youth always came with a kite, specifically the Baby Bat Delta Wing, and now I am experiencing the urge, not unlike a salmon returning to its birthplace, to go to Pastimes and get one for my boy, pass the torch as it were, and attempt to launch it from the end of the pier, far from kite-eating trees.
The inescapable story is that the numbers for the province are on the rise. Good news is we on the Coast have seen our numbers drop, so we must be doing something right, but fatigue and complacency can change things real quick! Religious observances were to be allowed limited numbers, but the new PHO has cut that. There will still be outdoor egg hunts, but please keep it to 10 participants. I am sure our local chocolatiers have done a brisk business. I hope you can find ways to safely reconnect with friends and family as our season slowly turns. Although it looks like rain, one of the jobs you can be wrong at so many times without getting fired is reporting the weather.
New rules for outdoor hangouts have allowed me to touch base with some friends I have been sorely missing. I was wondering how much my ability to interact socially had been hobbled by the last year in my fortress of solitude, and the answer is ... a bit? While there has been the occasion awkward moment, I see that my peeps are just as eager to share some of their time with me, face to face. Nice.
Some of the things I missed in the last week: there is/was a rather large abandoned RV up the B & K that is being/has been removed thanks to volunteers, and the SC Streamkeepers did their thing, cleaning invasive plants from Roberts Creek. Nice. The Grant Road Barred Owl has been swooping down on the heads of passersby and someone stole a white Mazda 3 from the 1900 block of Lower Road. Not nice.
Thiti & Sachiko announced they will return with a summer menu for JapaThai in April, call 604-399-9801 or look for their offerings on Instagram: japathaifood. According to their website (as of this writing) Curry in the Creek isn’t sold out for April yet. See www.curryinthecreek.com for more deets.
Beth Hawthorn Ceramics will be giving one of the practical works of art produced there; check Facebook or @beth.hawthorn on Instagram for your chance to get in on this contest.
Exotic Fruit Nursery is moving to Nova Scotia! Annetta and Nick want to send a big thank you to all their customers who supported them over the last seven years. If you missed their closeout sale, there may be odds and ends to pick up, call 604-886-1712 or check exoticfruitnursery.weebly.com.
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