Wanted- Lawn Mower & Weed Eater

We are looking for a used lawn mower and weed eater.

Please email rogersfamily@greenprintstudio.ca

Kindly Airi

250-246-2730

Dog Needing One Night Accommodation

My name is Nikka!

My parents are getting married at Overbury Resort on Saturday July 11, 2015, and although I’m part of the wedding party, I’d love for someone to take care of me for the evening.

I’m fun, loving, fun-loving, and very well behaved. My favourite things are people, other dogs and cheese.

If you’re interested, please connect with my mom, Emily:

778 892 0838

emily.c.oliphant@gmail.com

Telegraph Harbour ~ Sunday Market

Telegraph Harbour Marina ~ Sunday May 24th ~ 10AM - 1PM

Home baking, fresh eggs, knitting, jewellery, chocolates, native carvings,local art, salad greens, pottery, jams, jellies and much more.

Come support your local artisans.

Thetis Island Community Church

Thetis Island Community Church news: Dan Rutherford is our speaker this week and Rod Brownlee will be leading the service. 

The message will be focused on Baptism. One of our young congregants is being baptised this Sunday at 1 p.m. at the Capernwray Harbour beach.   There will be a Pot Luck lunch following  at the  bleachers with free hot dogs and lemonade offered to anyone wishing to attend. 

Every one is most welcome.

What's Fresh at jollity FARM?

SALE on spring wild flower and annual starts Saturday, May 9:30AM to 1:30PM

Attract beneficial pollinators with these pretty plants that are well suited to our west coast environment - BUY 2 GET 1 FREE

Birds Eye Gilia ----- Clarkia - Farewell to Spring

Blue Cornflower ----- Blue Boy Bachelor Button

Cosmos x 2 varieties (Snowpuff and Philipine)

Pale Evening Primrose ----- Pink Sunday Sage

Orlaya White Finch ----- Johnny Jump Up (viola)

More plants grown organically from seed on Jollity Farm - some new varieties this week!

Blue Seas Statice ----- Kiss Me Over the Garden Gate

Love in a Mist ----- Court Jester Marigold

Ornamental Grasses (great for xeriscaping)

Salpiglossis (Royal Mix) ----- Cleome

Summer Thyme ----- Sage

Heirloom Morning Glory (non-invasive)

Aster ----- Marvel of Peru

Paper Moon Scabiosa

More Plants Grown in Victoria

Assorted Succulents

Basket and Planter Fillers

Euphorbia

Beautiful Cedar Hanging Baskets

Come and take a look at our sample baskets and order yours for the following weekend.

Limited quantity available

$45/each or 2 for $80

Bring your basket back at the end of the season and receive $15 off next year with your replanting

Heirloom Tomato Starts

Yellow Pear ----- Sungold Cherry ----- Amish Paste

Gold King of Siberia ----- Jaune Flamme ----- Sicily

+ Organic Salad Greens

Handmade Sourdough Bread

Stephen Hume: Coastal Towns Plead for Cut in Ferry Fares

Vancouver Sun article stemming from the FACC submission to BC Ferries commissioner Gord Macatee.

"If Transportation Minister Todd Stone could pry his nose out of his talking points manual, he might learn something genuine about the pain of the real people for whom he’s responsible from the latest report from the Ferry Advisory Committee....."

View here.

Keith

keithrush17@gmail.com, Ph: 250-416-0013, Cell: 250-732-2766 

FACC ~ PT4 Fares & Price Cap

Please see the Ferry Advisory Committee Chairs comments on the preliminary fare cap for Performance Term 4. This submission has been sent to the BC Ferries Commissioner and to government and BC Ferries. It is already causing a bit of a stir in the media. Click here to view

Expect to see a submission from Route 20 FAC in the next day or so.

Questions, please call...

Keith

keithrush17@gmail.com, Ph: 250-416-0013, Cell: 250-732-2766 

Free Refrigerator

Working OK...29 1/2 inches wide,59 inches high. Good second fridge.

Thetis Island (250) 246-5088

Offer to Dead-head Heritage Roses for Rose Petal Wine

We would like to dead head heritage roses as they make the most delightful wine!  If you have heritage roses and wouldn't mind me us over coming and dead heading them, please let us know.  We will of course give you a gift of some of the lovely wine in a years time!

I can send a photo of what these roses look like.  They are blooming right now and a very red colour.

Ken and Genny Redman 250-246-2465

ThINC Postings

12 More Days for Burchell Hill Matching Funds Campaign

Huge kudos to all those who have pledged to support the Burchell Hill Nature Reserve Matching Funds Campaign. Thanks to you, we're getting close to our $50,000 goal by June 1, but we still have  $16,800 to go. Time is running out. Meet the challenge from the anonymous donor who will match your pledge dollar for dollar. Make a pledge today by emailing us at ThINC@thetisisland.net, by contacting Ann at 250-246-8176 or by downloading a pledge form from www.thetisislandnatureconservancy.org.

Thank you from the Thetis Island Nature Conservancy 

New Name for Proposed Nature Reserve 

Brilliant pink Fairyslipper orchids (Calypso bulbosa) have been blooming in profusion along the trails on Burchell Hill this spring. In their honor, ThINC has incorporated them into the name for the proposed Nature Reserve. Watch for references to the proposed 'Fairyslipper Forest Nature Reserve on Burchell Hill.' And take a walk to see them before they are gone. No picking please, these orchids are delicate.

Thetis Island Nature Conservancy

The Thetis Show ~ Call to Artists

WHAT: A summer exhibition of artwork by Thetis artists.

WHEN: July & August 2015.

WHERE: “The White House” on the Askew/Squire property (lot 62).

WHO: You can apply if you are age 16 and above. You can be a full-time, part-time, future or former Thetis resident. You don't need to have art education. You don't need to be a professional artist. Your work may or may not be for sale. You can submit work in any 2D or 3D medium: photography, painting, drawing, printmaking, collage, ceramics, metalwork, jewelry, woodwork, sculpture, textile, mixed media... If you have original artwork which you are proud of and would like to show, submit it!

WHY: We feel that there is a rich, but hidden, pool of talent on the island, and we are willing to create an event to reveal it. We want Thetis artists to get to know each other, and the island to get to know its artists. We deliberately chose to make this show open to all as we believe that the island is too small to be divided over what is art and what isn't. We trust that all participants willing to share their artwork believe in its quality and take pride in it: it is this diverse, alive Thetis creativity we want to show. We also know that a wide range of work will attract a larger audience. We believe that the Thetis Show will contribute to making Thetis an even more vibrant, living community.

HOW TO APPLY: Send an email to thethetisshow@gmail.com by June 3rd, 2015. Please include the following in your email:

Your name and contact details

Pictures of 3 pieces you would like to show (in JPEG, max 1MB per picture, file name must be titleofpiece.jpg)

Title, medium, size and price of each piece (if not for sale, indicate “NFS”)

A 100-word text introducing yourself, your art and your relationship to Thetis Island, which will be displayed next to your piece(s) in the show.

After this date, a meeting will be held with all responding artists where information will be given on the next steps.

ABOUT US: The Thetis Show is an initiative of Anaïs Gerber (facebook.com/anaisgerberart) and Carolyn Askew.

ABOUT THE WHITE HOUSE:  “The White House” is a beautiful old cottage on the Askew/Squire property. It is very bright, with a good amount of wall space, as well as deck & garden space. We believe it is an ideal venue for the Thetis Show thanks to its charming character and excellent location.

ABOUT THE SHOW: Depending on the number of participants and size of the pieces, we can't guarantee that all artists will be able to display all their 3 pieces, especially if the artwork is very large.

Our priority will be on ensuring that every artist willing to participate gets to display at least one piece, and on curating a visually pleasant show.

Artists will be responsible to bring their artwork to the White House a few days before the show, and to take it down once the show is over.

Artists are required to frame any 2D work which could easily be damaged (drawings, watercolours...).

Exhibition opening days and hours will be decided between participating artists & residents of the Askew/Squire property. Artists will be expected to attend the White House during agreed opening hours, according to a rotation schedule agreed upon with all participating artists. This should mean a few hours every week for each of us. Attendance during opening hours will involve giving information to visitors and taking payment from any sales.

The Thetis Show is not responsible for any damage or loss of artwork. The Thetis Show will not take any commission on sales, but will require a small contribution from participating artists towards flyers printing costs, display/hanging expenses, opening night costs, cleaning of the White House after the show, and other associated costs. 

QUESTIONS? CONTACT US!

Anaïs Gerber: anais.gerber@tarao.org – 250-246-1292

Carolyn Askew: 12askew@gmail.com – 250-246-1518

Microscope Wanted ~

I’m looking for a microscope.  Do you have want you don’t want?  Happy to pay a small amount.  Older or even a children’s would be fine. 

Call Peggy Thompson at 250-246-2606 or email thompson.peggy80@gmail.com