Garden Events this Weekend

Spring Start-up and Orientation at the Community Garden Saturday April 5

Are you curious about the Community Garden behind Forbes Hall? Would you like to join the Community Gardeners and get your hands dirty with a group of enthusiastic volunteers? Or would you simply like to plant something in the garden to share with the Thetis Community.  Meet at the garden at 2 pm on Saturday, April 5 for a free orientation. We'll be planting some seeds, creating an oyster mushroom bed, and planning our 2014 season. Rumour has it there will be juice and homemade cookies.

We hope to see you there!

The Community Garden Group 

Native Plant Gardening Workshop Sunday April 6

Join native plant gardening specialist, Pat Johnston, for a presentation on Native Plant Gardening at 1:30 on Sunday, April 6 at Forbes Hall.  Pat will talk about the benefits of using native plants on our properties, show photographs of native plants, discuss how to garden with native plants as well as show photographs of native plant gardens.  Pat likes to work informally so besides looking at pictures of native plants come prepared to ask questions and discuss the joys of gardening with native plants.

Pat  is a Native Plant Gardening Consultant who for the past fourteen years has been helping private and public gardeners incorporate native plants into their landscapes.  She has also partnered with Victoria Capital Regional District’s Water Department, Swan Lake Nature Sanctuary and other community organizations to facilitate over 200 Native Plant Gardening Workshops.  Pat, along with other gardeners, developed a native plant demonstration garden in her own yard and works in various native plant gardens in the Victoria region.  Pat’s passion about our native flora inspires others to want to use them in our gardens. 

This workshop is free. Everyone welcome.

Sponsored by the Thetis Island Nature Conservancy

Rainfall ~ 2014 to date

I have been keeping track of rainfall (as many other folks on the Island do as well) at our property on Foster Point Road for over 5 years. 

I thought some of you might be interested in what the numbers look like.  All readings are in millimetres (mm), and include an estimate for snow.  I will do another summary at the end of the second quarter (June), so stay tuned.

                    2014     2013     2012     2011     2010    2009

Jan               107         88        162       139       210       79               

Feb               179         58        104         77       122       48

Mar               128         68        154       129         93       81

Q-1               414        214       420       345       425      208

Yrly Total       414        610      1118      791      1189     846

Regards...

Keith Rush

15 Foster Point Road

Found! Lost: Chain Saw Chain

Many thanks to Paul Deacon, cheers.

Lost ! A little white box about  3" X 4" containing a chainsaw chain, dull, needs sharpening!

I placed it on the back of my car as a reminder to take it in to Island saw for sharpening, of course I drove away and forgot it was there, "early alz".

Somewhere between Bella Vista road and the mail boxes might have flown off, not worth a lot but cheaper than a new one, if any walkers, dog walkers, cyclists or?? came upon it?

Steve: 250 246 2469 Thank you so much

Missing: Coveralls from the Recycle Yard

Corona Gordy had left a pair of coveralls by the Baler at the recycle yard about two weeks ago.  They are a high-end fire resistant issue from TRI-CAN with the company logo.  Most likely they appeared to be in the free store and were fair game. 

Gord needs to return them and is hoping he can get them back.  A pair of regular coveralls would be happily traded for this set.

Please call Ernie, 250-252-0144

Many thanks. 

Islands Trust ~ News Release

Please click here to find a news release re Denman Island Local Trust Committee Halts Bylaw Enforcement Actions Related to Pentlatch Ltd.

Jas Chonk

Exec/TAS Secretary

Islands Trust

250-405-5164

jchonk@islandstrust.bc.ca

Capernwray Harbour's 35th Anniversary Open House Day

April 5, 2014  

10:30AM - 2:30PM  

The day will include a complimentary BBQ from 12 noon - 1 pm, a Celebration Presentation in the Lecture Hall from 1:30 - 2:30 pm, property tours, boat rides and activities for the kids.  

Come out & celebrate with us by enjoying the beautiful property we have been blessed to use and care for.  

For more information please contact the Capernwray Harbour Main Office.

VIU Student Room & Board

A hospitality student from VIU would like to work at Overbury Resort from May to the beginning of September.

She is looking for a place to stay on Thetis with reasonable rent.

Please contact Arlene Kasting, if you have accommodation that would be suitable.

Overbury Resort

ph: (250) 246-9769

Early Deadline for Ads for the Summer Quarterly

If you want to put an ad in the next issue of the Quarterly, or change your existing one, please let me know by April 12th.  Thank you!

- Veronica at veronica@thetisisland.net or 250 246 1509

Jo Ateah Memorial ~ April 21st

A Memorial Gathering will be held at Forbes Hall on Monday April 21st starting at 11am to celebrate the life of Jo Ateah. All are welcome.

Donald Sinclair

Gone! Cabinet free to a good home ~

Black Cabinet with shelves, cupboards, drawers & glass doors. Really useful storage.

5'9" tall x 5'6" wide x 15 1/2" deep, click here for photos.

Call Bill or Ann 246-4079 

thetisblog's Photo Contest starts today ~

To celebrate thetisblog’s second anniversary, we’re holding a photo contest, looking for quintessential pictures of Thetis or our community.  

Rules: the photo must have been taken on Thetis, or looking at Thetis.  It must have been taken between May 1^st 2013 and April 30^th 2014.  All submissions need to have been taken by the person submitting them. Please include your name, the general area & the date the photo was taken.  If the photo is of a community event, please mention the event.  E-mail your photo in full-sized format to editor@thetisblog.net

The winner will win a basket of home baking by Ann Dickie, and the photo will shown be on the front page of the blog for the next six months.  The runner-up’s photo will be shown on the front page for the six months following.  A gallery of all submitted photographs will be created on thetisblog. 

Entry Deadline is April 30^th, 2014. 

last year's winning photo by Gregg Humphreys

thetisblog is Celebrating Its Second Anniversary ~

Thanks to all the submitters and readers, it has been a very successful year!

Every day, all individual readers are counted.  Any device used is counted when it accesses the blog.  If the device is used more than once a day to view the blog, it is only counted as one visit.  All of these visits were people who searched specifically for the blog.

So, if you look at the blog twice a day for 30 days on one device, it is only registered as 30 visits, not 60.  Here are the statistics for the past year:

Average visits per month: 1,462; up from 564 last year

Average amount of pages viewed per month: 3331; up from 2,940 last year

Total visits this past year: 17,539; up from 6,783 last year

Total page views: 39,966; up from 33,640 last year

The way I read these statistics, is that more of you are using it more frequently, and not opening as many pages each time (perhaps due to the frequency).  Last year visitors looked at an average of 5 pages per visit, whereas this year, they’re looking at an average of just over 2. 

I am happy to know that it has succeeded in providing a place for folks to catch up on current happenings, and to source information integral to living and participating on Thetis, as that was my intention!

To celebrate thetisblog’s second anniversary, we’re holding a photo contest, looking for quintessential pictures of Thetis or our community.  

If there’s anything you’d like changed or added to thetisblog, please just write to me at editor@thetisblog.net to let me know.  thetisblog.net works with thetisisland.net and e-spokes to keep you connected to our wonderful community.