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#SilentSunday

Gorge Waterway Park & the waterfront walkway.

#waterway #watershed #Wsanec #Saanich #VictoriaBC #YYJ #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #PNW #GorgePark #YYJParks #UrbanPark #Esquimalt #Songhees #WalkInThePark #scenery #ScenicWalks #monochrome #WhereILive

Took a friend to the #JapaneseGardens in Esquimalt-Gorge Waterway Park. They'd never been there before & really enjoyed it 😊

#GorgePark #WalkInThePark #YYJ #Lekwungen #Wsanec #Esquimalt #ViewRoyal #YYJparks #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #Saanich #PacificNorthwest #PNW #UrbanParks #VictoriaBC #GardenWalk #waterlily #lilypads #ponds #duckweed #nature #landscaping

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Our local #IndigenousMusicFestival is back! It's happening on the fields of Hampton Park behind the Victoria Native Friendship Centre again. Come on out for one or both nights & support #IndigenousMusicians at this open air #MusicFestival Enjoy some #IndigenousDancers performances. Buy #NativeArts & #NativeCrafts & #IndigenousFood at the vendors/food trucks zones. Family friendly, all ages, #cultural #CommunityEvent.

https://www.saanich.ca/EN/main/parks-recreation-community/community-services/events-and-festivals/indigenous-music-festival.html

#Wsanec #Saanich #Songhees #Esquimalt #Lekwungen #CoastSalish #VictoriaBC #YYJ #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #PNW #NativeCulture #NativeMusic #CulturalEvent #Concert #LiveMusic #ConcertsInThePark #OutdoorConcerts #OpenAirMusic #CulturalMusic #NativeMusic #SaanichParks

All through Summer we are prepping for revival of our free community #SeedsLibrary - will update as things come together. I'm back at HQ on Monday afternoon.
Plan on a soft launch this Fall & a hard launch next Spring. We have millions of locally donated seeds to still sort, package & organize.

#LifeCycles #YYJ #Esquimalt #FoodSecurity #SeedsSaving #CommunityWork #FreeSeeds #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PNW #Seeds #VictoriaSeedLibrary #YYJSeeds #FreeForThePeople #PlantAGarden #GrowFood #GrowHerbs #GrowFlowers #GrowPlants #CommunityPartnership

We had an amazing public turnout for 2024 Esquimalt Lantern Festival. Thank you to everyone who helped make it happen this year. I was working the lanterns making station inside the pavilion until 8pm. I walked around some of the festival after my shift.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1D2vpB-Hi8M

#EsquimaltLanternFestival #FamilyFriendly #Wsanec #VictoriaBC #FreeEvent #YYJ #VancouverIsland #art #CreativeArtists #PublicEvent #CommunityEvent #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #EsquimaltGorgePark #FreeFunForAll #VisualArts #puppetry #puppets #Saanich #Esquimalt #ViewRoyal #lanterns

YMCA song - sung with only #cat #meows 😹
Part of #Esquimalt #LanternFestival this evening. #Pianist is Brooke Maxwel - a lovely person & well appreciated, local musician.
https://www.brookemaxwell.com/

#music #CatLovers #EsquimaltLanternFestival #FamilyFriendly #Wsanec #VictoriaBC #FreeEvent #YYJ #VancouverIsland #art #CreativeArtists #CommunityEvent #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #EsquimaltGorgePark #FreeFunForAll

Fun, giant walking #puppets at #Esquimalt #LanternFestival this evening. It runs until 10PM.

The puppets were from #MixedMediaMonsters by lantern festival organizer & art director, Jessica Hickman.
http://jessicahickman.net/mixedmediamonsters

#EsquimaltLanternFestival #FamilyFriendly #Wsanec #VictoriaBC #FreeEvent #YYJ #VancouverIsland #art #CreativeArtists #CommunityEvent #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #EsquimaltGorgePark #FreeFunForAll #VisualArts

At #Esquimalt #LanternFestival. Festival runs til 10pm.

Giant walking #puppets at festival. The glowing blowfish is from #MixedMediaMonsters by lantern festival organizer & art director, Jessica Hickman.
http://jessicahickman.net/mixedmediamonsters

#EsquimaltLanternFestival #FamilyFriendly #Wsanec #VictoriaBC #FreeEvent #YYJ #VancouverIsland #art #CreativeArtists #CommunityEvent #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #EsquimaltGorgePark #FreeFunForAll #VisualArts

From earlier.

#Esquimalt #LanternFestival at Esquimalt Gorge Park.

Big walking #puppets seen in video were made by #PuenteTheatre - a local #theatrical production company.
https://www.puentetheatre.ca/

#EsquimaltLanternFestival #FamilyFriendly #Wsanec #VictoriaBC #FreeEvent #YYJ #VancouverIsland #art #CreativeArtists #CommunityEvent #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #EsquimaltGorgePark #FreeFunForAll #art #CreativeArtists #puppetry

At #Esquimalt #LanternFestival. Wrapping shift at lantern making station soon. Festival runs til 10pm.

#EsquimaltLanternFestival #FamilyFriendly #Wsanec #VictoriaBC #FreeEvent #YYJ #VancouverIsland #art #CreativeArtists #CommunityEvent #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #EsquimaltGorgePark #FreeFunForAll

Hey, folks - especially residents in #YYJ #Saanich #VictoriaBC #Esquimalt #OakBay #ViewRoyal #CentralSaanich #SidneyBC #Langford #Colwood #Metchosin #Sooke areas - who are seeking more #CovidSafe places/resources/events & #CovidCautious community to connect with, online or offline - please add this new account to stay updated:
https://zeroes.ca/@air_salon

I'm going to help them out. Public support is greatly appreciated!

If plan to visit Victoria area, you may want to add the above new account too.

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#CovidIsNotOver #SafeSpaces #SafeCommunity #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #BritishColumbia

One of the new Indigenous friends that I made at the ribbon skirt workshop this weekend, Kecia, is a fellow weirdo Aquarian & from Namgis First Nation in Alert Bay. Although we just met, I've met some of her family from her birthplace prior - it was really cool to chat about those unexpected connections.

Kecia brought this bag that her niece, Brianna Dick, made. It's a gorgeous #PurpleCamas #CoastSalish design.
Brianna has an #OnlineStore where you can see/buy some of her #handmade #Indigenous #ArtsAndCrafts
https://briannabearart.bigcartel.com/

#BriannaBearArt is an Indigenous - owned and founded, #Canadian #artist store established in 2020 by Brianna Bear. Based in the traditional territory of the #Lekwungen, place to smoke herring lands of the #Songhees and #Esquimalt nations in #VictoriaBC.

​Brianna started first as an artist with more than fifteen plus years of experience. She began learning under her grandfather Skip Dicks younger brother, Butch Dick. Afterwards she branched out into discovering her roots and design through her #cultural connections to Songhees & #Namgis formline design.

Today, working as one of a few Indigenous female artist within her traditional territory of the Songhees people, she has worked on murals, logos, small business designs, small event designs and more!

Brianna believes in telling stories through her design as you will see through this site."

#NativeArtists #YYJ #IndigenousArt #SupportIndigenousWomen #BCFirstNations #IndigenousBC #VancouverIsland #Camas #VanIsle #Cascadia #Purse #CanvasBag #Stylish #FloralArt #NativeArt #PacificNorthwest #Botanical #PNW

#SilentSunday

Layered my analogue photograph, after scanning it, of a beautiful statue at #GorgeWaterwayPark - with a pastel background.

One of my fave local #PublicArt #statues is in Gorge Park. It's this #Indigenous #CoastSalish #woman resting on waters, with #ducks & #salmon.

Expand & flip phone sideways for better view 👌

#Wsanec #Esquimalt #Songhees #Saanich #VictoriaBC #YYJ #SculptureArt #ArtInThePark #ArtLovers #LekwungenTerritory #NatureGuardian #NatureMatriarch #SeenAroundYYJ #DisabledPhotographer #YYJphotographers #WorldInMyEyes #MyPhotoArt #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #PNW #BritishColumbia #MadeInYYJ #Sculptures #ArtLovers #PhotographicArt #AnaloguePhotograph

Come enjoy the upcoming Esquimalt Lantern Festival, next month! Come visit & make lanterns at the maker station at lantern festival. I'll be manning that station from 6pm-8pm

The #Esquimalt #LanternFestival is taking place on Friday, September 13 from 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm.

This is a #FreeEvent and #AllAges are welcome to attend. There will be #LiveMusic, roaming #puppets, #FoodVendors, #FacePainting and #LanternMaking. Attendees are also encouraged to wear #costumes and bring their own lanterns.

Location: Esquimalt #GorgePark, #KinsmenGorgePark / #GorgeWaterwayPark - Japanese Pavilion area.

https://do250.com/events/2024/9/13/esquimalt-lantern-festival-tickets

#LekwungenTerritory #SongheesTerritory #SaanichParks #Wsanec #Saanich #Arts #FamilyFriendly #CommunityEvent #YYJ #VictoriaBC #VictoriaArtsCouncil #PublicArtEvent #CreativeEvent #ArtsAndCuelture #VisualArt #VancouverIsland #VanIsle

Some #skateboarding #rail #action ✌📷

#FromMyArchive #skaters #SkateTricks #aerial #boardSports #ActionPhotography #ActionShots #BlackAndWhite #Adrenaline #SkateboardPhotography #Skateboarding #SkateOrDie #SkaterBoy #CanonPhotographers #MyPerspective #MyPhotography #VicWest #VictoriaBC #yyj #Esquimalt #SkateboardingIsNotACrime #Skaters #vanisle #VancouverIsland #PNW #PacificNorthwest #SkateComp #monochrome #SportsPhotography

#PleaseSupport #VietnamGarden #restaurant in #Esquimalt 🙌 It's small business, family owned & has #authentic #delicious #Vietnamese food, made fresh, daily. My family has known this family since before fleeing Vietnam as refugees. It was amazing we ended up in same city. They used to own restaurant w/same name for yrs at corner Pandora & Cook St & then moved it over to Esquimalt.

#YYJ #VictoriaBC #EatLocal #SupportLocal #DineLocal #SupportPOCBusiness #POCowned #AsianSmallBusiness #vanisle

#PleaseSupport #VietnamGarden #restaurant in #Esquimalt 🙌 It's small business, family owned & has #authentic #delicious #Vietnamese food, made fresh, daily. My family has known this family since before fleeing Vietnam as refugees. It was amazing we ended up in same city. They used to own restaurant w/same name for yrs at corner Pandora & Cook St & then moved it over to Esquimalt.

#YYJ #VictoriaBC #EatLocal #SupportLocal #DineLocal #SupportPOCBusiness #POCowned #AsianSmallBusiness #vanisle