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  1. They have a Jamaican patties special deal on right now too. If you buy 6 at once, they're only $2/each. They're good sized ones too. A local cultural food deal that's worth mentioning 👍

    #QuadraVillage #JamaicanFood #GoodFood #GoodDeal #VictoriaBC #YYJFood #SupportSmallBusiness #SupportBlackOwnedBiz #BlackOwnedBusiness

  2. My fave #BigTree yesterday, was this large #HorseChestnut #tree on a side road beside Wark Street Commons Community Park in #VictoriaBC in #QuadraVillage.

    In Britain & Ireland, their seeds are used for the popular children's game conkers. During WWI there was a campaign asking everyone to collect the seeds & donate to the government. The #conkers were used as a source of #starch for #fermentation using the Clostridium acetobutylicum method devised by Chaim Weizmann to produce #acetone for use as a solvent for the production of #cordite, which was then used in #MilitaryArmaments. Weizmann's process could use any source of starch, but the government chose to ask for conkers to avoid causing starvation by depleting food sources. But conkers were found to be a poor source & the factory only produced acetone for 3 months; however, they were collected again in WWII for the same reason.

    #TreeTrivia #nature #Arbor #UrbanTrees #YYJtrees #LekwungenTerritory #YYJ #Treehugger #TreeLovers #MightyTree #VancouverIsland #PacificNorthwest #VanIsle #PNW #UrbanNature

  3. My fave #BigTree yesterday, was this large #HorseChestnut #tree on a side road beside Wark Street Commons Community Park in #VictoriaBC in #QuadraVillage.

    In Britain & Ireland, their seeds are used for the popular children's game conkers. During WWI there was a campaign asking everyone to collect the seeds & donate to the government. The #conkers were used as a source of #starch for #fermentation using the Clostridium acetobutylicum method devised by Chaim Weizmann to produce #acetone for use as a solvent for the production of #cordite, which was then used in #MilitaryArmaments. Weizmann's process could use any source of starch, but the government chose to ask for conkers to avoid causing starvation by depleting food sources. But conkers were found to be a poor source & the factory only produced acetone for 3 months; however, they were collected again in WWII for the same reason.

    #TreeTrivia #nature #Arbor #UrbanTrees #YYJtrees #LekwungenTerritory #YYJ #Treehugger #TreeLovers #MightyTree #VancouverIsland #PacificNorthwest #VanIsle #PNW #UrbanNature

  4. My fave #BigTree yesterday, was this large #HorseChestnut #tree on a side road beside Wark Street Commons Community Park in #VictoriaBC in #QuadraVillage.

    In Britain & Ireland, their seeds are used for the popular children's game conkers. During WWI there was a campaign asking everyone to collect the seeds & donate to the government. The #conkers were used as a source of #starch for #fermentation using the Clostridium acetobutylicum method devised by Chaim Weizmann to produce #acetone for use as a solvent for the production of #cordite, which was then used in #MilitaryArmaments. Weizmann's process could use any source of starch, but the government chose to ask for conkers to avoid causing starvation by depleting food sources. But conkers were found to be a poor source & the factory only produced acetone for 3 months; however, they were collected again in WWII for the same reason.

    #TreeTrivia #nature #Arbor #UrbanTrees #YYJtrees #LekwungenTerritory #YYJ #Treehugger #TreeLovers #MightyTree #VancouverIsland #PacificNorthwest #VanIsle #PNW #UrbanNature

  5. My fave #BigTree yesterday, was this large #HorseChestnut #tree on a side road beside Wark Street Commons Community Park in #VictoriaBC in #QuadraVillage.

    In Britain & Ireland, their seeds are used for the popular children's game conkers. During WWI there was a campaign asking everyone to collect the seeds & donate to the government. The #conkers were used as a source of #starch for #fermentation using the Clostridium acetobutylicum method devised by Chaim Weizmann to produce #acetone for use as a solvent for the production of #cordite, which was then used in #MilitaryArmaments. Weizmann's process could use any source of starch, but the government chose to ask for conkers to avoid causing starvation by depleting food sources. But conkers were found to be a poor source & the factory only produced acetone for 3 months; however, they were collected again in WWII for the same reason.

    #TreeTrivia #nature #Arbor #UrbanTrees #YYJtrees #LekwungenTerritory #YYJ #Treehugger #TreeLovers #MightyTree #VancouverIsland #PacificNorthwest #VanIsle #PNW #UrbanNature

  6. My fave #BigTree yesterday, was this large #HorseChestnut #tree on a side road beside Wark Street Commons Community Park in #VictoriaBC in #QuadraVillage.

    In Britain & Ireland, their seeds are used for the popular children's game conkers. During WWI there was a campaign asking everyone to collect the seeds & donate to the government. The #conkers were used as a source of #starch for #fermentation using the Clostridium acetobutylicum method devised by Chaim Weizmann to produce #acetone for use as a solvent for the production of #cordite, which was then used in #MilitaryArmaments. Weizmann's process could use any source of starch, but the government chose to ask for conkers to avoid causing starvation by depleting food sources. But conkers were found to be a poor source & the factory only produced acetone for 3 months; however, they were collected again in WWII for the same reason.

    #TreeTrivia #nature #Arbor #UrbanTrees #YYJtrees #LekwungenTerritory #YYJ #Treehugger #TreeLovers #MightyTree #VancouverIsland #PacificNorthwest #VanIsle #PNW #UrbanNature

  7. City of Victoria Artist in Residence Kemi Craig is hosting an experimental #workshop with collaborating artist Trudi Lynn Smith and guest artist Josh Ngenda from Flux Media that will introduce participants to alternative ways of developing #AnalogueFilm using #indigo and other #PlantBased materials.

    Participants will be given strips of film which they can use to explore images produced by a variety of plant-based developers and tints, with a focus on indigo. No experience with dark room process is needed. All materials will be supplied.

    This event will be hosted outdoors.
    Pre-registration required.
    More info in AltText on event poster below.

    #Art #CreativeWorkshop #LekwungenTerritory #VictoriaBC #LearnFromArtists #Printmaking #PhotoDeveloping #Cultural #YYJ #QuadraVillage #CommunityLearning #CommunityArt