I believe one or two of the new senators have joined Mastodon as well but haven’t seen much from them yet.
StillPaisleyCat
Just be sure to wash and block before connecting the blocks.
I love making samples, so working up 8 x 8” / 20 x 20 cm samples of a lot of different stitches is fun for me.
There’s an old Bernat pattern that I have for an Afghan made of squares of very many different classic crochet stitches. It’s a great practice and skill building project.
If you choose a good palette of solid colour yarn, it works out nicely. If that kind of throw isn’t the kind of thing you like in your home, they’re always a gift or charity option.
Parksville is likely far more commercial and developed than you recall.
But the beaches remain.
Here are some suggestions with a kids lens:
Vancouver Island
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get mid Island then over to the west coast
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Parksville - large sandy beaches to dig in
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ferry to Denman Island and then to Hornsby Island - fossils! https://hornbynaturalhistory.com/category/fossils/
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Qualicum Beach - gravelly and lots of seniors, but a great place to see bald eagles picking up clams and oysters, dropping them to break them open and diving to eat.
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Cathedral grove on Hwy to Port Alberni, accessible old growth forest
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Alberni - old forestry interpretation site with a logging train in the Cherry Creek area
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Drive to Tofino - an adventure in itself
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Long Beach
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whale watching
If you go to Vancouver, many of the classic stops are worth it
- the Aquarium
- Whale watching
- Grouse mountain gondola and mountain top
- Capilano suspension bridge and the fish hatchery and environs
- Seabus
- UBC museum of anthropology
Mapping and confirming the existence of a system larger than the world renowned Castleguard Cave system is the story here.
Did I miss the actual Protostar announcement?
Well, there was something of the kind of CANZUK sharing earlier. But that included SA and India in a kind of outer layer with less complete access.
There’s absolutely no incentive to log in to YouTube now that subscriptions and bells do nothing to control your feed. End stage enshittification.
This is very cool. 😎
Also, you don’t want to be looking to log into dodgy wifi when travelling with a burner phone to another country.
Physical guides are more secure and don’t require downloading to a burner device.