Campbell's Cove Campground

the Mamdani $30/hr snow shovel thing is so mindblowing. your tax dollars at work, to enrich your fellow citizens who need it most and immediately improve safety & living conditions for all. and THAT'S what the billionaire class wants you to fear?

Two women in winter coats and hats walking along the sidewalk among a crowd of people who are taking part in a strike. Fonds 1266, Item 23261.

A large crowd of men and women in winter coats and hats, gathered on a sidewalk outside the Fashion Building as they take part in a strike. Fonds 1266, Item 23262.

A large crowd of men and women in winter coats and hats, gathered on a sidewalk outside the Labor Lyceum building as they take part in a strike. Fonds 1266, Item 23260.

A large crowd of men and women in winter coats and hats, gathered on a sidewalk as they take part in a strike. Visible storefronts include Caplan's restaurant and a barber shop. Fonds 1266, Item 23263.

At 10am on February 25, 1931, members of the International Ladies’ Garment Workers Union (ILGWU) walked off the job. Highlighting poor working conditions, long hours, and low wages, hundreds of women continued their strike for two and a half months.

Forward.

a white crowned robin chat stands atop a book titled “a dumb birds field guide to the worst birds ever”

that’s it, i’ve finally taken my best photo of all time 😅

(this chubster is an unapologetic beggar so don’t feel bad for him)

🧪🌍 #bird #birb

Hailbound
(adjective)

Mysteriously compelled to wave to passing strangers on a country road, a mountain path, or a remote stretch of water.

From hail, to greet + bound, being obliged

-The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows by John Koenig

#IslandLife

kid with a toy plane Be as passionate about something in life as a child is over the toys they haven't looked at in 5 years that you're about to donate.

Be as passionate about something in life as a child is over the toys they haven't looked at in 5 years that you're about to donate.

Me wearing a black t shirt with a yellow Sony Walkman on it that says best friends go everywhere together

My new fave shirt.

A black keyboard sits on a light beiges desk. There are 2 highlighters (1 yellow, 1 pink) against the right side of the keyboard. There is a black pen below the keybord, cut off by the bottom of the photo. The side of a clear plastic dish of rubber bands and paperclips is barely visible at the top left.

Please don't be fooled by this freshly-wiped keyboard.

It is a vessel to The Land of Links, where old hits like "Haven't I been here already?" and "This isn't what I asked for" are seamlessly blended with the new but increasingly-popular, "What in the fresh dung is this AI disaster?"

kid eating chips on couch - parent with head in hands "Family unable to financially recover after teen invites friends over for after-school snacks. 'There was nothing left, one parent said. 'Nothing.""

"There was nothing left."

Idea: have 2026 be a better year than 2025

SNAPPING TURTLES!

This is absolutely gorgeous! What skill!

😍🤩🌊🌊

They didn't invent this TikTok trend but they didn't need to participate in it.

Your ex blocked you? Leave them alone!

Most victims of stalking in Canada are stalked by an ex and it's the most lethal form.

Call us buzzkills but there's plenty of fun social media trends and this ain't it.

We're enjoying it so far!

Dictionaries are gems, especially this one and Susie Dent's Emotional Dictionary & Roots Of Happiness.

A bright sun shines in a light blue sky over the top of the ferry where the crew steers/operates from. The floor of the ferry is green. There are 4 white seats (benches back-to-back) visible, creating what seems like a green path to the door that leads you indoors. Shadows are heavy on the floor by the benches, as the sun is casting such highlights.

A King's Co-Op Bookstore sticker sits on the top left corner of a black and gold hardcover book. The sticker is a white background with a pile of multicolored books jammed into a green bridge. The words 'King's Co-Op Bookstore' are written below the bridge in blue lettering. The book is black with a starry night depicted in gold color. There is a waterway on the bottom with rocky terrain on each side and a sailboat (of seemingly bygone days) floats in it. Above is a blank black space and then the night sky made up of varying sized dots giving the illusion of looking at constellations and the Milky Way. The title of the book - "THE DICTIONARY OF OBSCURE SORROWS" - is written in gold letters in the middle of the sky. The author's name -"JOHN KOENIG" - is also in gold upper case letters and has a box around it.

While we love the ferry and are so confident it is our favorite part of traveling while on it, bookstores hold a very close second place in our hearts.

#thalassophile #hodophile #bibliophile #logophile #desiderosmia #EploreNS
@kingsbookstore.bsky.social

A visit to the library will improve any day!

#LifelongLearning #TakeALookInABook
#SafeSpaces
#Community

An eight colour set of watercolour paints in a rainbow of colours themed around moths. There's an A7 card swatch of each colour with an unwrapped half pan of the paint sitting on them. The colours & moths are: blue (clifden nonpareil), mint blue-green (small emerald), oak green (blotched emerald), yellow (brimstone moth), grey-brown (nut-tree tussock), pink (elephant hawkmoth), coppery red (rosy tabby), rellowish tan (scalloped oak.) The pans are sitting on a swatch card showing a stripe of each colour.

A gloriously minty blue-green small emerald moth sitting on my hand. It has wide wings with thin horizontal white stripes, and a fluffy body, It is magnificent.

A delightfully yellow brimstone moth sitting on my hand on the edge of a specimen jar, about to fly off. Its wings have small brown markings along the edge and a tiny blue eyespot on each forewing. A+ fuzzy moth pal.

Can I squeak excitedly at you bee-skees?

I finished my moth-inspired paint set wheee! It's here: www.etsy.com/uk/listing/4...

All proceeds after fees will go to Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) again. Find out more/donate direct here: www.map.org.uk

It was this year's personal challenge set...

Full-color image of the Cathedral of Barcelona, composed on a typewriter by Montserrat Alberich Escardívol. Image from WikiMedia.

Holy shit, just learned about the typewriter art of Montserrat Alberich Escardívol, a Catalan typist. Using an extra wide typewriter and 180 color ribbons, she built up elaborate images from simple characters like 'm' and '.' and ';'. Here is her typewritten painting of the Cathedral of Barcelona.

A Marsh Wren perches in a bush and opens its beak wide to project its call.

Happy #Wrensday wishes from this vocal Marsh Wren in Delta BC. October 2025.

#birds #wildlife #nature #wildlifephotography

Much appreciated.

Libraries host food drives, have reading challenges with certificates for free burgers & pizza to encourage kids to read, have lunch-at-the-library programs in the Summer, have seed lending libraries to help grow your own food…

Libraries are adamant our neighbors be fed, that they never go hungry 💛

Please consider using alt text on images so that even more people can benefit from the theory that lifting other people benefits us all.

Thanks!

#TeamworkMakesTheDreamWork

A photo of a flat screen TV with blurry reflections of a hand holding a phone, and blobs of color that is a thrift store. On the top of the TV is a tag. Blue handwritten letters spell 'NON-SMART' on a white background.

We have those moments too, TV.

our logo of a bridge with books weighing it down, now with a tugboat sailing across with a banner that says $5 shipping across Canada

we're still shipping all over Canada for only $5 and we now have a tugboat to help us spread the word! how do we do it? that's really none of your business

We are not powerless in the face of rising hate and harassment. The last few years have shown us that only *we* can keep each other safe.

Do you know how to intervene safely and effectively? If you give me 1 hour of your team, I can teach you.

En français or in English! Weekday OR on a weekend!

Ah yes, the first cousin of Storm Chips.

A juvenile bald eagle sits atop a telephone pole with wires extending from the pole to the top right corner of the photo. Not yet old enough to have a white "bald" head, this eagle is brown and white with massive yellow talons, one of which is very visible on the side of the pole. The sky behind is a solid, cloudless blue. (The eagle's visible eye is clearly aware of the human watching it from the ground.) This photo was taken at Campbell’s Cove Campground in Prince Edward Island, Canada during the last week of September in 2025.

When you feel like you're being watched......

Good morning autistic comrades

Before you blame yourself for being “too sensitive”, ask what you’re being asked to tolerate.

Not everything that overwhelms you needs fixing.

Some things need leaving behind.

😍😍
You are so talented, Fen! Thanks for sharing it with us.

Redish sand, freshly blown in, and void of footprints lies between chunks of deep red sandstone - essentially leading directly into the blue ocean. The sky above is light blue with puffy clouds. Photo taken on a beachwalk from Campbell's Cove Campground in Prince Edward Island, Canada.

We love a good beachwalk.

Depending on what tomorrow's weather brings, this may well have been the calm before.

#IslandLife #Skywatching

When the broom was first invented
News of it came sweeping across the land RS