Some days offer themselves completely obviously as a blessing.

#BowenIsland #Nexwlelexwm #HoweSound #Atlka7tsem

I crewed for a boat in the 2026 Round Bowen Race yesterday. This years course was counter-clockwise.

We had a great day of sailing, but did not finish. After a light wind start, we had 15kts of wind on the north side of Bowen. But there was a patch with no wind on the southwest side. We finally made it to the south side for a nice downwind sail. But after rounding the southeast corner we saw most of the fleet stalled again.

Only 13 boats finished before the cutoff time, 41 retired from racing, and an unreported number (50+) did not finish (DNF).

#RoundBowenRace #Sailing #WestVancouver #BowenIsland

Engagement underway for Bowen draft OCP

Official Community Plan feedback taking place May 22 to June 22

Bowen Island Undercurrent
Bowen's Official Community Plan draft headed for public feedback

Phase 2 community engagement will run for a month beginning May 22

Bowen Island Undercurrent
#BowenIsland - Bowen Island council wants B.C. Ferries to pay $150,000 to manage ferry traffic https://vancouversun.com/news/bowen-island-council-new-bylaw-150000-bc-ferries-management-cost
Bowen Island council wants B.C. Ferries to pay $150,000 to manage ferry traffic

Bowen Island council is considering a bylaw that would charge a $150,000 annual fee to B.C. Ferries for dealing with ferry traffic

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Markus and I are hosting a tour of our regenerative food garden, today. Or my "medicine forest", as I like to call it. 💚 It's free to attend and only half-full, if you're on Nexwlelexwem/Bowen Island and would like to join! 2pm.
https://emilyvanartist.noblogs.org/post/2025/04/26/the-medicine-forest-my-parents-gave-me-how-exploring-and-knowing-our-place-in-the-ecosystem-builds-resilience/

#gardening #food #regenerativefarming #farming #earthday #BowenIsland

The Medicine Forest my Parents Gave Me: how exploring and knowing our place in the ecosystem builds resilience – Emily van Lidth de Jeude

RE: https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/@cbcbc_mirror/116403749492374648

Could we soon see the first fully electric passenger ferry on the BC Coast? @TownofGibsons , Bowen Island and Vancouver? 
#BC #BCPoli #Electrification #Vancouver #BowenIsland

Vancouver Park Board votes to support electric ferry to Sunshine Coast, Bowen Island
Vancouver Park Board commissioners have voted to support a passenger-only electric ferry that would run from the city's Coal Harbour neighbourhood to Bowen Island and the community of Gibsons on the Sunshine Coast.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/vancouver-park-board-sunshine-coast-electric-ferry-bowen-island-9.7162665?cmp=rss
A very cool find! I spotted this termite (Zootermopsis spp.) the other day with a little springtail (Cheirotoma spp.) riding along its back. Apparently those springtails are known to be phoretic, i.e. hitchhikers, on termites.

#springtail #termite #cheirotoma #zootermopsis #arthropod #invertebrate #macro #inaturalist #bowenisland #canada #britishcolumbia
I used to be very scared of spiders; nowadays I'm fine with most of them, and I actually love jumping spiders. They're just so cute. This little one (Phidippus johnsoni) checked me out while I was out doing photography the other day.

#spider #jumpingspider #phidippus #arthropod #macro #macrophotography #inaturalist #wildlife #bowenisland #britishcolumbia #canada