Crazy Things I Love

"SORRY WE''RE OPEN"

That is actually a sign we spotted on a shop in Haida Gwaii  I just love these Boo Boos ...we need to have a smile now and then to cut through the mist and fog in our lives. 

There was another one "Bed and Make Your Own Breakfast" ......after all you are still really sleeping in someone's house when you stay at a B&B and if the breakfast call ends at 8:00 AM and you are beat to a snot from traveling the day before and you would like to sleep in till 8:00 AM .  ahem

These do not need any further comment. They made me smile every day.

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This friendly, smiling Santa is by the Smoothy Shop all year round and we visited him in August ....as you can see he just finished watering his garden and is checking his list  with the help of  Isadore.

At the Festival at the Edge of the World in Haida Gwaii there are a number of outhouses ....There is also a contest for businesses in the area to come up with the best decorated KYBO.  This one was the winner (missing from the picture is the waiting bench with wonderful potted plants and outdoor coffee table).  The inside was the prettiest outhouse I ever saw ...complete with hand sanitizers, room deoderizor,  classy magazines (in a rack) ,fresh flowers ....etc ...you get the picture.

I would have driven by this one but I found that the food is actually really good here and the place is quite pleasant. The break-wich bun is awesome.  

No s--- is right!  I can't believe that the 4x4 took this hill ....this is almost a 90 degree drop...."white knuckle-ly"  Sunday drive to Rennell Sound.

This is no Joke ....These signs are all over Haida Gwaii ...a reality of the changing climate and living on the Pacific Coast.

Finally,  This is one that  only a homesick Cape Bretoner would really get ....Jim spied this piece of bark on the hike to Bonanza Beach, and kid you not, he saw the map of CB here complete with the Bras d'Or Lakes.

Ouch now that I'm back home, and trust me I love it here, I feel a little tinge of homesickness for the quirks  of Haida Gwaii and all the gentle folk out there. 

It is true what Jon Kabat Zann said "Where ever you go ...there you are"  I do see myself in the good people I meet where ever I go LOVE IT!

Love and light

Chris

Purple Onion Stew and The Ground grind

Well folks this is attempt # 5 at the promised Java Jive on another 2 well known gathering points on Haida Gwaii

                             

This is the Purple Onion, a place in Charlotte where you can plug in to the local news of the day, meet friends, get to know  what makes a town tick and argue about the politics of the day ....or just maybe sit in the sun or the mist and watch the tide of visitors in Charlotte ebb and flow. That is a good thing . The sandwiches here are reputed to be fantastic but smiles are not always free here.  

  

The big purple couch and chair here will  make you feel like royalty and there is  a kooky sense of humor in the decor as you can see from the aptly labeled Leek room.(washroom)

Now if you were to travel north to Masset  you will find a new little Java hut called the Ground. The coffee here is fantastic and the service is very friendly.

Sydney, a name I wouldn't forget since it reminds me of home, is a great barrista who will add a lovely artistic swirl to your latte for you to contemplate while you get your hit of caffeine



 

 

Like Queen B's there is a display of local artisans for sale. The work on the left was very interesting ceramic but it looked like stone that was stitched together ...real wow factor if you could see it up close!

I think that there must be Gremlins in my computer or this post was just jinxed from the start.  I made so many attempts to publish this and couldn't get it off the ground .....so here goes ......I'm going for a cuppa ....this time I'm back in NS and counting on good quality Green Tea to  get me where I need to be.

Love and light

Chris