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Spring Things 2010

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Crossing beautiful Howe Sound

 

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Cloe looking forward to a fun day

 

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Spectacular nature is always available

 

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Darci with carpentry tools: sawhorse and circular saw

 

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Keith servicing the generators - new spark plugs and oil change - gotta keep the machines happy!

 

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Reinforcing Hawk House's foundations over the winter has been a major project.

 

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Filling in under the new south wall with rock

 

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They did a great job.

 

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Kicking back in the great outdoors

 

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The trees are waking up to the spring.

 

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The swimming pond is clear, tinted with photosynthetic life

 

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We transported two wood-burning cookstoves to the island (one for Hawk House and one for the cob house), and batteries for a new off-the-grid solar electrical system. Very exciting to have these big beauties warming food and bodies.

 

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The stoves were strapped to dollies for easy movement. The two of them just fit on one water taxi. All the lifting and moving was a great exercise in teamwork. It was a real all-hands job.

 

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One 'Bakers Choice' stove in its new home.

 

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Back at the cob house, a straw bale wall is being built. This is actually Straw Bale Wall 2.0. The first one did not withstand several winters with no roof to keep the rain off. Lessons learned and Wall 2.0 is being built much stronger too, with additional reinforcing wire, stakes and mesh holding it together.

 

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Scott enjoying the process.

 

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Each bale has two wooden stakes through it connecting it to bales above and below. The stakes are tied together with steel wire that is anchored to the walls on either side.

 

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Darci on the wall. It is six rows high.

 

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Lookin good, wall!

 

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The wall is taller than Keith!

 

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The wall is now totally stacked - that's a lot of straw!

 

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Nice job!

 

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The wake of the boat, the setting sun. The end of a work party is just as awesome as the beginning.

 

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February and March Flow 2010

 

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Kale loves the cool of winter. The plants have suddenly doubled in size and their sweet tender leaves are enjoyed at every lunch!

 

 

 

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Jeanine supports a piece of the new south wall of the Hawk House as it is secured in place.

 

 

 

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Tiffany's enthusiasm supports the building process!

 

 

 

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Cathy happy to cook the ecovillage lunch.

 

 

 

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The joys of building are apparent on Scott's face.

 

 

 

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Getting down to business!

 

 

 

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Darci getting ready to cook up a storm.

 

 

 

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Lunch on the deck in the spring sun is a satisfying experience.

 

 

 

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The south wall of the Hawk House basement in process.

 

 

 

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Tiff gets comfortable with a reciprocating saw. A great way to turn up your personal power!

 

 

 

 


 

 

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A Retrospective

Sometimes it is fun to look back and see how things used to be.  We hope you enjoy this glimpse into past time. 

 

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Scott working on an early project in 2005.

 

 

 

 

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Remember these two?

 

 

 

 

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The first Music Festival in 2006 had the Lightwork Band rockin' out.

 

 

 

 

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With an encore performance that night!

 

 

 

 

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Hawk House has undergone many changes. This is what it looked like at the beginning of the deck extension project.

 

 

 

 

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Before the counters were put in we had the table in a different position. But the community was just as rich!

 

 

 

 

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This photo is taken from the other side of the room. Note the missing counters.

 

 

 

 

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A celebration of Jeanine's 14th birthday at the first Cob Workshop.

 

 

 

 

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One of our first garden harvests!
 

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January Joy, 2010

 

 

 

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The winter storms knocked down an old Maple tree along Maple Valley Rd. There were less trees blown down this winter but we will use this beautiful wood in an upcoming project.

 

 

 

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Darci and Keith take a breather between moving sections of the blown down maple tree off the road.

 

 

 

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Scott and Bryan enjoying the day.

 

 

 

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Tessa and Keith stripping the bark off the newly placed posts to protect them from wood eating bugs.

 

 

 

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Tessa demonstrating how to use an electric sander!

 

  

 

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The post looks fantastic after being sanded and sealed against the rain.
 

 

 

 

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The post is carefully kept off the ground by a cement block to eliminate wood rot and then cemented into place so the block can not move.

 

 

 

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The construction team carefully put cross bracing into place to increase the structural integrity of Hawk House.

 

 

 

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Lynn preparing new garden beds in the cool of January. Readying it for the abundance to come.

 

 

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A lone kale plant flourishes amongst the winter rye cover crop.

 

 

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2009: A Year in Review

2009 was a rich year for the Lightwork Ecovillage.  Many projects took a great leap forward.  We secured year round vehicle access with a solid road from the water front right to the cabin. We had an excavator create a swimming pond and prepare the land for the next phase of building projects.  The garden was fenced, the earth enrichened, and the produce delicious!  The summer meditation retreat ran smoothly.  Work parties had more participants than ever before.  Our knowledge of the land and her inhabitants deepened.  But most of all healing happened for everyone involved.  We are deeply appreciative of the land and support of so many people.

We hope you enjoy a few choice photos taken throughout 2009.

 

 

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Julia T demonstrated her love for the Ecovillage when it was blanketed in January snow.

 

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In February hard core construction happened to put in a road near the Fircom dock. It was amazing to see the landscape transform so quickly. Before the blasting there was a hill where the excavator now sits.

 

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We were ecstatic when the culvert and road to cross the stream on our access road was completed!

 

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The Annual Easter Egg hunt at the ecovillage was gleeful! (and yummy)

 

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Our garden took a leap forward this year and produced abundant fresh greens for many months.

 

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We spent a few weekends in June liberating an assortment of building materials from some Camp Fircom buildings that were due for demolition.

 

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The walls of the Sanctuary took a great leap forward as Krista dedicated a large part of the summer to cobbing.

 

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Scott led the Cob house roof project to it's successful completion in August. It has proven to keep the rain out even in a torrential downpour!

 

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The Lightwork Summer Mediation Retreat was held at the Ecovillage. It felt great to hold the retreat on our own land again.

 

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There was an amazing summer storm that lit up the sky with dramatic effect. The deck of Hawk House turned out to be an ideal viewing gallery.

 

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In late August we had an excavator come in and put in a swimming pond, clear building sites, and make a pond. The land was transformed over 2 days!

 

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In late September we bought straw bales from a farm in the Fraser Valley and took them over in a water taxi for use in the straw bale wall.
 

 

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November's project was putting in additional supportive posts under Hawk House. This will help keep'er steady in those winter winds!

 

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Rich winter rye imbues the garden beds with nutrients. And is beautiful too!

 

 

 

 

 

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