Lasqueti Pictures
Ian
Cole. Captain Ian Cole was a man of incredible talents.
As ferry captain he knew everything there was to know about
the sea and seamanship, no small feat when facing off against the
treacherous nineteen kilometres of rough water between False Bay and
French Creek on |
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Sandy Cove. High tide In the winter. | |
Kitchen.From the front. The vertical half-logs at the bottom of the wall were towed across the bay at high tide by our tiny yellow 'Banana Boat." The shed roof was plastic over rotted 1/4 " plywood kept from blowing away by flat rocks. | |
Kitchen.
From the back with Bret and Maia peeking out the door. This wall was made
with shakes from a driftwood cedar shake bolt. Pole frame from dead fir,
with drift wood 2x something boards for the floor and driftwood hatch
covers for shelves, counter and food storage bench lined with aluminum printing
plates to keep mice out. |
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Kitchen. Inside | |
Sleeping House. After finishing the kitchen the only thing left of our $40.00 investment and scavenged materials was some plastic. I built the house with dead poles from the yard. | |
Sleeping House. After finishing the cabin I cleared the shrubs out and evened the dirt a bit. Covered the dirt floor plastic and then with a carpet and chinked the walls with moss. In many ways a dirt floor is superior to raised floor especially in windy locations. There is no draft coming from beneath and it feels solid, like your are actually attached to the earth rather than defending yourself against it. I made a stove from half of a 25 gallon barrel stuck in a sand filled box and roof and chimney jack by some sky-hook arrangement that I don't understand to this day. | |
Trail. This is the spot on the trail where Papa Joe fell off while visiting. We were in the States at the time. This is not too tricky in the daytime but in the dark it can be treacherous. Bret and Maia used this trail to get to the school and often ran at full speed. Glad I didn't know it at the time. | |
Boat House. This was used as the model for the 'funky shed' in Prolog: Gulf 1976 to open the book. It is right below Boho Ron's shack | |
Boho Ron's shack. This dwelling, was a crash pad of sorts. A number of people lived in it over the years including Hawk, Mad John and Bruce. It is prototype of the cabin described in the story Prolog: Gulf 1976 And Lasqueti Christmas on Lasqueti Stories page. | |
Sandy Beach. At rising tide. | |
Cecil
and Nancy Varney. They
were from upper state |
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Bob and Mara. Standing next to the kitchen. | |
Fed Up.Picture taken at the Fed Up warehouse. Person on the left is unknown to me. Next is Arnie, Judy Harper standing on the box, Bonnie Smith, me and Melinda Auerbach. I don't know the person on the right. Fed Up appears in the chapter Fed Up. | |
Goldendale. Picture of the pickers shacks at the farm at Maryhill Washington Where I picked fruit after the ill-starred tree planting venture. This is chronicled in the chapter Goldendale. | |
Bob and Marty. Marty visiting from Portland and playing music at the swimming lake. | |
Arnie and Jodi. In front of the community center in the snow. the corner of Main road and Lennie road was named Arnie's corner because he owned the house and lot there. After Jodi bought the place it became Jodi's Corner, as it is called today. | |
Rocking Horse. This is where my music career, such as it is, started. Picture was taken recently and the place has been upgraded but a very nice venue indeed. More about it in the chapter Rocking Horse and Rodeo. | |
Bob and Justine. Here we are leaning on an ancient artifact of unknown origin. Actually this was the barn at Ron's place on Sandy Beach. The half-log front was used on the kitchen across the bay. Had to float it across the bay at high tide. | |
Edith's house.Justine and I lived here for 4 years. It appears in Insect Repeller and The move. The property was owned by Doug and Chris. They allowed us to stay in the place and try to keep it from collapsing. We did pretty well but later dwellers allowed it to decay. | |
Feral Sheep. Sheep doing a yard maintenance at Edith's place. The sheep were a source of much needed food in the early days. There were also horses and cattle on the island. They decimated the wild flower population. I don't think they are harvested much any more. I don't know their Current status. | |
Shrooms. Oyster mushrooms growing out of dead alder. They are tasty and plentiful and dry easily. They are talked about in the chapter Food. | |
Lasqueti Laundromat. This was Jodi's contraption. She pumped water into a large barrel on the roof of her house. Believe it or not this was an improvement over the way most of us did the laundry. For hot water for showers she left a garden hose full of water lying in the sun. | |
Lasqueti hot tub. Not everything in the cities is unavailable in the country. |
Stove. This is the wonderful stove we used in Edith's place. People used to modern conveniences would find it difficult to understand the love affair between humans and a good functioning wood cook stove.They are the soul of the house. | |
Flying Phil Sighting. Phil St. Luke striding along the street was a fixture in Parksville. He always had a smile and greeting for everyone on the street. He was named the first 'Mr. Parksville' to everyone's delight. He is mentioned in Cheech and Chong story. |