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Friend available to house sit September. She’s great with caring for animals. I’ll put you in touch with her if you are interested.
Good morning, Oak Bay.
Sunday, August 23Tide 2.6m and rising at WillowsThis week’s issueAugust 22 · 5 min · about one cup of tea
The old Hide + Seek finally has an answer
The window says September. Plus what's happening around Oak Bay this week.
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One useful note · Saturday mornings
Everything worth knowing in the village, in one cup of tea.
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Around the village
this week
Whether it works comes down to how many gates open in September.One to moveA whole house for $25,000, if you can move it
Cheaper than a used car, if you happen to own somewhere to put it.Neighbour neededA big sheet of plastic is stuck on the beach, and one person can't lift it
Nobody is sure whose job this is, which is how it ends up being a neighbour's.And the Facebook group ↗From around Oak Bay
A few things neighbours shared
Passed alongThe worktable found a home
Sandra Sherrill offered it in the group. It had already been adopted by Saturday.
From the gardenSerena’s apple tree is loaded
Red apples packed the branches in her Oak Bay garden.
SpottedA cat at Quamichan and Maddison
Sitting on the pavement with no apparent plans to move.
The week ahead
Through August 30- Tue25August
- School board candidate information session6:30 pm · Boleskine Road
- Thu27August
- 1538 Monterey public information session5–7 pm · Monterey Rec Centre
- Tango After Midnight opens 7 pm · Elgin Road
- Sat29August
- Big Bird Dayall day · Uplands Park & Cattle Point
- Sun30August
- Monterey Open Mic1:30–3 pm · Monterey Rec Centre
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The Bulletin Board
Pinned this week
The board holds steady · moderated kindly
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Just throwing this out there… We’re pretty much booked up for house sitting from September 2 until we head to Dryden on December 12 (which is kind of crazy to think about 😅), but we ended up with one little gap in our schedule. If anyone is looking for a live-in pet and house sitter October 26 – November 1, or knows someone who is, let me know. I figured it’s worth mentioning before those dates disappear too.
WantedPosted Tue
Hello. Im looking for recommendations to have my kitchen aid blender fixed. Thank you in advance
The Oak Bay Poll
This week’s ballotIf contacted, would you let the deer-vaccination team onto your property this fall?
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Last week · Oak Bay Avenue is an art gallery today
Overheard in Oak Bay
“Blue House Coffee coming to the former Hide + Seek location in Oak Bay”
— u/WorkingAd4295, in the Oak Bay Local Facebook group
blue House Coffee is taking the old Hide + Seek space
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