I took advantage of the Pender Island Public Transport, in other words official hitch hiking. An elderly couple in a beat-up little Toyota picked me up at the 'Car Stop' beside the Marina. They were headed for the Farmer's Market via a pit stop at the local recycling depot. Fine with me, I had no particular destination in mind anyway.
This recycle depot is not your usual run-of-the-mill drop-off-bottles kind of thing - this is an artistic treasure trove and a cash-less shoppers paradise.
This recycle depot is not your usual run-of-the-mill drop-off-bottles kind of thing - this is an artistic treasure trove and a cash-less shoppers paradise.
There was a burial ground for discarded barbecues, bathtubs, buckets, sinks etc...just right for a new resident with little money and lots of mechanical knowhow. Artistic little knicknacks like garden gnomes and 'figurines', old implements and tools...
This friendly canine, not part of the merchandise but probably recycled, was welcoming shoppers to the recycling boutique - just go in, serve yourself....
Twenty years in the recycling business, the anniversary party is scheduled at the local community hall...and the lady who runs the joint is still enjoying it. She explained that she had decorated the sides of her barn (she also is a local rural resident) with all kinds of recycle art
like this
or like that
or maybe something with a more maritime flavour?
Compact a la Pender Island
The lady expatriate from Russia at the local Farmer's Market, selling a selection of vegetables, flowers, homespun wool, and knitted hand puppets
The hand puppet is the one on the left
The hand puppet is the one on the left
Pet portraits....take our pick, painted or carved?
Sculpture a the entrance of 'New-2-U' second hand store...
More handwoven, hand knitted, hand crafted woolly wonders...Pender Island South sells them all.
