Have you been meaning to explore your family tree? Have we got a #TalkAndTea for you!
Renowned genealogist & historian, Dave Obee, will be talking on how #DNA is changing family history research.
TODAY 2-4pm, #LogCabinMuseum, $10 at door includes tea and light treats.
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Dave Obee has quite a list of interests & knowledge; as a renowned author, historian, & geneologist, he's a popular speaker.
We’re excited to have him join us for a #TalkAndTea - speaking on how #DNA is changing family history research!
March 8th 2-4pm, $10 cash @ door.
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Come drown your hockey sorrows this afternoon, as we #StirThePot on the final day of #BCHeritageWeek! 🥄🍲
Chef Heidi Fink - of @cheknews.ca & Country Grocer’s popular #CookinOnTheCoast - will inspire our #TalkAndTea: #FarmToTable.
See you at 2pm at the #LogCabinMuseum!
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DYK the #DairyFarmersOfCanada has a free dairy calendar? Filled with deliciousness that uses #Canadian milk.
Find it here: dairyfarmersofcanada.ca/sites/defaul...
Learn more about local food at tomorrow's #TalkAndTea with Chef Heidi Fink, @ #LogCabinMuseum!
#FarmToTable #BCag www.chefheidifink.com
A reminder that next Sunday is our first #TalkAndTea of the year - and we’re fortunate to have Chef Heidi Fink come to talk about #FarmToTable on the #SaanichPeninsula.
We’re taking a wooden spoon from #BCHeritageWeek’s theme of #StirThePot!
www.chefheidifink.com
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February is a busy month around the #LogCabinMuseum!
We’re celebrating #BCHeritageWeek, #BlackHistoryMonth, #FamilyDay, and #Canada’s #AgDay on Saturdays all month. And a #TalkAndTea with Chef Heidi Fink on February 22nd!
Come visit!
If you know us, you know how much we love our tea!
Although #HotTeaDay comes from the USA Tea Council, we’ll take this excuse to celebrate tea…and to update you that we’re hard at work, lining up guests for our #TalkAndTea series starting in the Spring!
#StayTuned #LogCabinMuseum
Edeana Malcolm has written & published 9 historical novels.
Her latest, #MaidOfGold, set in the 1850s, is based on a story of 2 of her ancestors who travel to Australian Gold Rush, & circumnavigate the world by sailing ship!📚
#TalkAndTea, Sunday Nov23rd 2pm, #LogCabinMuseum, $10 @ door. #yyjevents
Photo of General Sir Arthur Currie in uniform. By unknown photographer. Public Domain. From Library and Archives Canada.
Quite a local connection to Canadian General Sir Arthur Currie: he 1st worked as school teacher in #Sidney!
TODAY’s #TalkAndTea, “Currie: #Canada’s Greatest Wartime General”, is by Regimental Chief Archivist Lt Col Vic Skaarup (Retd).
#MonthOfRemembrance #CanadaRemembers #RemembranceDay #yyjevents
In honour of #ReadCanadian Day today, mark your calendars for November 23rd - we’ve got an #AuthorsTea!
The #TalkAndTea that Sunday will be celebrating local and BC writers.
#LogCabinMuseum, 2-4pm, admission $10 at door - tea and light treats served after the authors talk.
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While #NationalAuthorsDay was Saturday, we didn’t forget, we just got sidetracked - with a book!😉📚
But join us on Sunday November 23rd to celebrate local authors - at an #AuthorsTea! It’s like a #TalkAndTea, with books. How fabulous is that?
More details to follow soon!
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Photo of General Sir Arthur Currie in uniform. By unknown photographer. Public Domain. From Library and Archives Canada.
Have you marked your calendars for next Sunday’s special #TalkAndTea? To honour #RemembranceDay we welcome Lt Col Vic Skaarup (Retd) to talk on General Sir Arthur Currie: "Currie, Canada's Greatest War Time General".
Nov 9, 2-4pm, $10 @ door.
#MonthOfRemembrance #Canada #yyjevents #RemembranceMonth
In celebration of #NationalNewspaperWeek, we're looking back at Victoria’s daily paper, @timescolonist.bsky.social, from 2 completely separate papers to now where it's delivered digitally to the palm of your hand!
TODAY #TalkAndTea with Dave Obee 2-4pm @ #LogCabinMuseum. $10cash @ door.
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Our #LogCabinMuseum newsstand is buzzing with talk of tea this morn.
DYK @timescolonist.bsky.social was once 2 completely separate papers?!
TC Editor/Publisher & renowned historian, Dave Obee, gives our next #TalkAndTea on history of VictoriaTimes(1884), BritishColonist(1858), & more!
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We’re “circulating” the news before the morning edition: Extra! Extra! @timescolonist.bsky.social Editor/Publisher Dave Obee is doing a #TalkAndTea this Sunday!
An interesting look back at information distribution in bygone days, to now.
2-4pm, $10 cash @ door.
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Engaging, humorous, encouraging - what a talk from Bob McDonald at Sunday’s #TalkAndTea!
Other words of wisdom included: “Bottom line is all I did was say yes. Yes to opportunities. If you see a young person struggling, give them the confidence to say YES!”
#LogCabinMuseum #WonderfulHuman #gratitude
Just say yes, and join us this afternoon for a #TalkAndTea with Bob McDonald!
He’ll speak on his book, “Just Say Yes”, and how he found the courage to say, “Yes#” when opportunities presented themselves. www.logcabinmuseum.com/events
Bob, books, talk, tea, & treats!
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You’ve heard the affable CBC #QuirksAndQuarks host on the radio, now come listen to him in person! Bob McDonald is our #TalkAndTea speaker tomorrow 2-4pm.
He’ll talk on his book, #JustSayYes, and how he became #Canada’s favourite science-explainer!
$10 cash at door.
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DYK that there's a tree that's evolved to ATTRACT lightning strikes? So it can eliminate the competition!
Listen to our Sunday #TalkAndTea speaker, Bob McDonald from CBC Quirks&Quarks, as he talks to a forest ecologist about the #DipteryxOleifera tree: bit.ly/47N5o35
#TreeTuesday #LogCabinMuseum
Did you know that before “SaanPen” Hospital, we had a hospital on an island off Sidney?! Come learn the history of hospitals on the #SaanichPeninsula with Dr Ambrose Marsh from #SaanichPeninsula Hospital & Healthcare Foundation, today @ 2pm @ the #LogCabinMuseum! #TalkAndTea, $10 @ door. #yyjevents
Mark your calendars for our next #TalkAndTea - April 27th.
We’re pleased to welcome Dr Ambrose Marsh, Fundraising Campaign Chair, #SaanichPeninsula Hospital & Healthcare Foundation, to talk on "Our Hospitals: Past Present and Future".
#LogCabinMuseum #Resthaven #SaanPen
Looking for something to do this w/e? We’ve got #yyjevents for you!
Saturday afternoon, see our new display: Book Month Blitz, celebrating #ChildrensBookDay & #WorldBookDay. Book fairies have sprinkled books all about the #LogCabinMuseum.
Sunday afternoon, the #TalkAndTea is #PolicingThePeninsula.
Graphic shows the crest of the Saanich Police Historical Society in top left corner, then the Talk and Tea title: Policing the Peninsula on the top right. The lower left has text: A look back at policing history on the Saanich Peninsula, with the date/time/location below. The lower right has a photo of 4 different Saanich Municipal Police badges - all sporting the same 3 elements: a beaver, a log, and maple leaves!
Please join us for our April 6th #TalkAndTea: Policing the Peninsula: a look back at history of policing on the #SaanichPeninsula.
Learn about the different forces involved here over the years, as well as about the @SaanichPoliceHS, and their current project.
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Looking for some warmth on this cool, wet Sunday? Join us at #LogCabinMuseum for our #TalkAndTea!
#ShakeAndWake features #CSaan Emergency Programme Manager, Lisa Banfield, on emergency #preparedness, especially earthquake preparedness.
Doors open 130p, talk @ 2pm, $10 @ door, tea served afterwards.
We’ve got our #InternationalWomensDay display up until the end of the month, we’ve got the knitters & spinners group working away, and the rest of the #LogCabinMuseum to explore!
Come visit today, then come back tomorrow for our #TalkAndTea on emergency #preparedness!
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SHAKE & WAKE! After the recent quakes, do you feel prepared for more?
We’re excited to have #CSaan's Emergency Programme Manager, Lisa Banfield, present a #TalkAndTea on Emergency Preparedness; especially earthquake preparedness.
Saturday March 23rd, 2pm, #LogCabinMuseum. Open to public $10 @ door.
On this last day of #BCHeritageWeek, today's #TalkAndTea is on No2 Construction Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force in WW1.
The "Black Battalion" was 1st & only all-Black battalion-sized formation in #Canadian military history.
Starts 2pm, #LogCabinMuseum, $10.
#BlackHistoryMonth #yyjevents
We’re open today until 6pm, and tomorrow 1-4pm in the #LogCabinMuseum, as we celebrate #BCHeritageWeek!
Or join us on Sunday 2-4pm for #TalkAndTea to celebrate #BlackHistoryMonth!
Come explore history with us. #yyjevents
We’ll be celebrating #BCHeritageWeek with 4 days of opportunities to explore the #museum, and enjoy a #TalkAndTea!
Join us starting Thursday Feb 20th, through to Sunday Feb 23rd (we're open at different times to accommodate different schedules).
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TODAY is our last #TalkAndTea of the season!
Learn about "The Carmichaels, The Cedars, and #CordovaBay" and the early life of these #Saanich farmers.
Join us 2-4pm at the #LogCabinMuseum, $10 non-members / $7 members & ROHA. Light refreshments will be served after the talk. #yyjevents
