July 27,2011 Day in the Life

Photographed on February 10, 2011

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Ray Gosson leaves Brentwood Bay Nursery to head up island with a load of plants.

Christine van Reeuwyk/News staff

Rita Cooney, co-owner and baker, prepares croissants filled with ham and cheese at Breadstuffs Bakery in Brentwood Bay.5:25

“When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive — to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.”

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Larry Stansfield uses a weedeater to trim the edges at Butchart Gardens before opening.


Charles Fox starts the day with a vehicle tune up in Brentwood Bay.


Megan O’Dell takes the big mower out to groom the grass between the Rose Garden and the Italian Garden at Butchart’s.


Stuart Adank and Ben Clark move a topiary out of the Italian Garden at Butchart Gardens.

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Kelsey Rogers prepares a room at the Brentwood Bay Lodge Spa.


MV Klitsa loads for the first trip of the day to Mill Bay.


Low cloud lifts over Brentwood Bay.


A Canada goose stretches its wings.

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Laura Lavin/News staff

Painter Jay Bangma prepares to begin his day on a job site in North Saanich.


Firefighters Bobby Scott and Mike Simpson wash down a Central Saanich fire truck after an early morning call.


Lou Zornes and Hazel Phillips search the maps at the Visitor Info Centre on Highway 17.


Boxer Kinnon works off some steam with a run in Cy Hampson Park.

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Volunteers work in the restoration hangar at the BC Aviation Museum.

Lauren Coulter photo

The produce section of Thrifty Foods in Saanichton is well stocked at the hands of employee Shea Young.

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Shawn MacNab of Squeegee Clean makes the Bevan Centre windows sparkle.


Hamish Crawford combs through the grapes at Highland House farm.

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Matthew Cady, 2, giggles his way around the play equipment at Greenglade Community Centre in North Saanich.


Emily Schwerdel, 3, pops bubbles at Island View Beach.

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Xander Klatt-Curry, 5, takes a break from climbing to the top of Boulders Climbing Gym at Stelly’s secondary school.


Donna Stewart of HEAR in Central Saanich checks a patient.

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Shelby Stewart, of College Pro Painters, brightens up a Brentwood Bay house with a fresh coat of cheery blue paint.


Shirley Seale chuckles as SeaQuest owner Mike Child helps her husband Ed struggle into his gear before they head out on a whale watching adventure.


Bike mechanic Taylor Waterman reinstalls a computer on a bike at Russ Hay’s in Sidney.


Sydni Burns, 13, checks out the scratch patch at Mineral World in Sidney.

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Barry Hinderks photo

Colin Monteith, director of operations for Victoria Air Maintenance, checks a restored Vietnam era Trojan T-28.

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Sidney Mayor Larry Cross and Wendy Taylor, manager of administration, go over paperwork in the town hall.

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The first batch of chicken wings is tossed by chef Joaquin de Castro Alves in preparation for Thursday wing night at the Prairie Inn in Central Saanich.


Emma Tetreault, 5, makes some big bubbles in the Tulista Park playground.

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Gunnar Freyr Steinsson photo

Peter Roesli-Komashko is halfway through milking the cows at Pendray Farms. With 220 milking cows it takes about four hours to milk them all.


Skipper Ben Dinh of the vessel Hunky Dory lV with a tote of Dungeness crab ready to be offloaded.


Bob McMullen, bassist with local band The Archers, gets in some practice.

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Michael Holst, manager at Pendray Farms, tube feeds a 12-hour-old calf, who had earlier escaped into the field.

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David White, Charlie White’s son, relaunches his dad’s ‘fishing machine’. The boat was out of the water for some final adjustments before being put back in so David could hit some of Charlie’s old fishing spots.


Constable Vanessa Fields, of the Sidney/North Saanich RCMP, signs into the laptop in one of the RCMP’s vehicles.

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A boisterous group enjoys some time at the Pier Bistro during the Sidney market.

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Rookie Sidney volunteer firefighter, Kevin Mackenzie, gets stuck rolling hose the old fashioned way — by hand.


David Burrowes kills time at the Swartz Bay Ferry Terminal by solving a crossword puzzle and watching baseball.7:14


Gary Smith is the new guy in baggage, working at the Swartz Bay ferry terminal.


James Green flies high on his bike at the skateboard park in Sidney.

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Jenny, Jared and 18-month-old Roland Cook grab a snack before a flight to Ontario.8:12

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Willow Last gives her phone a quick charge before heading to Victoria by bus after seeing a friend off to Calgary at the Victoria International Airport.

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Airline employee Andreas Adamopoulos assists passenger Robert Janes with his check-in for a late flight to Vancouver.7:40 Barry Hinderks photo

Hoses get stripped off one of the Sidney Volunteer Fire Department trucks.

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John McKenzie waits for the bus after a fun evening at the Sidney market.


Sarah Hancock finishes cleaning up after an afternoon of selling Rozy’s Jam at the market.


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July 27,2011 Day in the Life