Erin

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Illustrator ✏️ Surface + Product Designer 🪩 Gardener + Native Plant Enthusiast 🌱Living on Snuneymuxw land (Nanaimo BC) 🌲She/Her 😷 COVID competent 🇵🇸

Video of a tabby tuxedo cat seated in front of a curtain. His tail tip emerges from one of the curtain folds just beyond his reach and is the enemy! The cat attacks the tail and somersaults onto the floor then right himself and meows sheepishly as he walks away.
Photo head-on of a tabby tuxedo cat with his chin on the armrest of a yellow couch and his front legs dangling on either side. He’s being cute!
Photo of newspaper that reads: SMILES & SNARLS SMILE - to the BC Ferries deck crews, GVFD firefighters, and everyone else who was helping direct, calm, and inform ferry travellers on Wednesday last week when the ferry broke down. SMILE - to Kira Bradley and the Agi Hall, GERTIE, Wishful. Thinking Farm, Somerset Farm and Mad Ronas for helping to make the UVic Textile Archeology 485 class weekend retreat such a success! The students and prof Dr. Erin McGuire were thrilled to be here. Big thanks to former Gabriolan April Vannini for making this connection between our group and the students. ~ Gabriola Island Fibreshed Working Group SMILE - to the People for a Heathy Community Workers & very grateful riders on the MediGo Van to Nanaimo Dr's appointments recently. To Karen, the Driver who assisted in many thoughtful ways to manage our special needs - which included a 3 hour (approx) wait for the Gabriola Ferry that was unfortunately disabled returning that day! Thank you, Thank you! SMILE - Enormous smiles to the cast of 'OZ'. So impressed with the professionalism of the whole production. Very well-rehearsed, and enjoyed by all. Well done! Drove home with a warm. fuzzy feeling. Thank you to the entire cast. Go Mara! ~ BJ Godson To submit a smile or snarl, call 250-247-9337 or email derek@soundernews.com Submissions subject to editing.
Photo of a diploma that’s reads: Diploma Gaia College THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT Erin HAS SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED THE DIPLOMA IN ORGANIC LAND CARE April 28, 2026 chael Hermary President, Gala Colege SEAL
Photo of asphalt driveway with golden sunshiney daisy-like flowers leaning into the frame from the left and a soft cushion of purple-magenta woolly thyme blooming in the background. The golden flowers are Eriophyllum lanatum (Woolly Sunflower) and the purple flowers are Thymus pseudolanuginosus (Woolly Thyme).
Screen cap of a Reddit post that reads: r/nanaimo Why do Nanaimo people insist on idling their cars in the morning? Even in nice weather? Something I've noticed since I moved here five years ago. You people are obsessed. It's 12 degrees out at 530am why does your truck need to warm up?
Looped short video of the high line park, featuring a landscape bed of perennial plants dancing in the wind. There are trees, metal sculptures and NYC buildings in the background. Recorded in 2016.
Photo of riverbank lupine in a landscape bed. Green foliage, stacked purple flowers in front of a house with blue-gray siding.
Photo of a rare vernal pool ecosystem in Harewood Plains with spring wildflower blooms in pink and golden yellow.
Photo of seedlings of two types of plants in an underbrush area.
Close up photo of a couple of Tall Oregon Grape - Mahonia aquifolium seedlings. They are in some underbrush in dappled light.
Tabby tuxedo cat laying down facing the camera on a gold yellow cushion. He has a white ‘mask’ over his snoot, pink nose and light aqua eyes. His little white socks and chest bib are quite dashing. He’s outrageously cute!
Overhead wide-angle photo in portrait layout. There is a a long tabby tuxedo cat lying on his back with his tummy and face looking up at the camera; his back legs are stretched loooong. He is lying length-wise on the legs of a person covered by a heavy wool blanket with black, yellow, red and green stripes who is seated on a couch with legs straight out on an ottoman. The cat looks very silly and adorable and is perfect.
Photo of a long boulevard planting area covered with wood chips. Almost all of the plants have been yanked out by unrelenting corvids leaving holes of exposed dirt. So frustrating!
Photo of a brown tabby tuxedo cat lying down and facing the camera. He is on a pink and orange striped blanket. His eyes are light green and he is incredibly handsome!
Photo of a stark street, boulevard, sidewalk and flat roofed commercial building. The boulevard has one large leafless tree waiting for spring. The boulevard is planted out with tiny native plant plugs surrounded by wood chip mulch. There is blue sky with clouds in the background.
Photo looking up a boulevard and sidewalk. A leafless but large and lovely tree is planted in the boulevard. The boulevard has tiny native plants and is mulched with wood chip.
Flyer for the event that reads: GUEST SPEAKER A MEANDERING JOURNEY OF NATIVE PLANTS, LANGUAGE, CULTURE, COMMUNITY CARE, ART & MORE WITH SARAH JIM Join Native Plant Study Group for a meandering adventure of the beauty of native plants, WÁNEĆ culture, language revitalization, community care, the importance of showing up, and practicing environmental restoration. Sarah's talks are full of tangents, mini stories, and reverence for the land and everything within it. Bring an open mind, open heart, and as many questions as you can think of! Participation is welcomed and encouraged:) MARCH 26 2026 THURSDAY 7:00PM AT SWAN LAKE NAURE HOUSE AND ONLINE 3873 SWAN LAKE ROAD Visit our website to get more info: npsg.ca | by donation
A gray tabby cat outstretched on a tree branch covered in shelf fungus. There is lots of moss on the branches and no leaves on the tree yet. There is a wooden fence in the background.
Watercolour illustration in brown, tan, red and black depicting a mirrored image of Catherine O’Hara as Delia from Beetlejuice embracing Lydia on the left side of the illustration and Catherine O’Hara as Kate from Home Alone embracing Kevin on the right side of the illustration. Both depictions feature Catherine’s iconic comedic facial expressions.
A graphic that includes photos of a range of plants that make up the plant palette. Text reads: EXAMPLE PLANT PALETTE • FRONT YARD • HEAVY METAL SWITCHGRASS GLOBE THISTLE RUSSIAN SAGE MOONGLOW JUNIPER BLUESTEM GRASS SUPREME CANTELOUPE ECHINACEA DWARF MUGO PINE LIMEGLOW JUNIPER SILKY LUPINS GOLD COAST JUNIPER PRAIRIE SAGE PRAIRIE SAGEWORT BLUE OATGRASS ORANGE WHISPER POTENTILLA SILVER SAGEBRUSH
Detail of a planting plan for the back yard patio area. Focus on vining plants for shade, layering plants for privacy and selecting plants that can tolerate extreme heat and cold. Native plants are included!
Detailed planting plan for a front yard with colourful plant symbols. There’s a ribbon driveway, curving pathways and absolutely no lawn left.
Street view image of a house with digitally illustrated landscaping over the top. It’s mostly green plants with some gold and coral flowers.
Orange cat jack o lantern with glowing red light coming from his eyes, mouth and lid. His spiky ears extend up and out from the pumpkin.
Overhead plan view of landscape design illustration. Birds Eye view shows a property with house and outbuildings plus proposed landscaping, gardens and more. Text and arrows detail the plan.
Long barren boulevard strip with a smattering of weeds in sunken soil. There is a person in the midground laying down cardboard onto the soil to prepare for fresh soil to be placed on top.
A long boulevard filled with soil and baby native plants. A grey sidewalk runs parallel.
Photo of a street and sidewalk with a barren boulevard planting area in the background and a large pile of dark soil in the foreground.
Square poster with gardening icons like flowers, shovels and butterfly in green reading: VOLUNTEERS NEEDED: COMMUNITY POLLINATOR HABITAT ENHANCEMENT PROJECT Saturday November 15 10am - 12pm Needham St & Haliburton st Tools Provided A joint project with South End neighbours & Nanaimo & Area Land Trust
Cat jack o lantern with glowing red light. The cat looks grumpy and has sharp canine teeth.
Light gray tuxedo tabby cat lying on her side in a garden bed. She has her front paws wrapped around a stand of tall ornamental grasses. There are tufts of other ornamental grasses around her and a rock border in front of her.
Still Fran from x-files tv show of a white man in a suit and tie at a diner table using a decrepit laptop. He appears stressed. The scene takes place in a retro diner that has low lighting and looks dingy.
Poster for event; white type on brown background with various illustrated garden icons like watering cans, flowers, butterflies and shovels around. Text reads: VOLUNTEERS NEEDED COMMUNITY POLLINATOR HABITAT ENHANCEMENT PROJECT (PART 2) Saturday Sept 20 10am - 12pm Needham St & Haliburton st Tools Provided A joint project with South End neighbours & Nanaimo & Area Land Trust
Hand drawn poster of colourful lettering that reads: TERREMOTO SPEAKS WITH NICK ANDERSON ON ZOOM ALL ARE WELCOME LECTURE TITLE : ECOLOGICAL MAXIMALISM WITH PLANT PLASTICITY AND THE DUCK/ RABBIT DIALECTIC
Poster with green background and images of flowers, butterflies and gardening tools. poster text reads: VOLUNTEERS NEEDED COMMUNITY POLLINATOR HABITAT ENHANCEMENT PROJECT Saturday August 30 10am - 12pm Needham St & Haliburton st Tools Provided A joint project with South End neighbours & Nanaimo & Area Land Trust
Photo of a heron on the end of a long, horizontal evergreen branch. Sort of close up.
Close up photo of part of an ocean spray shrub. It has many stems with green leaves and few small white blossoms. There is wood chip mulch, a wooden fence and other plants in the background.
Close up photo of a bright golden yellow daisy-like Woolly Sunflower bloom in the foreground with more blooms and foliage in the background. There is a red with black spots ladybug on the main bloom.
Photo of a steep slope carpeted with a variety or native meadow plants in various shades of green with flowers in pink, yellow, purple and orange-red. In the background are some larger, tall native shrubs and an angular grey roof of a building at the very back.
Photo of a mini meadow in a black planter box. Focus is on Sea Blush which has a bright pink pompom flower and green leaves. The Sea Blush plants are surrounded and interspersed with various other native plants in shades of green.
Two photos of an outdoor urban space. Repurposed oil barrels are painted in a variety of pastel colours. They are stacked, arranged and filled with plants or made into seating to create an outdoor space for the public to enjoy. So pretty and inspiring!
Photo of a white lily with mottled green and brown leaves in a meadow setting. The plant has one open flower and one closed blossom.
Close up photo of a mini meadow of mixed native grasses and plants like Roemer’s fescue, Clarkia, Large-leaved lupine. + Woolly sunflower (Oregon Sunshine). The plants are mostly green with some red and blush hues. There is brown soil with grey pebbles and some larger stones visible under and around the plants.
Closeup photo of the leaves, stem and hot pink blossoms of a red flowering currant. There is a landscape bed in the background with plants and mulch.
Photo of a woodland plant nursery. Black plant pots with a variety of native evergreen trees in the foreground. Signs read Spruce, Douglas Fir.
Native plant seedlings emerging from a tray of soil. Green sprouts on brown soil and mulch.
Overhead photo of 4 small seed packets and one larger paper bag of seed potatoes on a white background.
Photo of a white wall with a black and white cat clock in the foreground and a framed painting of a noodley pencil in the background. The pencil in the painting is pink with dark red stripes, a green ferrule and a blue eraser.
Watercolour painted greeting card in blue and red-orange featuring an anthropomorphic dog riding a bike along the orange ground with a blue sky behind them. The card is laying flat on a wood table.
A close up photo of five purple asters with yellow centers. Some green leaves and stems surround them.
Photo of a nurse log/stump with a river and hillside behind it.
2 second stop motion animation of a sunflower growing. Black and white.
Overhead photo of five bowls containing garlic bulbs and drying beans.
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Painting of two cats in witches clothing standing at a cauldron. Foreground is full of pumpkins.
Landscape bed with mostly soil. Some new plants and trees have been planted.