It is always a good feeling to return to Sointula. The sign says: Population 800, but residency has dropped to the 600's. There is a calming peace in the atmosphere.
We enjoy visiting with our friends Kathleen and Jim Blohm.
Just at the entrance to the harbor there is a memorial: "To Those of Malcom Island that have lost their lives at sea". It is a sobering thought and is deeply felt by all in this small community.
There is a new restaurant in the village and they serve wonderful Lattes!
It only seems right that I got to ride around the island in Kathleen and Jim's 1972 original Mini Cooper. It is the perfect car for this land lost in time!
The Sointula Co-operative Store is the longest continuously running co-op in Canada and is a left over from the Utopian Finnish Socialist Community that settled here in the early 1900s.
Many of the old net sheds are still along the waterfront.
We picked fresh Salmon Berries along the roadside as we explored the island. I mixed them with Saskatoon Berries (darker berries loaded with anti-oxidants from the Prairie Provinces of Canada)
They are the perfect adornment for this Sherry Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting. We will be taking this to a feast at Joyce and Wayne's owners of "Choyces" a local art gallery.
A wonderful time was had by all by all. We enjoyed hearing the story of how they built their home out of one huge cedar tree which they cut from their land and milled at their own saw mill.
There is a huge organic garden full of vegetables and flowers in the back yard.
We attended another feast on the deck of Kathleen and Jim's deck overlooking the water. The main course was Lou's fresh Dungeness Crab!
In the Mini-Cooper we explored the island. This person lives along the shore and obviously loves to collect driftwood.
A lone Blue Heron feeds during the ebbing tide.
This inviting pathway to the beach is along the road.
Some naughty goats and cows escaped and were caught in a neighbors garden.
They scurry home along the roadside with their owner herding them in his car.
Sointula translates from the Finnish Language as: "A place of harmony" and it is!
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