a little bit of history

Yesterday was a chilled, misty grey west coast day and Erik wanted to drop off posters and signed artist consent forms (serious is the music business!) at The Dancing Bean in Chemainus where we'll be performing next Friday.  Chemainus is one town over from Ladysmith and the birthplace of Erik's Mom and, i believe, his Grandmother.  It's a seaside town snuggled in between a mountain range and the ocean. In the late 1800's employed locals in the mining, forestry and fishing industries, and now is a renowned tourist attraction as a result of the hand painted murals peppered throughout the town.

So... erik and I walked around and took some photos... they are really beautiful pieces of art.  (Click on the photo to enlarge and see in better detail)

The man in the gold suit with the (according to Erik) "indie haircut" is, believe it or not, his Great-Grandfather, who was a longshoreman. When I asked Erik which one was his gramps he said "the one in the hat".



 and there's these guys ^^



Erik hanging out with his great grandmother who used to work for the telephone company!

we found a bench named after one Mr. Cudmore... we decided this was him.

in this one a woman gets a letter from the army. 

if you look a liittttle bit closer to this old-fashioned scene:

it seems the painter^^ has gone ahead and painted himself in!

Just a regular guy with some paint cans and a moustache.