Brummet's Conscious Blog

Today's post is a sad one...but also a celebration of Tony Brummet (Anthony Julius Brummet: March 31, 1931 - June 8, 2024) - Dave's paternal uncle (his father's brother) - who passed recently.  Uncle Tony was a Canadian educator and politician serving in the provincial cabinet as Minister of Lands, Parks & Housing, also holding positions as Minister of Environment, and Minisiter of Education . He passed gracefully in his home at the age of 93. Today, I'm taking the liberty to share a portion of this memorial biography, (author unknown), of a man who led a very long and interesting life: Tony was born on March 31, 1931 in Mendham, Saskatchewan. The family moved to northern Alberta when Tony was a year old and then onto British Columbia when Tony was ten years old, settling in Rutland. In addition to his elementary school studies, Tony held jobs including working in his father’s blacksmith shop, tending raspberry acres, maintaining a ditch irrigation system, and rais...

Columbia Land Trust Events Manager and certified Oregon Master Naturalist Peter Condra was a guest on the City Cast Portland podcast , talking about the importance of native plants and Backyard Habitat 's work to transform urban green-spaces into thriving habitat.  https://portland.citycast.fm/podcasts/why-you-should-make-space-for-native-plants-in-your-garden?utm_source=Columbia+Land+Trust ~~~     Follow the Brummet's & Find their  Books:   on Amazon Visit:   Drum It With Brummet Blog Subscribe:   Brummet Media​ YouTube Channel​  ​ ~~~

Kudo's This announcement came to us through Columbia Basin Trust Organization' s newsletter, and we just had to share the fantastic news ! Within Oregon's (USA) Hood River Watershed, numerous volunteers completed yet another phase of native plant restoration - with some 700 native plants now growing in this area, along with another 500 native shrubs recently planted in a nearby site... the area will soon become an ideal habitat for wildlife and pollinators .   The good news does not end there.  Columbia Land Trust recently received a donation of more than 600 acres of wonderfully intact forest in Columbia County, Cedar Creek Forest region in Oregon (USA). ...The organization plans to steward this forest.  Kudo's to all the amazing volunteers, non-profit groups, supportive businesses and individual donors who made  these amazing events come to fruition !! ~~~   Discover Our Books on Amazon : https://amazon.com/author/lillianbrummet   Find us onli...

Eco-Events: 38th Annual Tryon Creek Trillium Festival and Native Plant Sale When : Saturday, April 7 , 10:00 to 4:00 pm. Where : 11321 SW Terwilliger Blvd., Portland, OR (USA) ...an educational event for the whole community that celebrates spring.  -- Invasive Species Removal When : April 7 @ 9:00 am - 11:00 am Cost : Free; volunteer event Where : Siegel-Kline Kill Conservation Area, 1452 Garage Place Road - Ghent, NY (US) Details : Get down and dirty removing invasive weeds at our first volunteer workday of 2018! We’ll be removing invasive Japanese Honeysuckle at Siegel-Kline Kill, continuing our habitat restoration project led by Master Gardener volunteers Tim Kennelty and Glenda Berman. Please be sure to register for this event so that we can be in touch if the details change. https://clctrust.org/event/invasive-species-removal/ -- Backyard Habitat Spring Plant Sale When : April 13 - 14 Whe...