One of the things I truly love about Mayne Island is the helpful nature of most of it’s residents when you find yourself in a pinch. People step up and help, and things that are in need of attention can get done rather quickly – not always of course – but often enough for me to comment on it. We had just such a situation during the big windstorm last Monday Dec 15th.

I was on the ferry making my way over to Mayne when I got a text from Anita, wondering if there had always been a cracked pane in the front door of Shavasana. While setting up shop, going in and out to her car, the door was left open for a minute(with a doorstop)and a huge gust of wind slammed it shut resulting in a cracked pane of glass. Without wasting a moment, she called Bill Jamieson, and

Richard de Armand to see if they could come around and have a look at the damage with a mind to fixing the problem. I think both of them were on-site within the hour – taking measurements, and figuring out how to remove the wooden molding. Plus, due to the small-community nature of Mayne, they knew each other and were able to confirm sizing & timing to get the job done quickly and efficiently.

After a little site-prep by Richard on the Monday, Bill came back with a perfect cut of glass on Tuesday and Richard finished the job, secured the frame and painted it such as you’d never know it had been broken.

Call it what you will – service, helpfulness, kindness – this is something that you wouldn’t encounter in the big city…and for this, I am grateful.

Special kudos also to Anita McCamley for jumping on the problem immediately – and knowing who to call (I knew Bill was a celebrated Glass Artist, but didn’t realize that he also operated as Mr. Window Repair guy)…

Now…who’s going to fix my outdoor glass table that also got blown over in the same storm and shattered into a million “safety glass” pieces! 🤣

(Ok Ok…there’s only so much we can expect of others, 😂I got out my rake and spent a good hour – in the pouring rain – cleaning up this mess. Raking broken safety glass is not something I’d wish on anyone…and yes, I know, I tried to remove the umbrella in October when I was winterizing the place, and it was stuck in its base…mental note, remove it anyway!🤬)