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With only a month and a half left to go in the harvest season, the LifeCycles Fruit Tree Project has almost reached its goal of rescuing 18,000 kilograms of fruit that would otherwise go to waste.

Cliffs along the estuary, dry an hour before, are striped with long white threads as if a spider spinning a water web drops a string from the top to the sea below, then scurries up, drops another line and one again.

The wild in you has gone out to meet the wolves who are hunting on the other shore. You can’t see this wayward part of you like you see your breath in winter, but you feel the bite of canine teeth as if you now live in the throat of a panicked deer.

Lorna Crozier’s creative contributions to The Wild in You happened by chance.

My week began at Winchester Galleries (2260 Oak Bay Ave., 250-595-2777, winchestergalleriesltd.com) with a new exhibition of prints by modern masters.

This column first appeared in the Victoria Daily Times on Sept. 21, 1940.

Are you willing to take a pie in the face — and make a video of it — all in the name of charity? The food bank shelves at the Mustard Seed need to be restocked, prompting a tried and true fundraiser, with a modern twist.

The Western Hockey League celebrates its 50th anniversary this season. Victoria has been a part of 27 of those 50 seasons, 23 with the Cougars from 1971-72 to 1993-94 and the last four with the Royals.

The 2015-16 Western Hockey League season will be a watershed in one way for the Victoria Royals organization.

Victoria is a city full of charming neighbourhoods, each one unique and distinct.