#TalkAndTea
Lyle Freeman spent decades as a front-line DFO Officer, dealing with West Coast resource protection. He will be joining us tomorrow for a #TalkAndTea, with a #WhaleOfATale on the history of commercial whaling on our coast.
#LogCabinMuseum, 2-4pm, $10cash @ door, tea & light treats served after talk.
October 25, 2026 at 12:27 AM
We wish all of you a Happy #Thanksgiving, filled with warmth, good food, and those you hold dear.

We feel gratitude to have 2 events coming up:
#AskAnArchivist Day on Wednesday 14th, and
#AWhaleOfATale #TalkAndTea on Sunday 25th.

#LogCabinMuseum
October 12, 2026 at 5:46 PM
We’ve got a #WhaleOfATale for our next #TalkAndTea!

Retired DFO Fisheries Officer Lyle Freeman, will speak on the history of commercial whaling on the BC coast. He was the last to oversee this activity in Canada.

#LogCabinMuseum, October 25th, 2-4pm, $10cash at door. #yyjevents
October 10, 2026 at 2:48 AM
On #amalgamation, are you yeah or nay? Have we got a story for you: UNamalgamation: The Birth of Central Saanich!

Our First #TalkAndTea of the autumn season is a timely #yyjpoli subject: UNamalgamation: The Birth of Central Saanich!

Join us Sept 27th 2-4pm, #LogCabinMuseum. $10 cash at the door.
September 25, 2026 at 3:55 PM
Our 1st #TalkAndTea of the autumn season kicks off with a timely subject on #yyjpoli: UNamalgamation: The Birth of Central Saanich! 🗳️

Join us Sunday, Sept 27th 2-4pm at the #LogCabinMuseum for a talk on area history, followed by tea & treats. $10 cash at the door.

#yyjevents
September 18, 2026 at 10:28 PM
Before #HawaiiMars took her final flight Aug 11 2024 to a new home at #BCAviationMuseum, many challenges had to be overcome.

#LogCabinMuseum welcomes Capt Steve Nichol (Retd) to speak at today's #TalkAndTea, as he oversaw the acquisition/arrival of this iconic aircraft to #YYJ.

#yyjevents #avgeek
April 12, 2026 at 1:54 PM
Have you been meaning to explore your family tree? Have we got a #TalkAndTea for you!

Renowned genealogist & historian, Dave Obee, will be talking on how #DNA is changing family history research.

TODAY 2-4pm, #LogCabinMuseum, $10 at door includes tea and light treats.

#yyjevents
March 8, 2026 at 3:13 PM
Dave Obee has quite a list of interests & knowledge; as a renowned author, historian, & geneologist, he's a popular speaker.

We’re excited to have him join us for a #TalkAndTea - speaking on how #DNA is changing family history research!

March 8th 2-4pm, $10 cash @ door.

#yyjevents #LogCabinMuseum
February 24, 2026 at 1:29 AM
Come drown your hockey sorrows this afternoon, as we #StirThePot on the final day of #BCHeritageWeek! 🥄🍲

Chef Heidi Fink - of @cheknews.ca & Country Grocer’s popular #CookinOnTheCoast - will inspire our #TalkAndTea: #FarmToTable.

See you at 2pm at the #LogCabinMuseum!

#yyjevents
February 22, 2026 at 5:25 PM
DYK the #DairyFarmersOfCanada has a free dairy calendar? Filled with deliciousness that uses #Canadian milk.
Find it here: dairyfarmersofcanada.ca/sites/defaul...
Learn more about local food at tomorrow's #TalkAndTea with Chef Heidi Fink, @ #LogCabinMuseum!
#FarmToTable #BCag www.chefheidifink.com
February 21, 2026 at 5:17 PM
A reminder that next Sunday is our first #TalkAndTea of the year - and we’re fortunate to have Chef Heidi Fink come to talk about #FarmToTable on the #SaanichPeninsula.

We’re taking a wooden spoon from #BCHeritageWeek’s theme of #StirThePot!

www.chefheidifink.com

#yyjevents
February 16, 2026 at 1:24 AM
February is a busy month around the #LogCabinMuseum!

We’re celebrating #BCHeritageWeek, #BlackHistoryMonth, #FamilyDay, and #Canada’s #AgDay on Saturdays all month. And a #TalkAndTea with Chef Heidi Fink on February 22nd!

Come visit!
January 31, 2026 at 7:39 PM
If you know us, you know how much we love our tea!

Although #HotTeaDay comes from the USA Tea Council, we’ll take this excuse to celebrate tea…and to update you that we’re hard at work, lining up guests for our #TalkAndTea series starting in the Spring!

#StayTuned #LogCabinMuseum
January 12, 2026 at 6:55 PM
Edeana Malcolm has written & published 9 historical novels.

Her latest, #MaidOfGold, set in the 1850s, is based on a story of 2 of her ancestors who travel to Australian Gold Rush, & circumnavigate the world by sailing ship!📚

#TalkAndTea, Sunday Nov23rd 2pm, #LogCabinMuseum, $10 @ door. #yyjevents
November 14, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Quite a local connection to Canadian General Sir Arthur Currie: he 1st worked as school teacher in #Sidney!

TODAY’s #TalkAndTea, “Currie: #Canada’s Greatest Wartime General”, is by Regimental Chief Archivist Lt Col Vic Skaarup (Retd).

#MonthOfRemembrance #CanadaRemembers #RemembranceDay #yyjevents
November 9, 2025 at 5:17 PM
In honour of #ReadCanadian Day today, mark your calendars for November 23rd - we’ve got an #AuthorsTea!

The #TalkAndTea that Sunday will be celebrating local and BC writers.

#LogCabinMuseum, 2-4pm, admission $10 at door - tea and light treats served after the authors talk.

#yyjevents
November 8, 2025 at 12:37 AM
While #NationalAuthorsDay was Saturday, we didn’t forget, we just got sidetracked - with a book!😉📚

But join us on Sunday November 23rd to celebrate local authors - at an #AuthorsTea! It’s like a #TalkAndTea, with books. How fabulous is that?

More details to follow soon!

#LogCabinMuseum #yyjevents
November 3, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Have you marked your calendars for next Sunday’s special #TalkAndTea? To honour #RemembranceDay we welcome Lt Col Vic Skaarup (Retd) to talk on General Sir Arthur Currie: "Currie, Canada's Greatest War Time General".

Nov 9, 2-4pm, $10 @ door.
#MonthOfRemembrance #Canada #yyjevents #RemembranceMonth
November 3, 2025 at 3:08 AM
In celebration of #NationalNewspaperWeek, we're looking back at Victoria’s daily paper, @timescolonist.bsky.social, from 2 completely separate papers to now where it's delivered digitally to the palm of your hand!
TODAY #TalkAndTea with Dave Obee 2-4pm @ #LogCabinMuseum. $10cash @ door.
#yyjevents
October 5, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Our #LogCabinMuseum newsstand is buzzing with talk of tea this morn.

DYK @timescolonist.bsky.social was once 2 completely separate papers?!

​TC Editor/Publisher & renowned historian, Dave Obee, gives our next #TalkAndTea on history of VictoriaTimes(1884), BritishColonist(1858), & more!

#yyjevents
October 3, 2025 at 6:17 PM
We’re “circulating” the news before the morning edition: Extra! Extra! @timescolonist.bsky.social Editor/Publisher Dave Obee is doing a #TalkAndTea this Sunday!
An interesting look back at information distribution in bygone days, to now.
2-4pm, $10 cash @ door.
#LogCabinMuseum #yyjevents
October 2, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Engaging, humorous, encouraging - what a talk from Bob McDonald at Sunday’s #TalkAndTea!
Other words of wisdom included: “Bottom line is all I did was say yes. Yes to opportunities. If you see a young person struggling, give them the confidence to say YES!”
#LogCabinMuseum #WonderfulHuman #gratitude
September 24, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Just say yes, and join us this afternoon for a #TalkAndTea with Bob McDonald!

He’ll speak on his book, “Just Say Yes”, and how he found the courage to say, “Yes#” when opportunities presented themselves. www.logcabinmuseum.com/events

Bob, books, talk, tea, & treats!

#yyjevents #LogCabinMuseum
September 21, 2025 at 6:10 PM
You’ve heard the affable CBC #QuirksAndQuarks host on the radio, now come listen to him in person! Bob McDonald is our #TalkAndTea speaker tomorrow 2-4pm.

He’ll talk on his book, #JustSayYes, and how he became #Canada’s favourite science-explainer!

$10 cash at door.

#LogCabinMuseum #yyjevents
September 20, 2025 at 4:28 PM
DYK that there's a tree that's evolved to ATTRACT lightning strikes? So it can eliminate the competition!

Listen to our Sunday #TalkAndTea speaker, Bob McDonald from CBC Quirks&Quarks, as he talks to a forest ecologist about the #DipteryxOleifera tree: bit.ly/47N5o35

#TreeTuesday #LogCabinMuseum
September 17, 2025 at 3:13 AM