A couple of quick photos from our sleepy anchorage… Poet’s Cove on Pender Island.
Glassy water and painterly skies…
Sea shanties by firelight…
Feasting, fun, friends…
…and now settling into my cozy quarter berth.
Looking forward to lots of fun activities tomorrow (and a more complete report when I have a bit more time).
Posted in Blog, Sailing, Travel
Tagged anchorage, cruising, dusk, gulf islands, iphoneography, nature, ocean, Pender island, phoneography, photography, Sailing, travel, water
I was cycling home this afternoon, hurrying because the weather had changed for the worse in the hour or so that I’d been out, when I spotted these gals… The resident elk herd was enjoying the fresh grass right beside the main road leading into town.
American Elk by John James Audubon, 1845
I only saw cows and youngsters, no bull with this group (I just learned that tidbit – the males are not bucks, as I would have thought…) who were eating and lounging and paying no attention to traffic or cyclists waving cameras in their direction.
For your edification, a few useless facts about elk:
I’m sure the local elk are enjoying those luscious, fresh green leaves as much as I am! Spring is springing!!
What’s your favourite local wildlife species?
On the walk to town…
At first, it seems as if the world has gone all monochromatic on you… And then, the subtle splashes of colour appear…
Pinecones
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Tagged bark, canmore, nature, photography, snow, texture, trees, winter
Things are taking a (way too) long time to get done around here, what with everything being frozen solid… So I thought I’d post a few photos on the fly today as I’m not so likely to find myself inside with a long stretch at the computer.
This first one is of the frozen pond down by the sheep field…
Waiting for spring…
2013 is on the way out the door and I find myself in an odd restless state of waiting. Waiting… for something. The lengthening days make me eager for days long and warm enough to start planting. A change of the calendar page makes me want to start re-organizing, re-thinking the farm. (A break of a few days was a not-so-subtle reminder that every second of every day does not necessarily have to be spent working…) On a very practical level, we are waiting for visitors to arrive and travelling family members to return home.
After the short break over Christmas, it’s time to think about getting back to work on the newest book project (about trees – I am very excited! Expect some tree photos to pepper posts over the next while…). Though, when I think about work, I feel like I should move my desk out of my bedroom. Feng shui experts would be horrified to see me working away in my calm/resting space. There is a great spot, underutilized at the moment, in my new living room/dining nook where I could get set up. There are huge windows right in front of where I’d put my desk so I could look outside and keep an eye on the hens.
There are projects galore awaiting my attention, but the only way to make real headway is to stop. Take stock. Consider. Plan. And then move forward. See how things are going until the next stopping point comes along. Repeat.
See you all next year!!Â
[For anyone keeping NaBloPoMo score… I DID IT!! I can’t quite believe that somehow through all the chaos of this month I managed to spew something every day! Even better than the spewing, though, was the reading and friendship-forming while I was exploring all those other blogs! It has been a lot of fun to discover so many bloggers doing so many interesting things in far-flung corners of the globe. Thanks so much for visiting – I’m looking forward to continuing our conversations in 2014!]
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Tagged birdhouse, end of year musing, NaBloPoMo, nature, new year, photography, snow
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