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On Monday last the good ship Dignity left us for a sabbatical with our friends in Saanichton…
…so that her accustomed spot could be taken instead by a humongous ‘bin’!
Phase one of our deck replacement project – remove the old sun-rooms and demolish the deck and spaces thereunder.
Click on the images for the big picture!
Going…
Going…
Gone!
Now to start building…
Tags: Fuji x10, House, Photo, Renovation
Pender Island provides splendid opportunities for walking and trails may be found to suit those of all abilities – many such offering spectacular views.
The trail to Oaks Bluff, on the west coast of North Pender, is a mere 0.4 kilometers in length (about a quarter of a mile) but in that short distance it climbs some 66 metres (more than 200 feet). The effort is well worth-while, as these images surely attest.
Tags: Fuji x10, Gulf Islands, Holiday, Pender, Photo
…as promised.
In need of a brief break from the hurley-burley we retreated to a rented cottage on North Pender for three nights over the Easter weekend. Though perhaps slightly less ‘artsy’ than neighbouring Saltspring, Pender still has a very particular ‘island life’ feel about it, the which we liked very much.
Pender – incidentally – was once a single island, with the two current entities connected by a narrow isthmus. To save locals and visitors from having to sail all the way round to reach the settlements on the other side a canal was dredged in 1903, with a narrow road bridge above to maintain land-based access.
Though we set out from Swartz Bay under lowering skies the weather subsequently smiled upon us – improving day by day.
On our first full day on the island we followed the inescapably circuitous route to Poet’s Cove on the south island – the which lies scarcely a few hundred yards (though on the other side of Bedwell Harbour) from the point at which we started. Poet’s Cove – though diminutive – is a major(ish) entry port for yachting folk arriving from the US – the reason for which would become clearer should one consult a map of the southern Gulf Islands. To this end it hosts a small customs dock, which does the great majority of its business in the summer months.
Poet’s Cove also hosts a rather wonderful resort and spa, in which the Girl and I duly submitted ourselves to ninety minute relaxation massages, spells in the ocean-vista’d hot tub and a visit to the steam cave!
Tags: Fuji x10, Gulf Islands, Holiday, Pender, Photo
The gentle reader may wonder briefly why I am posting somewhat anonymous photographs of our sun-rooms. It shouldn’t take much brain-work to figure out the answer; very soon they will not be there any more!
We are heading off tomorrow for a brief break over Easter on Pender Island (more photos doubtless to follow) but on the Tuesday after Easter our contractor arrives to start work. It has taken a long time to get this far and you will be unsurprised to hear that we are impatient to get going.
The Girl and I wish you all a very Happy Easter…
Tags: Fuji x10, House, Photo, Renovation
No-one could suggest that Vancouver Island – which so often seems to be uniquely blessed when it comes to climate – has not experienced a proper winter this year. The past few days have found us buffeted by a serious storm which many of us are hoping is the very last gasp of this particular winter before it surrenders to the impending spring.
Fingers firmly crossed!
In the meantime, some pictures of snow and ice…
I want to see sunrises in the mountains. You never get to see such things enough in a lifetime. I want to see more.
Katarina Witt
Sunrises – sunsets – the afternoon sun reflected from snow-capped peaks. I can’t get enough… and that means more pictures!
Tags: Mount Baker, Photo
It is Christmas Eve…
On this day each year I routinely upload a few images of Christmas trimmings and suchlike and wish everyone the compliments of the season.
Why should this year be different?…
…to friends, acquaintances and gentle readers…
from the Kickass Canada Girl and the Imperceptible Immigrant.
Have a wonderful Christmas and a splendid Hogmany!
Tags: Celebration, Christmas, Fuji x10, Photo
“A lot of people like snow. I find it to be an unnecessary freezing of water.”
Carl Reiner
Snow in Victoria is a lot like snow in the south east of England; it doesn’t happen that often and it is always a bit of a non-event when it does. Compare these images with the shots that I took in Kamloops last Christmas…
Centennial Park in Saanichton is lovely at any time of year, but there is something about this season that makes it particularly photogenic. Whether or not one can capture that is of course either a matter of talent or else in the lap of the gods. I go with the latter option – closing my eyes, crossing my fingers and hoping for the best.
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