Time Out!

Taking a break, not because I want to, but I'm waiting for surgery and just can't keep a normal
 lifestyle till things get back on track. I'll be back, but it will be quite some time.

Buoys Will Be Buoys

These prawn trap markers were an eye-catching touch of vivid colour at

the South Harbour yesterday.

A Perfect Day

Yesterday couldn't have been better. A cloudless blue sky, 21°C, no breeze and a great view

of the mountains on Vancouver Island. Toss in a ferry. Perfect.

Rhododendron

The first Rhodo photos of the spring, but with warmer weather coming there will soon be a profusion.

Still my favourite bloom.

Saturday Sailing

The local yacht club kicked off their spring racing season yesterday, with a keelboat

race happening most Saturdays into June. They had a nice breeze for sailing, but

it was still none to warm out on the water.

CAT

The operator of this CAT left his machine at the beach when he finished his shift.

(I certainly don't remember these types of toys when I was young, though it is some time ago

since I was young.) 

More Spring Floral

Crocuses. They've been out here for weeks, but I finally found a clump that was photogenic.

Spring Is Springing

Finally! It's been a long winter.

A New Addition ...

... to our waterfront. This was done by Nanaimo carver Dan Richie for the 2016

Logger Sports, so the city's had our Blackbeard tucked away somewhere

for some time.

Baldie

Always nice to run into one of the locals when you're out and about.

Goldeneyes

A pair of male Barrow's Goldeneye ducks on the local waterfront. With not getting out much recently I haven't

taken my usual many winter duck photos, and these are the first of the year.

Winter Sport

Yesterday morning, while cool, was still a very nice day for some fly fishing on Cranberry Lake.

Though unfortunately it didn't appear that the trout were rising to the fly.

Proudly Made In Canada

A de Havilland Twin Otter, the 400 Series built by Viking Air at their facility near the Victoria Airport.

This is #100, built in 2016 - they have long passed that with around 125 of these planes now built.

They flew into the local airport yesterday, did 4 "touch and go" loops, landing for a brief 15 minutes before

taking a very scenic indirect route to Campbell River.

(A note: this is my first post in quite some time, as I've been dealing with some health issues, tendonitis

in the thumb being one, which means very, very little computer time. Unfortunately not done yet, so don't

expect a continuation in the short term. Apologies to those who have tried to contact me, with no reply.)