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.

Gold, Rust and Green

At Cranberry Lake, looking toward Lindsay Park. I posted a similar view last year; this

year the colours are a few weeks earlier. We don't get the bright colours they do
in parts east, but the coast has many other blessings to compensate.

Brown-Eyed Susans

Brown-eyed Susans.

Lots of Brown-eyed Susans.

Lots and lots of Brown-eyed Susans.

At the Cranberry Cemetery. 

Oars Only

No motors allowed on Cranberry Lake.

Seeing Double

A domestic bird, somebody on Cranberry Lake must be rearing Muscovy Ducks, a handful

of these were floating around on the lake at the bottom of Drake St., yesterday.

Going Up

Past mid-September and we still have tourists checking out our views. These out-of-towners

were going up the trail to Valentine Mountain, to take in the view at the top.

Cranberry Lake 75 At Lindsay Park

Cranberry Lake, one of the 4 small communities that form Powell River, was incorporated as a village

75 years ago, and celebrations were held Sunday at several venues to commemorate the event. At

Lindsay Park there was entertainment ...

... lots of people milling around, gossiping and catching up ...

... and the Rotary Club grilled lots of dogs and flipped many burgers.

You could get your photo taken by a volunteer using your smart phone ...

... or you might even have had your photo taken by the Powell River Peak photog,

here sporting his Sony α7.

Water Lilies

Water Lilies on Cranberry Lake. Pretty when you catch them early in their season, before they get buggy and dirty.

Street Art

Street art, for lack of a better definition. It's a condoned wall, so I can't call it graffiti, but a Banksy it's not.

In Cranberry, on the Curling Club, a short section of a long covered wall. On the backside, and not

view-able from Cranberry St. Thankfully.

At Lindsay Park

A morning at Lindsay Park, on Cranberry Lake. But for the honking of the ever-present geese, it's a restful spot.

Thin Ice - Take 2

The sheen of crystal clear ice on Cranberry Lake from the bottom of Drake St,

with the rock face of Gallager Hill.

Thin Ice

Cranberry Lake, from Parson's Park. The sign pretty much says it all.

No Matter The Season ...

... it's always a terrific view at Mowat Bay Park.

Ramsey's Yellow Fish

Powell River artist/muralist Luke Ramsey has been in the news recently, having been named

Victoria's Artist in Residence for 2017. He has also just completed a local workshop for budding teen muralists,

some of whose designs he will paint in the Teen Room of our new Public Library, and he is commissioned to do

murals for the new BC Children's Hospital surgical floor. I caught his one-man show at the Madrona Gallery in

Victoria a few years ago, and sought out his most recent large Victoria mural (on Cormorant St)

 this past spring. While his art is admittedly not for everyone, it is interesting. The small work pictured here can

be found on a fence on Cranberry St (across from Magpie's).

There is always a comic around - note some wit has stapled a fishing lure in front of the mouth!

No Trespassing

When one looks at the Google Earth map of Powell River there are a

lot of trails to be seen that look inviting. When I checked out this one, even aside
from the locked gate and the sign, it wasn't that inviting after all.

Back to the map.

Gallagher Hill

From Parson's Park, on October 30.

Cranberry Lake Views - Take Two

Another view from the pathway that runs along the shore of the lake between Park and Drake Streets.

Cranberry Lake Views - Take One

Two views toward Lindsay Park from the trail that borders the lake

between Park and Drake Streets.

A Dark Wood

"Midway this way of life we're bound upon,

I woke to find myself in a dark wood,

Where the right road was wholly lost and gone."  - Dante Alighieri

The "dark wood" at the top of Crown Avenue, on a cloudy, rainy day.

Split-Rail Fence

On Cranberry's Warner Street, on Sunday.