Powell River in Photos

Friday, March 31, 2017

This Camellia is very late this spring, I usually see it in bloom by mid-February.

The blossoms don't last long, only a few days and already the petals are showing signs of rust.

Every second year the Timberlane Quilter's have a show at Dwight Hall, and this year's dates

are April 8 & 9. It will be well worth seeing. These were some of the quilts on display at 2015's event.

To my eye, this is one of the best looking birds to be found on the coast. It's a male Long-tailed Duck,

in his non-breeding colours. Not seen all that often here unfortunately, though if you hop a ferry

to the other side of Georgia Strait in winter, your odds will improve dramatically. In

summer you'll find them in the Arctic. These are from the archives, March 2011.

With the unexpected sun yesterday I went seeking blossoms, and found this Magnolia,

not quite in full bloom, just a day or two short.

With blossoms of course, comes all the attendant insect life that enjoys a

nice flower as much as I do.

... TULIPS!!

Though as you no doubt soon realized, these are cut flowers for sale at one of our

local grocery stores. Still, it's a good sign, warmer weather is coming.

Hearing the noise of a congress of crows through my window yesterday afternoon I grabbed my

camera and had a look, as I've had luck before, paying attention to the crows. I'm relatively

sure this is a Red-tailed Hawk, though it's the smallest one I've ever seen. Not a bad

shot for a grey day, but as you can see in pic 2 - the almost original - it needed some help.

This is not something I do in the normal course of things, but this photo is not going in the
next photobook, and sometimes it's fun to play.

.... than to spend some time on the waterfront, watching the boats go by, on what was a glorious first day of spring.

The tug is the Inlet Knight, working out of Campell River. Her tow, stretching out a good bit behind her, was a log boom.

That's Harwood Island, on the right, and the small one is Vivian Island; in the top photo the shore is

Texada Island, and the mountains are on Vancouver Island.