Lest We Forget

Veteran's Memorial Park - November 11, 2011

Those Dull Drab Days

Those drab, dull days, when it's difficult to find a photography subject.
Normal temperatures for the first half of November are somewhere around 10°C so the 3 to 5's we've been

having the last while have been decidedly cool. Add in a breeze, and dark threatening skies and it feels

more like mid-winter than mid-autumn. And definitely not a nice time to be on the water. Which is

probably why the Seaspan Queen was the only boat on the chuck Tuesday, other than our ferries.

Ceramics IV

Continuing the series featuring ceramics by BC potters, for those days I need a blog post. This tea set is

by Anne Byrne, of B's Pottery Studio on Salt Spring Island. This is a celadon glaze, which she uses in a lot

of her work. For many years B's Pottery has been a fixture at the Salt Spring Saturday market at

Ganges, which is where this set was purchased.

Henderson House

The very first home built in Powell River, it was built by the Powell River Co. for Dr. Henderson,

and deeded to him as incentive to become the new town's first doctor. Construction on the

house started in 1910, right next door to, and the same time as, the first hospital. For some

time it was the only privately-owned home in the company town. It was restored as a 

community heritage project for the city's centennial celebration.

An archive photo, from Fall 2011.

Search and Rescue

Sitting at the lip of the Cormorant's bay.

One of the SAR CH-149 Cormorants from Comox was practicing maneuvers with our local CCGS Cape Caution

one day last week. I watched them winch down 3 SAR personnel, from the Cormorant to the deck of the

Caution, not an easy thing to do in the wash from that propeller.

Hanging by a thread.

Note that he - or she - is wearing a full wetsuit,. Even aside from maybe going in the chuck, that's a lot of

wet thrown up by the Cormorant.

Still hanging, but ...

And I will readily admit that whoever it is on the end of that cable, they have more nerve than I do.

,,, getting closer.

The Caution has a 14' beam, which is not an overly large target.

And the eagle has landed!

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.

Beyond My Means

Waterfront property that is. The backside of the houses on Willingdon Ave.