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November 14, 2022Snowbird of Paradise

Roberts Memorial Provincial Park

Roberts Memorial Provincial Park is in Yellow Point, British Columbia. It is a lovely short hike through ancient trees and abundant ferns to the coast where there is a view of Ruxton Island and Valdes Island. We also saw a sea lion and a loon that were happily ignoring each other and us.

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November 6, 2022November 6, 2022Snowbird of Paradise

Nothing Gold Can Stay*

The weather forecast is for snow tonight, so before the leaves are all blown away or covered up, here are today’s colours. *Nothing Gold Can Stay by Robert Frost Nature’s first green is gold,Her hardest hue to hold.Her early leaf’s a flower;But only so an hour.Then leaf subsides to leaf.So Eden sank to grief,So dawn […]

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October 31, 2022October 31, 2022Snowbird of Paradise

Rathtrevor Beach Provincial Park

Today I went with two newcomer friends to this wonderful park. It has the best of everything; beach, ocean waves, enormous old-growth trees, bright ferns, geese, ducks, and even a seal sighting. The trails are very accessible with wide flat paths and there are several lookout spots with information on the land, sea, and wildlife. […]

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October 27, 2022Snowbird of Paradise

Nanaimo Shorebirds

Here are some of the many shorebirds that I see when I walk along the harbourfront in Nanaimo. In these photos are gulls, crows, and some birds that I think may be either plovers or killdeers. I will appreciate identification from any birders who see this. They are always a delight to watch and surprisingly […]

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October 25, 2022October 28, 2022Snowbird of Paradise

How To Open Shellfish

All along the beach at Nanaimo are the broken shells of shellfish. The gulls and other shorebirds have figured out that the rocks are a great place to smash open these little calcium carbonate structures in order to feed on the inhabitants If you have seen The Lion King, you know all about the circle […]

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October 23, 2022October 23, 2022Snowbird of Paradise

Driftwood Textures

After I read about a magnificent sculpture of a humpback whale made of driftwood, I was inspired to go out and take a few pictures of driftwood on the beach near me. There is a surprisingly wide variety of types of wood and textures, and some pieces look as though they have lived a very […]

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October 16, 2022October 17, 2022Snowbird of Paradise

Capitola, California

Beach, sand, gulls, surfers, colourful cottages, ukulele musicians, family, and very friendly people. This is the California of my imagination. We sang along with golden oldies for over an hour and my sister danced with the beat. Then we enjoyed a lunch overlooking the picturesque cottages and a pond filled with a gazillion gulls and […]

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October 13, 2022Snowbird of Paradise

Pfeiffer Beach at Big Sur, California

There is a very narrow and winding road down to this beach in California. If two vehicles need to pass each other, one of them has to back up to one of the occasional passing spaces. The beach is famous for the holes in the rocks that sometimes line up with the sun. Some determined […]

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October 5, 2022October 4, 2022Snowbird of Paradise

Wordless Wednesday 5 October 2022

October 3, 2022Snowbird of Paradise

Neck Point Park, Nanaimo

I have joined a group that takes an easy hike (4 km or less) once a week. So far they have introduced me to three different parks, all within the city of Nanaimo. Today we went to Neck Point Park which is described on the city’s website as follows: “Neck Point is a destination waterfront […]

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September 28, 2022Snowbird of Paradise

Wordless Wednesday 28 September 2022

September 26, 2022Snowbird of Paradise

Hemer Provincial Park

Hemer Provincial Park, near Cedar, British Columbia, is one of many delightful parks in this area. Today some friends from the newcomers group introduced me to the trails here, and we enjoyed a four kilometre walk among the trees. First we stopped by the pond where there are lots of Canada geese and a great […]

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September 19, 2022Snowbird of Paradise

Seeing Green

I was not feeling jealousy, and I was not anticipating money, and I was definitely not thinking about the Nicki Minaj song. I was literally seeing green on the rocks by the shore today. At first I thought someone had gone down there with a can of neon spray paint and sprayed a message on […]

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September 14, 2022September 13, 2022Snowbird of Paradise

Wordless Wednesday 14 September 2022

August 31, 2022Snowbird of Paradise

Wordless Wednesday 31 August 2022

August 27, 2022Snowbird of Paradise

Bowen Park

Next week there is to be a gathering of newcomers to Nanaimo at Bowen Park, and I am thinking of attending. Since I don’t know either this group of people or the park, I thought it wise to check out the location prior to trying to find it on the day of the meeting. It […]

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August 19, 2022August 19, 2022Snowbird of Paradise

Transitory Brilliance

A few days ago, I posted some images of some carefully balanced rocks that were at the water’s edge. A couple of days later they were no longer there. Today, in between rain showers I took a walk and saw some more stacked stones. When I had stopped to take a couple of photos, I […]

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August 15, 2022Snowbird of Paradise

A Fine Balance

August 10, 2022Snowbird of Paradise

Good Morning

Nanaimo harbour, early morning 10 August 2022.

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August 6, 2022Snowbird of Paradise

Parksville Sand Sculptures 2022

The theme for this year’s Parksville Sand Sculpture competition is The Roaring Twenties (or Twentys perhaps), and each visitor is given a token with which to make their selection for the People’s Choice Award. All the sculptures are well designed and well-executed so it is a hard choice.

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