The setting of the sun was so interesting today. I ran upstairs to take photos three times. It has been mostly a cloudy day. It rained in the morning but since then has only been cloudy, with the clouds moving to the north. I've watched them blowing by all day and was surprised to get a glimpse of the sun late in the day.

At 7:06 pm the sky was quite dark and foreboding with just a hint of sun.



By 7:16 pm the sky was lightening up and beginning to glow.





And finally, at 7:23 pm...this...








How fortunate I am to live here on the edge of the Pacific.

The sky here is so beautiful so often.



I've always thought of skies like this with the light streaming through the clouds as a "God Is Coming" sky.

Saturday was a cloudy/sunny day and the sunset did not have as much colour. It was warmer overnight and I woke very early (5 am) Sunday morning to the sound of rain on the roof, though it didn't rain for long.

The Next Sunset...both taken the same evening. No matter what happens during the day, there is always this to look forward to.

I finally managed to get a sunset photo on my fourth evening in my new house. The problem was that I couldn't find my camera. Figured out where it was today, so I was prepared and waiting when the sun started to hide behind the Vancouver Island mountains.


The point of land in the foreground is Texada Island and the mountains in the distance are on Vancouver Island. Notice the ferry boat which is heading over from here to Comox.





Though it had been a dry grey day, the sun broke through around 4 in the afternoon. The photos were actually taken from my second floor bedroom balcony.




I've moved from a sunrise to a sunset...from facing North East to facing West. More beautiful sunsets to come, I am sure!

This year, for Christmas, I gave myself a puppy. Here's Sophie at just under three pounds and about three months old. She is quite a character and keeps my five pound adult dog Willie on his toes! A couple of days ago she was almost having a swim in the water bowl. She had her face in it up to her eyes. That wasn't enough though. She then got both front feet in and started to splash water out of the bowl. I can hardly wait for warmer weather when I can take her for a swim in the ocean!

These photos were actually taken January 16th at sunrise. It was so beautiful and the poor weather it usually predicts never developed.

How about some "photo art"? These were taken the same day as the car photos.





The autumn colours of the foliage really captured my attention. I realize it's been a while since I'm seen them like this.

Here I am, on the edge of the North American continent! Or at least here is the new vehicle. I'm surfing on someone's open wireless network. How cool is that? Oh, and the new vehicle has a great sound system, so I've got good tunes too. Right now it's James Morrison's Undiscovered.

This is the view, looking West to Vancouver Island. And the next thing after that is Japan.

It's always interesting when you live on the ocean where there is a variety of ocean going traffic. I looked out of my window a day or two ago to see a building going by. Or course I grabbed my camera. Wish I knew the it's story. Click on them for a much larger view.

In the top photo you can see the building and being towed in front of it, what looks like a bunk house.


In this photo, there is the tug (way out front) that is pulling the two barges and the local ferry. Did you notice that there is a small boat being towed behind the buildings?

The Big Bear

It's been a while since I've added any photos but I think it's worth the wait. I took these photos this afternoon from my bedroom window. Life here in the boonies is NOT dull!!

My neighbour threw him some apples.


Here he is munching away. You can see he has a green apple.


He's coming closer!


He's on her patio!!


Snooping around! Is this lighter edible?


Hmmm...maybe there is something over here...


Maybe there is something IN here!!


Then he walked around the fence onto MY patio! He stood up on his hind legs and looked in MY window next!


I just missed getting him looking up at me. Creepy feeling!


Then he wandered back to see if there might be more apples out there.


And then, finally, he wandered off! Time elapsed....about 10 minutes.

Flowers at the A Frame

Last evening when I took my little dog for a short walk, I took along the camera and found these gorgeous blooms at the A Frame Church just down the street. Some of them were in the community garden and some beside the building. The colours are inspiration to me.

Beautiful Misty Rain

It's a beautiful misty rainy day today. Funny that this weather doesn't bother me. Though I woke up to rain today, I'm enjoying it. It's one of those misty rains that you get here with fog hanging along the shoreline blurring the view of the next island over. That's the dark shadows in the distance







And even before I finish this post, it's brightening. The fog is lifting and the sun is breaking through.

Bloomin' Port McNeill

Poppies in bloom in my pal Deborah's garden. Beautiful! I love the fragile beauty of poppies.



Blackberry bushes in bloom at the harbour. Looks like there will be an abundant crop!

Time on the Ocean

Some good friends of mine invited me to go out on the ocean with them in their new boat on Sunday. And of course I took a camera! You never know when there might be a photo op! This is the boat in which we travelled.



And this is the friend who owns the boat.



I was intrigued with the rock formations we saw on the back side of Haddington Island. The colours are amazing!





And finally, I couldn't resist this beautiful cluster of Foxglove flowers!