a new wind vane for number 24


the whole family


Christmas time at Canoe Pass


a very special day


Granville Island

David reading in our first BC home, the Kitsilano condo

Emma at Van Dusen


Cambie Village, our second home after Kits


the dock in Ladner


Raven and the First Men at MOA


mary feeding the chickadees at Reifel


chestnut backed chickadee


Anna's hummingbird nest at canoe pass


sandhill cranes in flight

sandhills on ice


Shannon Falls near Squamish


snow goose


a sliver of a moon


pileated woodpecker at Reifel


Gill salmon fishing


Sean climbing Stawamus Chief with Will Stanhope


Steve at Tofino


a recent supermoon and Mount Baker from Boundary Bay


Bowen Island


Van Dusen gardens


Van Dusen rose


a BC ferry passes in front of Mount Tantalus, just outside of Vancouver


our kayaking group - photo by Andrew - it was wonderful to paddle in these still waters, your kayak seemed to move so sleekly through the water


Dalls porpoise and calf


a pod of orca passes us on our week of kayaking in the inside passage - photo by Andrew


photo by Greg - we were actually closer to this whale than Kim (pictured) was, Mary and I were in a double kayak just to the left of this frame


a very close encounter with a humpback while kayaking


near our kayaking camp on Hanson Island


amanita mushroom at Reifel


the cemetery at Alert Bay. There isn't a lot to see in Alert Bay, but it carries a huge significance for Mary's family. Her mom grew up there and was married there. Wilf and Sandra were born there.


a baby orca breaches


Mary at Christ Church in Alert Bay


the rich vegetation of the temperate rainforest floor


storing the kayaks on Hanson Island


kayaking in the Broken Group Islands
This was a lot more challenging than the Inside Passage. We had several days of high wind, and anytime you approached the open Pacific you encountered 1-2 meter swells - tough enough!


at our camp near Robson Bight


Mary volunteering at the Vancouver Aquarium


David and Mary at the aquarium
I can't imagine what she is telling him about jellies.


Vancouver Aquarium jelly
I know one thing about jellies: they are the first organism in evolution with an "eye:" just a primitive photoreptor, really.


a big fir tree on Cormorant Island


Mary sending off her babies at a seal release
They don't want to leave!


Steller sea lions at Race Rocks


some huge bulls


Race Rocks with Mount Baker in the background


kayaking near Blackfish Sound


ferns at Van Dusen Gardens


Mary on Haida Gwaii


Mary on our expedition to explore two remote village sites ,Mamalilikulla and Karlukwees
The white beach is all broken shells, the midden of thousands of years of occupation.
Karlukwees was the subject of one of my favorite Canadian paintings by WJ Phillips



the inside passage of British Columbia


Mount Rainier

Mount Baker from Ptarmigan Ridge

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