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Fanny Bay sea lions

Posted on April 3, 2015 by Katherine

Sea lions on the breakwater in Fanny Bay [fbalbum url=”https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.298262656964119.1073742121.123247217798998&type=3″ size=”187″]

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Starfish

Posted on April 3, 2015 by Katherine

Starfish at Kye Bay – sometimes you have to walk a bit to find them… [fbalbum url=”https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.298251066965278.1073742120.123247217798998&type=3″ size=”187″]

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Filberg Park

Posted on April 3, 2015 by Katherine

  Above looking to the east, and below to the west from the shoreline walkway at Filberg Park.

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A bit of spring

Posted on April 1, 2015 by Katherine

Spring arrivals – last day of March at Kitty Coleman Provincial Park

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Spring at Filberg Park

Posted on March 28, 2015 by Katherine

Spring colour at Filberg Park in Comox [fbalbum url=”https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.297553740368344.1073742119.123247217798998&type=1″ size=”187″]

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Oyster beds – Baynes Sound

Posted on March 27, 2015 by Katherine

Oyster beds – you don’t really see this way of growing and harvesting oysters from tidal shores used much any more – it’s pretty much all commercial harvesting out in the sound where the oysters are safe from shore predation … Continue reading →

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Joe Walker Community Park

Posted on March 27, 2015 by Katherine

Joe Walker Community Park is a nice spot to take a break while driving along Highway 19A, not that anyone needs to anymore as the highways between Victoria and Campbell River make for fast trip. Sometimes I just like to … Continue reading →

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Mr Crabby

Posted on March 27, 2015 by Katherine

Mr Crabby at Cape Lazo

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Sayward – Mercury M135

Posted on March 26, 2015 by Katherine

A Mercury M135 in Sayward – this truck would have been built in Canada, sometime around 1948 – 1950.

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Sayward – logging equipment

Posted on March 26, 2015 by Katherine

Another piece of logging equipment slowly being swallowed up and reclaimed by nature – there’s always enough time but never enough money to preserve examples of what was once state of the art machinery.

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