Category Archives: nature

Filberg in the fall

Posted on December 24, 2014 by Katherine

The grounds of Filberg Lodge on a beautiful fall day   Looking toward Goose Spit from the shoreline at Filberg

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A December day

Posted on December 24, 2014 by Katherine

A typical December day for me – snow on the mountains, sailboats on the water and I’m walking around in a fleece jacket that is not zipped up. looking east, across Comox Estuary toward Forbidden Plateau   Comox Lake from … Continue reading →

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Tofino – Coastal Fog

Posted on December 22, 2014 by Katherine

Fog on the coast – sometimes a light coating that vanishes as fast as it appears, and then sometimes a heavy, impenetrable wall. Pacific Rim National Park reserve – Tofino

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Picture perfect – Tofino

Posted on December 22, 2014 by Katherine

A picture perfect day in the Long Beach National Park Reserve

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MacKenzie Beach – beach plants

Posted on December 22, 2014 by Katherine

  These examples of vegetation at MacKenzie Beach will grow almost anywhere – they are good examples of how nature can adapt to some rather inhospitable places when left alone.

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Ucluelet – Big Beach

Posted on December 21, 2014 by Katherine

Big Beach – one of my favourite places in Ucluelet

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Miracle Beach – a wet day

Posted on December 20, 2014 by Katherine

  A rather wet, but wonderful day at Miracle Beach Provincial Park [fbalbum url=”https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.752829041476147.1073741846.451644678261253&type=3″ size=”187″]

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Cook shelters – Miracle Beach

Posted on December 20, 2014 by Katherine

The cook shelter at Miracle Beach Provincial Park

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Island animals

Posted on December 20, 2014 by Katherine

And here we have a deer and a cow. And some cow calling…

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Comox Lake – The cleanup

Posted on December 20, 2014 by Katherine

The back to back storms that dropped almost 200 mm of rain on Comox Lake and the surrounding watershed  raisied the level of the lake by over one metre per day, and swept logs, stumps and other debris into the … Continue reading →

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