Archive for the 'Field journal' Category

December 28th, 2008

Winter green

We’re back in Victoria, where the rain has melted much of the snow and we are switching from snowboots to gumboots. It’s been a pleasant quiet homey kind of weekend. Poor Gary picked up a cold on our trip, so it hasn’t been so pleasant for him. I finally had a chunk of time to [...]

June 22nd, 2008

Across the great divide

We’re back from our June vacation to Jasper National Park in the Canadian Rockies. This is just a quick pic post to say hello after the longish lack of posting. I missed the knit-out today (and it is a gorgeous day) in order to stay home and work on my current freelance project, so I [...]

June 9th, 2008

Weather watching

When I got off my bus in Colwood today, on the way home from work, the wind was swirling around and the rain was coming in sideways. There was just enough sun for a rainbow as I drove home via Esquimalt Lagoon. For those who might be studying lighthouses, like a certain nephew of mine, [...]

April 19th, 2008

Shooting stars

April, you are one crazy month. How these delicate little petals survive the hail and late-winter snow is a wonder. The first spring baby birds and squirrels arrived this week at Wild ARC too. The squirrels are tiny, though not so tiny as the little newly hatched birds. Most amazing of all is my tiny [...]