tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20585343527725904122024-03-13T02:15:28.355-07:00Carter-Johnson Life on an IslandRebecca Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07835541074766008269noreply@blogger.comBlogger121125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2058534352772590412.post-79352771811254543132024-01-01T16:10:00.000-08:002024-01-02T11:32:45.223-08:00The Great Gatsby (the radio play) - a photo essay<div class="separator"><br /></div><div class="separator"><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAJQ0DUepteO86_eJOjWka8MOTHzhyig-V6Ybfw9JoEd1SQ8wfqsiLALkvussdPCjuiI7I5F_hkZLQaNt94s7jFeqLqZUn8Ql7AXBaZ7f_iorGdaQJcxKZOrrh8ibsRpJeDtUivQalKnD4_5c2r6jom4wiN4ki5KWtb1zqtmsvtyI6ZCFYz96teZKm7ibD/s1272/396082133_836139568459833_144712859966325483_n.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1272" data-original-width="950" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAJQ0DUepteO86_eJOjWka8MOTHzhyig-V6Ybfw9JoEd1SQ8wfqsiLALkvussdPCjuiI7I5F_hkZLQaNt94s7jFeqLqZUn8Ql7AXBaZ7f_iorGdaQJcxKZOrrh8ibsRpJeDtUivQalKnD4_5c2r6jom4wiN4ki5KWtb1zqtmsvtyI6ZCFYz96teZKm7ibD/w299-h400/396082133_836139568459833_144712859966325483_n.jpg" width="299" /></a></div>The big event of last year was participating in the LOST (Lawyers on Stage Theatre) production of "The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Gatsby">Great Gatsby</a>" Our Great Gatsby was a 1.5 hour radio play version adapted by Joe Landry. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><span>We started work in September, headed towards a 4 show run in December. Yes, it is done as a fundraising event (We pulled together about $13,000 for our two charities). </span><span>Below are a bunch of photos of cast and crew, taken by </span><a href="https://meghankrauss.com/">Megan Krauss </a><span>(a professional photographer who volunteered her services for the show).</span></span></div><div class="separator"></div><div class="separator"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator"><span style="font-size: large;">While I didn't enjoy the novel when I first read it as a teen, it totally grew on me over time. I have seen two of the three film versions, and Arta and I saw an amazing staged version in London in 2011 called <a href="https://larchhaven.blogspot.com/2012/06/gatz.html">"Gatz"</a>, which took a full day (as they read the whole novel outloud, with characters taking on the parts of the novel with dialogue) </span></div><div class="separator"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator"><span style="font-size: large;">Here is the cast list, from the Program notes:</span></div><div class="separator"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcSJeG-j1b0RvtZ-hYpc6d1IIWcLT0PGbrUsi-Xzk8wgwlUDMN9iSGM3iXrUDCdWBy3qVLyPykrLHo3BX0t_vyiF6AgLOeLPYHxKpKOvT-AqZnheT1MWZb0ejwYV9VfhSKgaFN-dgDXHMKzLlrLxEphi7sQXfgYM8qbaAeKMnSK3rT-PNU3MNZTZ0_vo_Q/s720/Screenshot%202024-01-01%20at%206.43.11%E2%80%AFPM.png"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="448" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcSJeG-j1b0RvtZ-hYpc6d1IIWcLT0PGbrUsi-Xzk8wgwlUDMN9iSGM3iXrUDCdWBy3qVLyPykrLHo3BX0t_vyiF6AgLOeLPYHxKpKOvT-AqZnheT1MWZb0ejwYV9VfhSKgaFN-dgDXHMKzLlrLxEphi7sQXfgYM8qbaAeKMnSK3rT-PNU3MNZTZ0_vo_Q/w398-h640/Screenshot%202024-01-01%20at%206.43.11%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="398" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">The big roles in this story (despite the importance of Daisy, Myrtle and Jordan) are really for the men.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhANCZGgoJfpgVCI-Nemjj71M-VLOwOs4oofYFIYY0Piqgl4GD09emo83aM-9m-saYx_oegEPm4co_2AOh7cL68WZqKLXRxyt1rjZl6H5bGaQTIK35MlTDPl23x_-HOntk6QLki68kZ7Dud72jhuSs5mTPd-DrhjSn1uF1MrqbtnmMqJrmK863RQcSxeZs_/s2736/DSC_5658.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1826" data-original-width="2736" height="429" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhANCZGgoJfpgVCI-Nemjj71M-VLOwOs4oofYFIYY0Piqgl4GD09emo83aM-9m-saYx_oegEPm4co_2AOh7cL68WZqKLXRxyt1rjZl6H5bGaQTIK35MlTDPl23x_-HOntk6QLki68kZ7Dud72jhuSs5mTPd-DrhjSn1uF1MrqbtnmMqJrmK863RQcSxeZs_/w640-h429/DSC_5658.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Liam, Jake and Benson (as Nick, Tom, and Gatsby)<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator"><br /></div><div class="separator"><span style="font-size: large;"><span>Or rather, they have lots of heavy lifting to do. Liam </span><span>in particular</span><span> </span><span>(as Nick Caraway, the narrator of the story) was on stage for nearly every scene in the play! </span></span></div><div class="separator"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFoJo6Bh5hZOi2K2Y4sXDtnXipOyUJtHaMy0c0fWYsIicJZUMSLrHM4kY9rWohIWnmoHGYzPJ7olvRkfkMVMMP_-3JK6oQLKbC-xRba8L4qxiKNRrWzlHgFdLczM_bzSClVeMHi56-YFZ5PHd8X3gEkgi7AseyBWvlqoza3ZJ4sLI4cWCgW31Qiziv5Iz2/s2736/DSC_5964.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1826" data-original-width="2736" height="429" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFoJo6Bh5hZOi2K2Y4sXDtnXipOyUJtHaMy0c0fWYsIicJZUMSLrHM4kY9rWohIWnmoHGYzPJ7olvRkfkMVMMP_-3JK6oQLKbC-xRba8L4qxiKNRrWzlHgFdLczM_bzSClVeMHi56-YFZ5PHd8X3gEkgi7AseyBWvlqoza3ZJ4sLI4cWCgW31Qiziv5Iz2/w640-h429/DSC_5964.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator"><br /></div><div class="separator"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3uVpltVEpu7QhtJO_BG_OwcpKTMeS4ih05K8DviKdlehGDrHsK5VOthaAiVxPxG6tOCaGTvceuploEzg0AdPppOqHLTdSOtWVyz3gtgMXNclksvIHVKIMfzj8cJ3twjc46LdA2ZHhsT31Y5i2EVlhoJSBKww9k8hG1OJSGAthCNxVfjkCMb7jm1SEM6sQ/s2736/DSC_5744.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2736" data-original-width="1826" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3uVpltVEpu7QhtJO_BG_OwcpKTMeS4ih05K8DviKdlehGDrHsK5VOthaAiVxPxG6tOCaGTvceuploEzg0AdPppOqHLTdSOtWVyz3gtgMXNclksvIHVKIMfzj8cJ3twjc46LdA2ZHhsT31Y5i2EVlhoJSBKww9k8hG1OJSGAthCNxVfjkCMb7jm1SEM6sQ/w268-h400/DSC_5744.jpg" width="268" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"We'll be right back..."</td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="separator"><div class="separator"><span style="font-size: large;">The rest of us played multiple roles. An indeed the big women's roles -- Daisy and Jordan -- were split between actors on different evenings (kind of like Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller in <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmkQHV8e4Rk">Danny Boyle's Frankenstein!</a>) </span></div><div class="separator"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator"><span style="font-size: large;">One of my roles in the play was Freddie Filmore, the host of the radio show, and thus I was also the person who got to put my radio-voice to work. Thanks Dr. Leona Paterson for all those years of speech arts classes! :-). Who knew that I actually would have a chance to play at being a radio star (we all know how many times i answer the phone and people think I am an answering machine hahaha). </span></div><div class="separator"><br /></div><div class="separator"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiltUEadJn54LD2WbRWEnP-nKn8t1r8JW3cdUm5dKSegn8KtxVX9wKa-GT3L-xJEgZxv5fM_o9H2vda_vmEkiRm6CmcSmqtFhaz7GyIQWv1VyJIvVhRU_HBhNYVtCQcrZ91AtVitY478HYs-FsT3qBbLK58qA7sgQi3gcIRp5F464hnRd4oe1vq45TgO-n3/s2736/DSC_5495.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2736" data-original-width="1826" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiltUEadJn54LD2WbRWEnP-nKn8t1r8JW3cdUm5dKSegn8KtxVX9wKa-GT3L-xJEgZxv5fM_o9H2vda_vmEkiRm6CmcSmqtFhaz7GyIQWv1VyJIvVhRU_HBhNYVtCQcrZ91AtVitY478HYs-FsT3qBbLK58qA7sgQi3gcIRp5F464hnRd4oe1vq45TgO-n3/w268-h400/DSC_5495.jpg" width="268" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">wearing grandad's tuxedo jacket</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: large;">According to the playright, we were not allowed to genderflip the characters (ah well...), so it meant playing Freddie in a more masculine form. The awesome part of that was the opportunity to play the role wearing my grandfather Doral Pilling's actual tuxedo jacket!? My mom had saved it after he passed away, and then after she also passed away, it fell into my hands. I never imagined that a. it might fit me or b. that i might have an occasion to wear it. I can't really tell you what a pleasure it was to 'wear my granddad' through the rehearsals and into the performances!</span></div><div class="separator"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator"><span style="font-size: large;">The radio-play format is a sort of hybrid, something staged and with costuming, but using the form of a radio play (thus all the actors are working with script in hand in front of microphones) with a live musicians (keyboard and singers) and a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foley_(filmmaking)">foley crew</a> on stage. The foley are the people who make all the 'soundeffects' for a radio play [cars, trains, doors slamming, mixing drinks, rainstorms, car crashes, etc]. They are a riot to watch. </span></div></div><div class="separator"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI0hTTztIZU9meAKJ8YqOYtRcu7NGha1UXnMWKvzD-9UCAWUe1VeR5y7YeKLhxBxXkIEOoNjgvZZ7ER3RXYna3OU681Y3yFcCCwLab2ILouhIUcaQHNbybrpmH3iT-RtBs5Ukdy1yTcUjml3M8CHvDe8fpWkSisaC73hcs7l-0saznWIFbcnLkq5AMd4Uc/s2736/DSC_5897.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1826" data-original-width="2736" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI0hTTztIZU9meAKJ8YqOYtRcu7NGha1UXnMWKvzD-9UCAWUe1VeR5y7YeKLhxBxXkIEOoNjgvZZ7ER3RXYna3OU681Y3yFcCCwLab2ILouhIUcaQHNbybrpmH3iT-RtBs5Ukdy1yTcUjml3M8CHvDe8fpWkSisaC73hcs7l-0saznWIFbcnLkq5AMd4Uc/w400-h268/DSC_5897.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the taxi pulling up outside</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyI3q-K6-c3SkN7FyrZJx8eY3px2HmKrX3pk7XmXkc8vlz1qWKaQU9p4teAQcTo2nwfg0ahcagKnUAh2oGLdpamVrXfLowYEYQSrzgPiaULCuno15BqcV3u9D62oqgea5pZvfz4N3T8YBaTj4KSIWYf-jlAulRWostlluQEGVXapJAANO9REuQaIpADUjX/s2736/DSC_5565.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1826" data-original-width="2736" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyI3q-K6-c3SkN7FyrZJx8eY3px2HmKrX3pk7XmXkc8vlz1qWKaQU9p4teAQcTo2nwfg0ahcagKnUAh2oGLdpamVrXfLowYEYQSrzgPiaULCuno15BqcV3u9D62oqgea5pZvfz4N3T8YBaTj4KSIWYf-jlAulRWostlluQEGVXapJAANO9REuQaIpADUjX/w400-h268/DSC_5565.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Foley capturing the sounds of Jake and his mistress Myrtle in the bedroom</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje9C_SvBoWNmR7pFrQZxuXNpRW1Rv5y85zk_TjBDdOBZDHvQK7m_wXH6zMi0_uYXOR364kjL5GgMGb1FpltGNfqnRQmacBd6xdq-lLrZq9-te3xXvm2Maorm1kobE57Tk__K7Wlv5FW3k9wysk7nVAwC2XmwQCEc7LDD43LwCFSrOLRikY2SzyOkvnrYhn/s2736/DSC_5542.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2736" data-original-width="1826" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje9C_SvBoWNmR7pFrQZxuXNpRW1Rv5y85zk_TjBDdOBZDHvQK7m_wXH6zMi0_uYXOR364kjL5GgMGb1FpltGNfqnRQmacBd6xdq-lLrZq9-te3xXvm2Maorm1kobE57Tk__K7Wlv5FW3k9wysk7nVAwC2XmwQCEc7LDD43LwCFSrOLRikY2SzyOkvnrYhn/w268-h400/DSC_5542.jpg" width="268" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">cars racing down the road</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator"><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br /></div><div class="separator"><br /></div><div class="separator"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif_2tMQ19G0Zn7q8xMZw7FMxFLwjgXppQXoqPFVuhvwetgYk72VZWrC45LCyoCnVoHIBvRIHXu1Bicjq-JsiKtfiQlwkrwc6L_FnsQ69634du8u1Z0Y_np-1jhZaz9J3wm9Tr1Fb3dNCuRC08m0MYlCYngxpvo7vqz_gtCdXpe1kH3BXV9AQ_XSMTFJS8g/s2736/DSC_5676.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1826" data-original-width="2736" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif_2tMQ19G0Zn7q8xMZw7FMxFLwjgXppQXoqPFVuhvwetgYk72VZWrC45LCyoCnVoHIBvRIHXu1Bicjq-JsiKtfiQlwkrwc6L_FnsQ69634du8u1Z0Y_np-1jhZaz9J3wm9Tr1Fb3dNCuRC08m0MYlCYngxpvo7vqz_gtCdXpe1kH3BXV9AQ_XSMTFJS8g/w400-h268/DSC_5676.jpg" width="400" /></a><span style="font-size: large;">Because we are riffing off the radio play, we also have commercials, and the commercials are done live. We had a great group of singers (the 'Mellow Dees') to do musical part of the jingles. A big shout out to our sponsors who paid for the ads, which also have an element of parody to them, like "I'm Dreaming of the great Floyd's Diner" [sung to the tune of I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas]. The play gets interrupted for 8 ads in total. We had tons of fun doing them. 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How did Alison Roberts manage to wrastle a group of law folks into an introductory choreographed dance number?! </span></span></div><div class="separator"><span style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfdWeKerUVuxFvzW1jKBFciYa6k6a-7S2WcTKSGZsyyYIO7i6wiIELXaQ48nlMoXY8ru1RCBB40DkMHRN0rv4c2HDbQxHjqCXjSneRpcMACuHrltZz0OOCoDqZHr_pma3p7wYh8gBUdXsfFpUtWHxqCoyZMlDPEFeFhk3sg8DskU6hIsE8HrF_tCgzMrdF/s2736/DSC_5501.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1826" data-original-width="2736" height="429" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfdWeKerUVuxFvzW1jKBFciYa6k6a-7S2WcTKSGZsyyYIO7i6wiIELXaQ48nlMoXY8ru1RCBB40DkMHRN0rv4c2HDbQxHjqCXjSneRpcMACuHrltZz0OOCoDqZHr_pma3p7wYh8gBUdXsfFpUtWHxqCoyZMlDPEFeFhk3sg8DskU6hIsE8HrF_tCgzMrdF/w640-h429/DSC_5501.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTxyZnrkfZ8LhRp8eBOSBKWoASci41oaMocqUyGaes8uS_ygs0kpc_q7Rgkj7yZhu9p2GTlcoT_46t76EYUZah0X_riu4YN58CtQFfEs_4TgFXukm2ABi3Y9gGEwzfrEjaLb4F5GhYtBtGkQMJtPGsvT2mlcWC_zJXSN1oCmsygOygEHKre82XKzkWM3QF/s5568/DSC_0747.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3712" data-original-width="5568" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTxyZnrkfZ8LhRp8eBOSBKWoASci41oaMocqUyGaes8uS_ygs0kpc_q7Rgkj7yZhu9p2GTlcoT_46t76EYUZah0X_riu4YN58CtQFfEs_4TgFXukm2ABi3Y9gGEwzfrEjaLb4F5GhYtBtGkQMJtPGsvT2mlcWC_zJXSN1oCmsygOygEHKre82XKzkWM3QF/w640-h426/DSC_0747.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">We were also set up so that there were party scenes going on in the background. It was fun to spend our time in the background, as part of the 'extras'. </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7r-72pLwNKaJIMM4ewB9pBvqtVEFnZfWIEqAsGrFA7hQlCNJSZDiczebQ9afm5hdDyAfikKN-Atr8ygMxmq7KD6CI9MBu9vAbZ53iQ9h7njYssfNk_2Ol8c2WT51RYIJ5e-OVHN6NInI2yR7snRsDznbwaR4WwRxYs03pwAdGy9xqfAMjLiQICclb6BJS/s2736/DSC_5586.jpg" style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1826" data-original-width="2736" height="429" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7r-72pLwNKaJIMM4ewB9pBvqtVEFnZfWIEqAsGrFA7hQlCNJSZDiczebQ9afm5hdDyAfikKN-Atr8ygMxmq7KD6CI9MBu9vAbZ53iQ9h7njYssfNk_2Ol8c2WT51RYIJ5e-OVHN6NInI2yR7snRsDznbwaR4WwRxYs03pwAdGy9xqfAMjLiQICclb6BJS/w640-h429/DSC_5586.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Not only to we get to see Nick and Daisy dancing, but Christine Ely put on her tap shoes for a great dance number, and then we also got a performance from some professional tango dancers! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOz9PXkPm0tDFQ5kkeI2ThiYjQVQrJs5ruVijyIEy0xUvFAQ-s-vLbmJP1rDTeqcg5eevt_0zHsvSfNA3uV-v2hUHYprI7TmkecUz-tIMxEeiO9DE1Z0ULgJSR1FMpUJTEzwPU2VMQwOAi4xoB5qd6Vxn7KHGEJb8E3QetAhAxTdZfE7y62B7v5YzkWEyj/s2736/DSC_5873.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2736" data-original-width="1826" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOz9PXkPm0tDFQ5kkeI2ThiYjQVQrJs5ruVijyIEy0xUvFAQ-s-vLbmJP1rDTeqcg5eevt_0zHsvSfNA3uV-v2hUHYprI7TmkecUz-tIMxEeiO9DE1Z0ULgJSR1FMpUJTEzwPU2VMQwOAi4xoB5qd6Vxn7KHGEJb8E3QetAhAxTdZfE7y62B7v5YzkWEyj/w268-h400/DSC_5873.jpg" width="268" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">(Michaela as Daisy)</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMy97iFFXEUIjJWR-v5srWglW35WoOZiKeHDAqhALb4LmH7mRN02XeQdKMjuWFlPIxX9vVmvkZVuMtBIJehNRXRr95A0x6lqyA8wuri91ZyTF38-QcwJGfmvL8eLEziKgWnGuqHasIFOkutFCirEAzZUvHC0HEgg56hSm66kycKgfSkW5DOCafjDO7Rl0c/s2736/DSC_5850.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1826" data-original-width="2736" height="429" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMy97iFFXEUIjJWR-v5srWglW35WoOZiKeHDAqhALb4LmH7mRN02XeQdKMjuWFlPIxX9vVmvkZVuMtBIJehNRXRr95A0x6lqyA8wuri91ZyTF38-QcwJGfmvL8eLEziKgWnGuqHasIFOkutFCirEAzZUvHC0HEgg56hSm66kycKgfSkW5DOCafjDO7Rl0c/w640-h429/DSC_5850.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8MFyCzp1RdxxwYjQOVpkguP-ipNLs1wzIs6W5X6m06eg30XZqhSpm-AwMCfvuXblwWhmdXXxd2PVlizzhuvYh7MmYsJcWa-hf_30O_QOlvDT3iybfsxbt4hwweGiGwSVMGtg4KNcRA-aix6FGEOEW3b5F5sJGtRlvOYeTT74EpjdNNcZvwkqhHwmg9vwe/s2736/DSC_5417.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2736" data-original-width="1826" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8MFyCzp1RdxxwYjQOVpkguP-ipNLs1wzIs6W5X6m06eg30XZqhSpm-AwMCfvuXblwWhmdXXxd2PVlizzhuvYh7MmYsJcWa-hf_30O_QOlvDT3iybfsxbt4hwweGiGwSVMGtg4KNcRA-aix6FGEOEW3b5F5sJGtRlvOYeTT74EpjdNNcZvwkqhHwmg9vwe/w429-h640/DSC_5417.jpg" width="429" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhlKdWMCP6hMo9SD78dG4NetAgXBofr_Gg21hE3MPDEzdFVKW2iVexPhVFrBuAMiFF41lfzRp6dN7zrceYlhxDgDybKQl_boCGR9j0241WGN1l87LGGYG971CF89yztKI_48vYlx-5k-l2Ubz5dCH95ofmKKxorvqegeqO1h87TSvozuSa8y5JAVMrVqty7" style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="214" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhlKdWMCP6hMo9SD78dG4NetAgXBofr_Gg21hE3MPDEzdFVKW2iVexPhVFrBuAMiFF41lfzRp6dN7zrceYlhxDgDybKQl_boCGR9j0241WGN1l87LGGYG971CF89yztKI_48vYlx-5k-l2Ubz5dCH95ofmKKxorvqegeqO1h87TSvozuSa8y5JAVMrVqty7=w429-h640" width="429" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Most of us in the play had more than one role to play. My second character was that of Meyer Wolfsheim (the gambler). This meant a quick shift out my my announcer tuxedo, into a jacket, ascot and fedora (to channel my inner new-york accented role). Here are some shots with Jay Gatsby and Nick Caraway, as I share stories ("I can never forget so long as I live the night they shot Rosy Rosenthal"), and of me showing off my cuff buttons ("finest specimen of human molars!")</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy_lW8pke7Q1r9K8w4BfQ3H58QxHb_u1NQYpeJvultg5kJ5YUrB-GA8fjzNuKYCXd2FVGc4kaGSLZRYXnX9UwNrPhUn9V57pPKcnVBLyOW56zdkkmloQw-KdaLk6STqK0tjoUyMXhXdYkvuiQUntGj6yrIe7F2pI38Lzhhur9Ug73vteqoc4dloDfvKLwD/s2736/DSC_5656.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1826" data-original-width="2736" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy_lW8pke7Q1r9K8w4BfQ3H58QxHb_u1NQYpeJvultg5kJ5YUrB-GA8fjzNuKYCXd2FVGc4kaGSLZRYXnX9UwNrPhUn9V57pPKcnVBLyOW56zdkkmloQw-KdaLk6STqK0tjoUyMXhXdYkvuiQUntGj6yrIe7F2pI38Lzhhur9Ug73vteqoc4dloDfvKLwD/w400-h268/DSC_5656.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Again, amazing quick changes!</span></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAppxGX0MrapQf0R4HSde4G8PT7NvJO20nBwHo9NZ3fAuRyEQTbkLMLnx_t7Lj9U5jZUtxai-v_mxlbraIQiqWAv9pHVl1KqoTDH_IhA0bi-DE-ohNttHU24DlnO12buzJzu5kPxBq7loGLKzqefiF8dbmgT-vCUKy5qq54ELKskrd7qi50cHhs945rb5Y/s2736/DSC_5936.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1826" data-original-width="2736" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAppxGX0MrapQf0R4HSde4G8PT7NvJO20nBwHo9NZ3fAuRyEQTbkLMLnx_t7Lj9U5jZUtxai-v_mxlbraIQiqWAv9pHVl1KqoTDH_IhA0bi-DE-ohNttHU24DlnO12buzJzu5kPxBq7loGLKzqefiF8dbmgT-vCUKy5qq54ELKskrd7qi50cHhs945rb5Y/s320/DSC_5936.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHlMkQ0FsMdAKvQraDmGvYYcK28laVcS-A7MZPFp2etPDWG0VnhyphenhyphenmnkIn9GjouM3gAzXFnBIx_ODCfpy5A7qUQlxx-sZwnaZN3YauyD-h-UHUekv1ESId92aP7mh8FP_U2Cud1b0BvuHbnrd3ViUhSLkezC2mpW7OHTF7S0JrNAOlP09FBubb-Z9KksiCn/s2736/DSC_5932.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2736" data-original-width="1826" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHlMkQ0FsMdAKvQraDmGvYYcK28laVcS-A7MZPFp2etPDWG0VnhyphenhyphenmnkIn9GjouM3gAzXFnBIx_ODCfpy5A7qUQlxx-sZwnaZN3YauyD-h-UHUekv1ESId92aP7mh8FP_U2Cud1b0BvuHbnrd3ViUhSLkezC2mpW7OHTF7S0JrNAOlP09FBubb-Z9KksiCn/s320/DSC_5932.jpg" width="214" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWyzcpMkl_W3YkdBkMwW5Gv_66TSZ-W0NlzEbW_PCX5OGtr4S__YAKh2B8CMHp-T8c0Yo8CD4f7_FBSbjkX9tbMJMJa_Er6ZbrxVVkbrlXajFueb1zOGs_MIthyphenhyphen55dPA2rF6EXDE5A4_hDMdWn6rGvELxYL-okrPr5ulQBVNrHy9EWo0mM-nLUqTGhqn5w/s2736/DSC_5696.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2736" data-original-width="1826" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWyzcpMkl_W3YkdBkMwW5Gv_66TSZ-W0NlzEbW_PCX5OGtr4S__YAKh2B8CMHp-T8c0Yo8CD4f7_FBSbjkX9tbMJMJa_Er6ZbrxVVkbrlXajFueb1zOGs_MIthyphenhyphen55dPA2rF6EXDE5A4_hDMdWn6rGvELxYL-okrPr5ulQBVNrHy9EWo0mM-nLUqTGhqn5w/w268-h400/DSC_5696.jpg" width="268" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">brief cameo as Daisy's chaufeur! (Taryn as Daisy)</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator"><span style="font-size: large;">As you can tell from the photos, we also have an amazing professional lighting team (yea Karrie Wolfe et al), who have the skill with lighting and design to transport us from a bare stage into the world of the imaginary.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim7lX9LjsyBSEl-WAB8H-hMTuXKE8d2ngl8IQKN67YtfU49N3JbX_tsNk27WbtjSLuWjXwVIZeXwpU8t6A6qvZswo65uYWyPUQdsJ5QqGBOMhnv5dKUl4rLrbAn0iRgXm93ndAN-FeE7ezynmUW-hjhFnGehxiApVuY9KlaPw3LwgBSaTRh3SvbbqM1tXF/s2736/DSC_5798.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1826" data-original-width="2736" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim7lX9LjsyBSEl-WAB8H-hMTuXKE8d2ngl8IQKN67YtfU49N3JbX_tsNk27WbtjSLuWjXwVIZeXwpU8t6A6qvZswo65uYWyPUQdsJ5QqGBOMhnv5dKUl4rLrbAn0iRgXm93ndAN-FeE7ezynmUW-hjhFnGehxiApVuY9KlaPw3LwgBSaTRh3SvbbqM1tXF/w400-h268/DSC_5798.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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So there you have it! We will see what roles next year brings!</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhnrOtOc8j4drbkbSJEqMxj8ulumyxBpd19nUDWEVZhUnNJqIml0s9NLbOXzaHNumMY3SEvUaaHwPesIQn_pe8zd3SmRVHHPKJleBxLGCTIHwaaHZ4ZU1lN2VzeJO5R7FxAdezgGld2mvpexV1Pau6QJ0xo_cLfTbmoaJX36XQK0HoC24yksTRzN9pSTmd/s2736/DSC_6015.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1826" data-original-width="2736" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhnrOtOc8j4drbkbSJEqMxj8ulumyxBpd19nUDWEVZhUnNJqIml0s9NLbOXzaHNumMY3SEvUaaHwPesIQn_pe8zd3SmRVHHPKJleBxLGCTIHwaaHZ4ZU1lN2VzeJO5R7FxAdezgGld2mvpexV1Pau6QJ0xo_cLfTbmoaJX36XQK0HoC24yksTRzN9pSTmd/w640-h428/DSC_6015.jpg" width="640" /></a><p></p><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOeN0-1qMNirdtka1WGTK1Hz7hD3BsU7JXv0jeDMajGV8pQZ7f41l3k_nMRvccwjoIYvKQDIcCIyeNjFhW33Ox0_BJfSV4DlMz2qOMEK1xv0Ep58e_mktNKYW6ns7HZFSirYBaQOrbiy9ERNl7gvl6WIU7WoZbQ0-qGJgaIMOuQFAvSVCnulOJIp5pKo00/s2736/DSC_6012.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1826" data-original-width="2736" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOeN0-1qMNirdtka1WGTK1Hz7hD3BsU7JXv0jeDMajGV8pQZ7f41l3k_nMRvccwjoIYvKQDIcCIyeNjFhW33Ox0_BJfSV4DlMz2qOMEK1xv0Ep58e_mktNKYW6ns7HZFSirYBaQOrbiy9ERNl7gvl6WIU7WoZbQ0-qGJgaIMOuQFAvSVCnulOJIp5pKo00/w640-h428/DSC_6012.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div></div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Addendum: Just to really show off, here is a photo I took myself. I am demonstrating my skill in seeing how many cast members I can fit into a 'selfie' using only my arm (no selfie stick).</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0fi8jbbMzPppa9DZFEbEG78rJVpzRe6hK0R7-vFSH971j30IgdthU6hvtw_NuRU-MirSb3Nww1d19O2zYZCXXH_GR2lXnua9xmETuygoccjU-OAbXW-hCJt4caXdXmmPBwDxnJQ-_jgiN0MdoD-OJXw-9FFcra8no4m53WydN8bH5rSrFKJDOcDfXLNgS/s4656/20231210_150207_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3492" data-original-width="4656" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0fi8jbbMzPppa9DZFEbEG78rJVpzRe6hK0R7-vFSH971j30IgdthU6hvtw_NuRU-MirSb3Nww1d19O2zYZCXXH_GR2lXnua9xmETuygoccjU-OAbXW-hCJt4caXdXmmPBwDxnJQ-_jgiN0MdoD-OJXw-9FFcra8no4m53WydN8bH5rSrFKJDOcDfXLNgS/w640-h480/20231210_150207_HDR.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">p.s. One last gift.... a short video clip of our fantastic director Sara Ramshaw filling in during a pre-opening rehearsal for our tap-dancing star, Christine (who couldn't make it that night). Yep.... we all can see that Sara's got the chops! Can't wait to see what she does next! :-)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/tFns8M5rCas" width="320" youtube-src-id="tFns8M5rCas"></iframe></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div>Rebecca Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07835541074766008269noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2058534352772590412.post-80030480532188997412023-07-02T00:03:00.006-07:002023-07-02T01:25:17.658-07:00Drenched in Van Gogh <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: large;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguorsQeHYEEHYnCxSBcZ-efvtFbCS7jNDgZ5VylHrvkn2HZ2nPTA5jDT9kdqb6WdBBhfKjhhbT2wXwJrjssUitDfwknam4pLrKjQ0RSK9aWra5cqKjxGxzpwYN6p1b2HALnbRVqLqsJ05CI2eeQuI4rsvUdMZg0VwW50Q6uyzh52krDTFSvPSFJi0X0rdo/s4656/20230627_170537.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3492" data-original-width="4656" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguorsQeHYEEHYnCxSBcZ-efvtFbCS7jNDgZ5VylHrvkn2HZ2nPTA5jDT9kdqb6WdBBhfKjhhbT2wXwJrjssUitDfwknam4pLrKjQ0RSK9aWra5cqKjxGxzpwYN6p1b2HALnbRVqLqsJ05CI2eeQuI4rsvUdMZg0VwW50Q6uyzh52krDTFSvPSFJi0X0rdo/w400-h300/20230627_170537.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A selfie before entering</td></tr></tbody></table>After a long wait, the immersive Van Gogh exhibit (Beyond Van Gogh) came to Victoria. </span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.beyondvangogh.com/"> https://www.beyondvangogh.com/</a></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span>We had planned on this one for probably over a year, but when the day arrived, l</span><span>ife meant that Steve couldn't make the event, so Stacy came along with Duncan and I.</span></span><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFPURwwvvlFlFWX1jRlSB-8xzqAoSSoGzmZORmd5EulQhwd4SoMBXh0-yK7vULzjcCUG3LDGNOZfPzt4s65PR_lZ7HiUKXxTJbXpEeVTt0CBUVcOUCKq-nxUufz3G8NFNYHEcZjDhDC6WefFAAw7_pVVwJr7BGWvmgf3I5TjTJydk01Nhxy-e9fo7M_dav/s4000/20230627_171422.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFPURwwvvlFlFWX1jRlSB-8xzqAoSSoGzmZORmd5EulQhwd4SoMBXh0-yK7vULzjcCUG3LDGNOZfPzt4s65PR_lZ7HiUKXxTJbXpEeVTt0CBUVcOUCKq-nxUufz3G8NFNYHEcZjDhDC6WefFAAw7_pVVwJr7BGWvmgf3I5TjTJydk01Nhxy-e9fo7M_dav/w300-h400/20230627_171422.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;">It is a travelling exhibit, and was set up in a tent like structure (reminded me of going to early Cirque de Soleil events when they had their own tent). </span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Indeed, before entering, we were told that there were porta-potties outside to take care of our needs (ie. no toilets on the inside). Armed with this knowledge, we made use of the outdoor facilities, and then headed in.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">The first part of the exhibit was the 'educational' part: a series of panels with text, giving a bit of history, as well as snippets from the letters Vincent had written to his brother Theo over time. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzKzpqfk76WyTlf6RIABhqvx03SMjEV_xF43FxXuhdIMp5YtpgySpFgqsu6eQ-DokG08gISJTzNoaq5bOYpoGXgXL12SNb6UQun2py3k35y5QhQxJNKHGC4ps072l8EAN_Mf6jwcDWEarx0y5IPuGOr2PkvC4Ji2AL2W3K5cofuP80jhSiqy3zS5yow76d/s4000/20230627_172611_HDR.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzKzpqfk76WyTlf6RIABhqvx03SMjEV_xF43FxXuhdIMp5YtpgySpFgqsu6eQ-DokG08gISJTzNoaq5bOYpoGXgXL12SNb6UQun2py3k35y5QhQxJNKHGC4ps072l8EAN_Mf6jwcDWEarx0y5IPuGOr2PkvC4Ji2AL2W3K5cofuP80jhSiqy3zS5yow76d/w300-h400/20230627_172611_HDR.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;">What I loved about these 'educational' panels was that that the words were printed/projected onto large fabric panels, each of which was a close-up of a different Van Gogh painting. </span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">The room was dimly lit, and the panels themselves were illuminated from the inside, which made the fabric panels feel quite luminous. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span>Because the projections were also 'closeups', you could get really close, and get a sense of the actual paint work itself. </span><span> </span><span> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">If you were to see the originals in a museum context, it would still be hard to get this close to the paintings (here, you could have your nose right up against them), and reproductions in books can't seem to quite capture the feel of the paint. </span></p><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWk7hF_RyJXrHPgmNTPcM9w7yAKqUW6p7772akHoSkSH0p0CWD0vprwl9NH1Svj9TLX5j-yDzWUhUGojibRipalVKTGEy1UmXz3jvSqozup5DWDDu2erwuZfAOC1kmW6H2O814tXrSMruUDdCk-VQeGFryXsz_3eFkvHInZMKes-E7B5fXh462OLQXCJ8K/s4000/20230627_172053_HDR.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWk7hF_RyJXrHPgmNTPcM9w7yAKqUW6p7772akHoSkSH0p0CWD0vprwl9NH1Svj9TLX5j-yDzWUhUGojibRipalVKTGEy1UmXz3jvSqozup5DWDDu2erwuZfAOC1kmW6H2O814tXrSMruUDdCk-VQeGFryXsz_3eFkvHInZMKes-E7B5fXh462OLQXCJ8K/w400-h300/20230627_172053_HDR.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><p></p><p></p><span style="font-size: large;"><span>If you zoom in on the photos I took, you might see what I mean about the proximity made possible by this kind of zoomed in version of the paintings on fabric panels. </span><span> </span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br />The three of us certainly took our time at the beginning, discussing in part the word choices on some of the panels (such as "immense joy", "ear-cutting despair" and "melancholic martyr"). Yes... there may have been a line up behind us, but we were happy to let folks pass us by.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEUW0Gmn1cb600ZW9OZxci805v2nNUIPdyo51DD1IceJGjJolpQn5jJojjB2icGMiuccmAmBBChiiQNu9yMRZ8wB18qOTCLBkVP1-tQM-GUfBy0BYk1Mkse_iWST3Whr3YF8OOphKHm468-C3DVExgFqxFB0MWn8K6Oh9izq8bYjDoHf4wTmUCePfcxXzc/s4000/20230627_172000_HDR.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEUW0Gmn1cb600ZW9OZxci805v2nNUIPdyo51DD1IceJGjJolpQn5jJojjB2icGMiuccmAmBBChiiQNu9yMRZ8wB18qOTCLBkVP1-tQM-GUfBy0BYk1Mkse_iWST3Whr3YF8OOphKHm468-C3DVExgFqxFB0MWn8K6Oh9izq8bYjDoHf4wTmUCePfcxXzc/w400-h300/20230627_172000_HDR.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Duncan considering the adverbs and adjectives<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table>And while there was a robust conversation about word choices in the curation of a life, there was also conversation about the ways the panels also pointed folks in the direction of colour-theory, and history. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><span>It was interesting talking about the kinds of information the show made available in this beginning section, both for people with lots of Van Gogh knowledge, and those with relatively little. </span><span> </span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">One thing I thought was really interesting (and smart) was the way that the storytelling here was linked with the paintings themselves (or the style of the paintings). I think this intro then better positions people to enjoy the second part of the event, the "immersive experience".</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Thus, after the panels, one enters a very large open space, curating (and animating?) the paintings along with text and music, to create a kind of indoor moving canvas that washes over you. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL4NkQMUGIsETpnimD6Wdr5F-jqqWcpUhxB9iHigcN2s0cyb1bl4a0Q7EJK3GOXE-GPA8cOcW_N6H_l4Hach32ErKCOg3MDRoV2yQSX7OwwKLifGy3rTTfiwelCs1qdcxG2yKGJ6-fDBJ0tmEbJ9FdKmpmFkDt0KLeTX5NgZ2NRdShsDoRpyg7dqcGLwVl/w640-h480/20230627_174432.jpg" width="640" /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">In this open space, you could sit, stand, wander, etc, and let the images pass you by. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Here are some images and video snapshots capturing a bit of the flavour (and yes, the exhibit tells you to feel free to take photos or video... so that was nice)</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5cgayAa3rLZDqobUM1RHzV9fq7-28QCeitjzSYTjP1Il1hhrUj7nK7u0zW5bGd0tKtifbDrXnP61cIqPxxRmm96PvzCbpK2BwUS8wo6sEm460IG_oGYnaZtcDI9VRVmhNkqlVe7Ehriw5m3xbFBtGNUL9DRIiW4UKpaW4ft9vHMMJ_mu-a3FhVf9rHB2p/s4000/20230627_174510.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5cgayAa3rLZDqobUM1RHzV9fq7-28QCeitjzSYTjP1Il1hhrUj7nK7u0zW5bGd0tKtifbDrXnP61cIqPxxRmm96PvzCbpK2BwUS8wo6sEm460IG_oGYnaZtcDI9VRVmhNkqlVe7Ehriw5m3xbFBtGNUL9DRIiW4UKpaW4ft9vHMMJ_mu-a3FhVf9rHB2p/w400-h300/20230627_174510.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table>We entered near what is probably 'the end' of the cycle, where you are in the middle of a cherry blossoms (almond blossoms?) painting. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large; text-align: center;">Below is a two-minute video of this part of the blossoms cycle (we stayed long enough to hit this segement twice!). It gives you a sense of how the exhibit keeps images moving around you. If you watch closely, you might get a sense of how the walls seem to 'breathe' (because they are fabric, and you are in an open space, the air does play a part in creating a slight bowing... kind of like the wind in a taut sail).</span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43t2sycD170">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43t2sycD170</a></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/43t2sycD170" width="320" youtube-src-id="43t2sycD170"></iframe></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Some of the segments felt like we were wandering around in the full light of day (in one case with the tune "Here Comes the Sun" playing for us). Other pieces drew us into evening under an undulating star-filled sky.</span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSUt8NdLrKQMgtk_H98tbKYbiVzIa-g3utTs26aCTEFiFjEL-TpmlAaufhfaEDFbUOoBI23O2MxBwnDkDVaeOSUyCeW8bqdxVE7kT9Qz9tFKOoIOGUKBSEMOdFXsCw3np_g5xxgW7GHqEM18DCuLi5oVeKFPtWIHuzgBQlu6Skk17MTSlNrdo5UU2HyVne/s4000/20230627_174755_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSUt8NdLrKQMgtk_H98tbKYbiVzIa-g3utTs26aCTEFiFjEL-TpmlAaufhfaEDFbUOoBI23O2MxBwnDkDVaeOSUyCeW8bqdxVE7kT9Qz9tFKOoIOGUKBSEMOdFXsCw3np_g5xxgW7GHqEM18DCuLi5oVeKFPtWIHuzgBQlu6Skk17MTSlNrdo5UU2HyVne/w640-h480/20230627_174755_HDR.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><span>Here is 26 seconds of this starry swirl in motion (featuring an appearance by Duncan): </span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://youtu.be/IBfFyGJATAU"><span style="font-size: large;">https://youtu.be/IBfFyGJATAU</span></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/IBfFyGJATAU" width="320" youtube-src-id="IBfFyGJATAU"></iframe></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">I also quite liked how the immersion was not just in visuals, but also in text, and words from his letters scrawled themselves around the space. </span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz-Vc-Jb5IoJXOEUyiDaqYs7Q5mjiIy5KkAZ5xQemVwlnfWQSOYt6dl2v4z1DLkx71r8-C74bPmolFr86bkMF5cIWlbW4Sn5MJ07wnUtruPfkgUqXcShRVrCekZjKA4adxA2sxOzTYno3Gw55wlIAa2W04hJwsaaXj8mx4SvZ2_-Hq24TCUwpp7gKqJ_38/s4000/20230627_180018_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz-Vc-Jb5IoJXOEUyiDaqYs7Q5mjiIy5KkAZ5xQemVwlnfWQSOYt6dl2v4z1DLkx71r8-C74bPmolFr86bkMF5cIWlbW4Sn5MJ07wnUtruPfkgUqXcShRVrCekZjKA4adxA2sxOzTYno3Gw55wlIAa2W04hJwsaaXj8mx4SvZ2_-Hq24TCUwpp7gKqJ_38/w640-h480/20230627_180018_HDR.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><div>In one segment of work, the room is filled with small panels where Vincent's signature rolls itself out, time and time again (i wish i had thought to capture that piece, which was one of Duncan's favourite segments.) There is something that feels wierdly intimate in 'seeing' Vincent sign his name over and over.</div><div><br /></div>I also loved the segment where dozens of the Van Gogh flower paintings (yes, including the Sunflowers, and Irises) were projected onto the walls, and then the flowers started spreading from panel to panel, and across the floor. Here is a snapshot.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkVvkkgqSBgo0vKjhfOmlFzPnQNhhJbCmAmcoN7rA4pQA8ptZ6XTh9AhlWoYOrNQMulHms-1AdWpzQHxvDMUHbpYz7cifxOaFRE3e_ujFC_HWRBGfZwuzl28N847msgjy8bL16LXufWSIH-FBsguYT8nuAcgTwy9jrbqelGbvuuzV2kq3jSvm_ul4OVIVp/s4000/20230627_181746.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkVvkkgqSBgo0vKjhfOmlFzPnQNhhJbCmAmcoN7rA4pQA8ptZ6XTh9AhlWoYOrNQMulHms-1AdWpzQHxvDMUHbpYz7cifxOaFRE3e_ujFC_HWRBGfZwuzl28N847msgjy8bL16LXufWSIH-FBsguYT8nuAcgTwy9jrbqelGbvuuzV2kq3jSvm_ul4OVIVp/w640-h480/20230627_181746.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">And here is a small video segment of the same, capturing the sense of movement.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://youtu.be/JsmTZXSjDp8"><span style="font-size: large;">https://youtu.be/JsmTZXSjDp8</span></a></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/JsmTZXSjDp8" width="320" youtube-src-id="JsmTZXSjDp8"></iframe></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">The music was certainly an important part of the experience, creating a mood or atmosphere around the paintings. Here is another small clip as an example. What is interesting to me in this segment is the way lines of paint seemed to emerge out of the bottom of the images and across the floor, in ways that kind of echoed piano strings, being lit up (or plucked) as the music seemed also to be playing out across the floor. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://youtu.be/xqdIXsxJSnY"><span style="font-size: large;">https://youtu.be/xqdIXsxJSnY</span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/xqdIXsxJSnY" width="320" youtube-src-id="xqdIXsxJSnY"></iframe></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">And of course, there is a segment where you find yourself down by the water at night. I love the jazzy sound of this segment.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://youtu.be/T6gmhWpfACg"><span style="font-size: large;">https://youtu.be/T6gmhWpfACg</span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/T6gmhWpfACg" width="320" youtube-src-id="T6gmhWpfACg"></iframe></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div></div><p><span style="font-size: large;">I really loved sitting in the space with the sounds and images. This is definitely an exhibit I would go see again. </span></p></div>Rebecca Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07835541074766008269noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2058534352772590412.post-68849841832837959062023-04-30T19:38:00.019-07:002023-05-01T16:30:44.448-07:00Rare Books and Stewardship Agreements in Toronto - 28 April 2023<p style="text-align: right;"><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7xcnQkdHCFVKwEUDVRzgCItFDq-IWW_WYGZhxG_yG-5_WrTDipuyPaPCUxlsMkUwbJuruJw3M-DgkuquVCkxQweSEO5Fxj1DuQjB_il5AleHnbzauRjM5tsz0eTeBy9qnQ2lyAMMsEjnXjdfRY9G1afZ-IU0-0Bo0OGY6zZA6HH0C1tsIfIh6uQkDzg/s4000/20230428_085723.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7xcnQkdHCFVKwEUDVRzgCItFDq-IWW_WYGZhxG_yG-5_WrTDipuyPaPCUxlsMkUwbJuruJw3M-DgkuquVCkxQweSEO5Fxj1DuQjB_il5AleHnbzauRjM5tsz0eTeBy9qnQ2lyAMMsEjnXjdfRY9G1afZ-IU0-0Bo0OGY6zZA6HH0C1tsIfIh6uQkDzg/w400-h300/20230428_085723.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the poster for the symposium</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span>This week I made a mini whirlwind trip to Toronto (fly out Thursday, fly home Saturday) for a symposium called "Collections: Conflict & Collaboration". </span>The timing was not great for me (in the middle of marking final exams), but the invitation to participate had come for the University of Toronto libraries folks (Loryl MacDonald, Grant Hurley and David Fernandez). </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span>There are two things to say about that. First, <u>libraries</u>!? Libraries people are the <u>best</u>! Arta and Kelvin (aka 'mom and dad') pretty much raised the 8 of us kids inside the Calgary Public Libraries, and Arta spent her second career working at the U of Calgary library. So what else was there to say? An invitation from anyone in Libraries is the biggest honour ever. </span>It didn't matter that the event was right in the middle of exam marking, and that time would be compressed. Of course I would want to go! </span><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></div><div style="font-size: large; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; font-size: large; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCJ3_89VwPZ1fUbSyP0R-wIqLRE_38C_Zd9TZLKf8nfa7hiAbwB5QMb0RHmJKsyED7QhUwWmhW30_-zFq_xJSXheeGTXFaTh5AZUn5QDYrHB788way3EplQY2UC17homSB6BAdxkcEg2uEYQiu_q7wR8Jl-J0UzLU8wReHg27M8TcSHxn3bXB-DmXNPQ/s4656/20230428_142732_HDR.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3492" data-original-width="4656" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCJ3_89VwPZ1fUbSyP0R-wIqLRE_38C_Zd9TZLKf8nfa7hiAbwB5QMb0RHmJKsyED7QhUwWmhW30_-zFq_xJSXheeGTXFaTh5AZUn5QDYrHB788way3EplQY2UC17homSB6BAdxkcEg2uEYQiu_q7wR8Jl-J0UzLU8wReHg27M8TcSHxn3bXB-DmXNPQ/w400-h300/20230428_142732_HDR.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Carey, Heather and me, AND the library!</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: large;">Second, one topic for conversation was the <a href="https://witnessblanket.ca/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Witness Blanket!</a> If you haven't encountered the Witness Blanket before, follow the link above to get started. In particular, the symposium would let us spend time with the Witness Blanket Stewardship Agreement. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">This is a ground-breaking example of collaborations across legal orders, and we teach about it at UVic Law every year. </span></div></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: medium;">Here is a link to <a href="https://reconciliationsyllabus.files.wordpress.com/2020/01/annotated-witness-blanket-stewardship-agreement-2020-legal-process.pdf" target="_blank">my colour-coded and annotated copy of the Agreement.</a> </span></li><li><span style="font-size: medium;">To to read more about how we do that, check out this post on <a href="https://reconciliationsyllabus.wordpress.com/2020/01/31/implementing-indigenous-law-in-agreements-learning-from-an-agreement-concerning-the-stewardship-of-the-witness-blanket/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">#ReconciliationSyllabus</a></span></li></ul></div></div></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Carey Newman (the Artist) and Heather Bidzinski (who was a crucial player in bringing the agreement into existence) had also been invited to speak. What?! OK. This was an opportunity NOT to be passed up! The last time I saw Heather in person was during the actual Ceremony for the Witness Blanket in Kumugwe, the Ko'mox First Nation Bighouse. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">That ceremony was one of the most powerful moments of my life in law. Amongst other things, my mother Arta came with us to the ceremony, which made it even more meaningful (and conversations about the experience were part of the fabric of our family life in the years that followed). Indeed, Arta wrote 4 different posts about the experience of being present at the ceremony on the "Larch Haven" family blog. Each of those posts is a beautiful read, and opens up space for thinking about how the Blanket and the Agreement matter not only to signatories, but to all of us (plus, now that she is no longer with us, I love going to spend some time with her voice!) Check them out:</span></div></div><p></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p></p></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://larchhaven.blogspot.com/2019/10/a-news-release-about-oral-ceremony.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: x-small;">https://larchhaven.blogspot.com/2019/10/a-news-release-about-oral-ceremony.html </span></a></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://larchhaven.blogspot.com/2019/10/blog-post_21.html"><span style="font-size: x-small;">https://larchhaven.blogspot.com/2019/10/blog-post_21.html</span></a></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://larchhaven.blogspot.com/2019/10/the-witness-blanket-ceremony.html"><span style="font-size: x-small;">https://larchhaven.blogspot.com/2019/10/the-witness-blanket-ceremony.html</span></a></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://larchhaven.blogspot.com/2019/10/gifting-and-feast.html"><span style="font-size: x-small;">https://larchhaven.blogspot.com/2019/10/gifting-and-feast.html</span></a></div></blockquote></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiztRPH1nPz5EOOXOKpEUrQ8d-qpusxAK-1IBPdx546gpUAPvj3TlGszrW1iIppHPlMm7q_teP1SSRPdAwZYsKZhX0oF3TTFrLjnu-alHUPmz-Vci8HXCqgEx_Xj8w2GNsuTFZnB9YGuORUZxdlYfdbF1ZV_rnWnAuaxeLfTS0s8-vhhy3LL-Z57VWhgA/s4000/20230428_080729_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiztRPH1nPz5EOOXOKpEUrQ8d-qpusxAK-1IBPdx546gpUAPvj3TlGszrW1iIppHPlMm7q_teP1SSRPdAwZYsKZhX0oF3TTFrLjnu-alHUPmz-Vci8HXCqgEx_Xj8w2GNsuTFZnB9YGuORUZxdlYfdbF1ZV_rnWnAuaxeLfTS0s8-vhhy3LL-Z57VWhgA/w480-h640/20230428_080729_HDR.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here is where the symposium took place</td></tr></tbody></table>I have to start with acknowledging the space of the library itself. The Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library at U of T is just something special. Having not been there before, I wasn't quite sure what to expect. I did arrive a bit early that morning. OK. Maybe "quite early" is more accurate. I had been a bit uncertain I would find the place. As I stood outside on the stairs outside the building looking up, the wonderful David Fernandez arrived, and seemed to recognize me from the promo photo. He was the possessor of the sacred keys to the building (because I really was TOO early), and brought me into the library, and the space we would be meeting in. And this is the view, </span><span style="font-size: large;">taken from the 'back row' of the room (set up to accommodate a group of 20-25 people). What?! I was speechless.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: large;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC7mGIrGxdYtiDBM74vghkRVpKxdQAco1AFySfsIQ_Jn43MhT-517bUiBpxqeStkeajWbgGAP8q7oHLNVKJM5dGRHv9KHCe7p5agsf5JagwzuteKuquosxBcBvHX_bFnGOBhU7bCUdYUYL3amdvziXI8l7ipuvvvF3CWCCkdm3Ky6Y4xq_ENX1f_JhMg/s4000/20230428_081115_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC7mGIrGxdYtiDBM74vghkRVpKxdQAco1AFySfsIQ_Jn43MhT-517bUiBpxqeStkeajWbgGAP8q7oHLNVKJM5dGRHv9KHCe7p5agsf5JagwzuteKuquosxBcBvHX_bFnGOBhU7bCUdYUYL3amdvziXI8l7ipuvvvF3CWCCkdm3Ky6Y4xq_ENX1f_JhMg/w400-h300/20230428_081115_HDR.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">What a place to sit and read an old book...</td></tr></tbody></table>Loryl McDonald, the Director of the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, then took me up to the stacks, so I could see the view not only from below, but also from above, standing at her favourite vantage point (after first checking to see that I didn't have vertigo).</span><div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; font-size: x-large; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOzCg1OaYTrFCeTSMtOotbBO-9_b8XJVfa34hhh341aIuM3rLL160P3rBBnN5InGGKHSXMqYEVPqRZP7mkijWpM4_W_R0rUmsy31NxtP3b7zzrG-eNxoGNB9oCNI3apg4rd2srNbeJvTfyCx0zncUXTJjWOthT3hNf-LN6ip17-ohkb0y19X7jZwRlQA/s4000/20230428_081031_HDR.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOzCg1OaYTrFCeTSMtOotbBO-9_b8XJVfa34hhh341aIuM3rLL160P3rBBnN5InGGKHSXMqYEVPqRZP7mkijWpM4_W_R0rUmsy31NxtP3b7zzrG-eNxoGNB9oCNI3apg4rd2srNbeJvTfyCx0zncUXTJjWOthT3hNf-LN6ip17-ohkb0y19X7jZwRlQA/w300-h400/20230428_081031_HDR.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">400 year old mini books</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Loryl also walked me past this little shelf, that is full of 'miniature books': each of these stands something like 4-6 inches (is that 10-15cm?). You can't tell from the photo that they are so short, since the book shelves here are also shorter to accommodate the smaller books. What you CAN see if you zoom in are the publication dates: between the 1500s, and the 1700s. These books are older than Confederation! I was dying to pull them off the shelf to flip through, but, not knowing the protocol, I resisted! :-). But I still absolutely loved standing beside the books, thinking about the past, and enjoying that very distinctive 'old book smell'! </span></div><div style="font-size: x-large; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; font-size: x-large;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbWQ3irZpM_LI4zjof7I3Her55PH-05vWeZJsTEIjgGYuhcBZ_4IJeAav66OVo6rlSh4Ueh_flbc_VD0U-VjyQp2H3gt2vuOAUeu7NQd7Wvhr-pEPavbxEqXHeIpKvQkjZ4DEZeG_JL3BvIteS1zzOF_lYw0lTVKJ_O0y8uV5NiBKF5xoFh-W2QUi7Zg/s4656/20230428_081317_HDR.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3492" data-original-width="4656" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbWQ3irZpM_LI4zjof7I3Her55PH-05vWeZJsTEIjgGYuhcBZ_4IJeAav66OVo6rlSh4Ueh_flbc_VD0U-VjyQp2H3gt2vuOAUeu7NQd7Wvhr-pEPavbxEqXHeIpKvQkjZ4DEZeG_JL3BvIteS1zzOF_lYw0lTVKJ_O0y8uV5NiBKF5xoFh-W2QUi7Zg/s320/20230428_081317_HDR.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Loryl sending greetings to Susan!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: large;"><span>Of course, as we started talking about archivists, we found connections including my wonderful friend Susan Hart, who has been part of our life in Victoria 'forever' (since Duncan and her son Peter have grown up together, meeting first in daycare when Duncan was 6 months old)! It was fun making the selfie to send to Susan!</span><span> </span> </span></div><div style="font-size: x-large; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Truly, the view and space are quite spectacular. Being in the space, being surrounded by so many old books.... a bit like being in a room with the memory traces of so many ancestors from so many places and times.... a reaching out from the past into the present, aiming towards the future. </span></div><div style="font-size: x-large; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div><div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGnmFQyBGQc5HpPG3jhB_O5zrc86EJcqW-EV60Hz_AZuXk48drDj0LtQCGcRpXYFaPi17vsnFwAf94pVlEOVar8CQ9N7Yov71BDcMfx3KzjtLiKDWeqzlcNu9OVB0ibNrYGYLRbPOVpoV9vUbZK7VbjThJ3df8WQhD1i0iTZURIQl-7X2arG-nR-DRKw/s4000/20230428_125628_HDR.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGnmFQyBGQc5HpPG3jhB_O5zrc86EJcqW-EV60Hz_AZuXk48drDj0LtQCGcRpXYFaPi17vsnFwAf94pVlEOVar8CQ9N7Yov71BDcMfx3KzjtLiKDWeqzlcNu9OVB0ibNrYGYLRbPOVpoV9vUbZK7VbjThJ3df8WQhD1i0iTZURIQl-7X2arG-nR-DRKw/w480-h640/20230428_125628_HDR.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />Heather and Loryl enjoying the view<br /></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><br /><span><span style="font-size: large;">I did take a little bit of video footage, to see if that would capture the flavour of the feeling. (here is the URL to the video</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/shorts/t10YJmIBUV8"><span style="font-size: medium;">https://www.youtube.com/shorts/t10YJmIBUV8</span></a></span></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/t10YJmIBUV8" width="320" youtube-src-id="t10YJmIBUV8"></iframe></div><br /><div><span style="font-size: large;">I am aware that this is summary less of substance than of form, but both were wrapped up together pretty tightly. </span><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></div></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxEYfeYrHRG55GWv_5SRLUaceAjgLzNurzp2risW7crfwrOyZ3Zq-QpXo4UTfOSjV9wtvHClS9FWioqdQwt_lBr-C0dSIhdo-GUEQ9VUddy-kOgf0gP4jZ-1P2zObQh7sE28j7ypLPxoBim_U1Fe8mNE9ozkidEVRGBI6WfFyiweJ-Nb6stT3ErwzlDg/s4000/20230428_153712_HDR.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxEYfeYrHRG55GWv_5SRLUaceAjgLzNurzp2risW7crfwrOyZ3Zq-QpXo4UTfOSjV9wtvHClS9FWioqdQwt_lBr-C0dSIhdo-GUEQ9VUddy-kOgf0gP4jZ-1P2zObQh7sE28j7ypLPxoBim_U1Fe8mNE9ozkidEVRGBI6WfFyiweJ-Nb6stT3ErwzlDg/s320/20230428_153712_HDR.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>What a treat to be in a space with Carey and Heather, and to have them share with us their stories of both the Witness Blanket itself, but also of the three years of work to build the relationships and understandings that resulted in the Stewardship Agreement between Carey and the Canadian Museum for Human Rights. It is a fantastic model of different ways of collaborating on questions of memory, truth, shared futures and more.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_wBn9je5WyzojWTr6ReltPaOg_O2kHtGFyg-lnacD35_T2w35EqXtPfmwqkpqIsQymSLRrY_PkHwF80mbBJXDAcUaOMv899E_Je8Jnspyig2G_8V804nf-XljVLv-pjGKYHJfuOCLAw438MYoIAfy17xG9xxC1RtTGaJfq2TML87THaF-mbTCZoBOAg/s4000/20230428_153720_HDR.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_wBn9je5WyzojWTr6ReltPaOg_O2kHtGFyg-lnacD35_T2w35EqXtPfmwqkpqIsQymSLRrY_PkHwF80mbBJXDAcUaOMv899E_Je8Jnspyig2G_8V804nf-XljVLv-pjGKYHJfuOCLAw438MYoIAfy17xG9xxC1RtTGaJfq2TML87THaF-mbTCZoBOAg/w400-h300/20230428_153720_HDR.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><span>I love the layers in these photos. I enjoyed thinking about this picture, which captures Carey and Heather sitting at the front of the room in this amazing library in Toronto in 2023. In the background is a video image capturing Carey and Heather signing the Stewardship Agreement in the Big House in Comox during ceremony in 2018, the fire burning in the background behind them. I also like it that I caught a fragment of the </span><a href="https://ilru.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Indigenous-Law-101-With-Resources.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ILRU Indigenous Law 101 handout </a><span> in the lower left hand corner, pointing in the direction of future possibilities. A reminder of the layers and time, memory and hope that surround us, reminders of the power of looking to past and present as we continue to collaborate in the making of shared futures. </span></span></div><div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRDCCdym6Coo90AN0MDV1ghVamVv37XFiY1mGIGh6v9YqWSqnTrUgvzoIloBYa__Tx_pyZp4Vf8ZnpZpY7yDm8BrNhluO5mftIwhM_mTOFBSPHX57qnJFzIZQzksGzyDGTEcXTmI8X6LW4-2xz_bKGEdYm40rMPIqhWp48NQeOOmcOIq6DTbZgehhLQg/s4656/20230428_163649_HDR.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3492" data-original-width="4656" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRDCCdym6Coo90AN0MDV1ghVamVv37XFiY1mGIGh6v9YqWSqnTrUgvzoIloBYa__Tx_pyZp4Vf8ZnpZpY7yDm8BrNhluO5mftIwhM_mTOFBSPHX57qnJFzIZQzksGzyDGTEcXTmI8X6LW4-2xz_bKGEdYm40rMPIqhWp48NQeOOmcOIq6DTbZgehhLQg/s320/20230428_163649_HDR.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Christina, Grant, Desiree, Ben and me </td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: large;"><span>There is so much more to be said about what a feast for the mind it was to spend the day with those amazing libraries-archives-museums-collections people. I learned much listening to Christina MacDonald, Désirée Rochat and Desmond Wong (with Ben Walsh facilitating). </span>So many great questions about how the work of collecting might be done (and undone, and redone, and done differently). These are folks whose research work opened up the very best kind of questions.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-size: large;">What a day!</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><br /></div><br /><span style="font-size: large; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></div></div></div></div>Rebecca Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07835541074766008269noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2058534352772590412.post-38128627605586962562023-03-06T00:01:00.003-08:002023-03-06T00:11:48.026-08:00Watercolour lessons (on Duncan's 22nd Birthday)<p><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTunD-DLJCCRgEnN4R72kvD3XFR6V2_H4VBpzRSXYVNbeEQhrjW-vBpC--FkZRZ1qbBEeJB51LFa-ZfBjRtMyMunZ2kijNDDClMxlJNDCFloyN5tR6YUkm_HDVxRyKQoF_JU3gpaD1Dgxj4WQov_Rsm29SX4FoGjmE7zIuFn7tGtp_naOMEyS0FJ5G2Q/s4000/20230305_151909.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTunD-DLJCCRgEnN4R72kvD3XFR6V2_H4VBpzRSXYVNbeEQhrjW-vBpC--FkZRZ1qbBEeJB51LFa-ZfBjRtMyMunZ2kijNDDClMxlJNDCFloyN5tR6YUkm_HDVxRyKQoF_JU3gpaD1Dgxj4WQov_Rsm29SX4FoGjmE7zIuFn7tGtp_naOMEyS0FJ5G2Q/w400-h300/20230305_151909.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">One of my happy times during the hard times when Arta was sick (back in 2021) was having Wyona give watercolour lessons to Bonnie, Duncan and me. When we would ask her for more help, she would just say, "Go online! you can find so many lessons there!" Fine. But what I <i>wanted</i> was Wyona as my personal tutor. Damn her, for having her own life and her own obligations that come ahead of my needs! :-). So, I finally did just give up, and sign up for some online lessons (Scott Swinton, if anyone is wondering). And Wyona was right. I am loving the online lessons. </span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Today was Duncan's 22nd birthday. The two of us set ourselves up at the table to do art: him working on Warhammer figurines, me working on watercolour.</span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOC9yoncqEur-IsczO8Bj8du7n-LnBm6u6nJqtRGhSFFSet11TETKp975DLXSrhjmsF1ocPvtcU6Qlgb_pk7ekaDYCEOuVpmwmaXVVKP-vaklAyzpjJ-dc4gdnVxWL68_2WA4HHr1395BgT9BBWv1mnca0fgEkrm44YY8TnWUTsnCiZSXhPRPRhe1vxA/s4000/IMG_20230305_153744_01.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOC9yoncqEur-IsczO8Bj8du7n-LnBm6u6nJqtRGhSFFSet11TETKp975DLXSrhjmsF1ocPvtcU6Qlgb_pk7ekaDYCEOuVpmwmaXVVKP-vaklAyzpjJ-dc4gdnVxWL68_2WA4HHr1395BgT9BBWv1mnca0fgEkrm44YY8TnWUTsnCiZSXhPRPRhe1vxA/w640-h480/IMG_20230305_153744_01.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The kitchen table transformed to art studio for two!</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Today's lesson was a simple landscape using only two colours (cobalt blue; and a mix of cobablt blue and red). Because I am a sucker for process, here is the painting at each step of the process (that is, how got from bare paper, to a painting I am happy with).</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">First, tape down and thoroughly wet the paper, and then add some sweeps of both colours for the sky. Use a tissue to swipe through the paint before to give the effect of rain falling. Dry.</span></p><p><br /></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1SqKoWs8P1tDhN50txFGltSi-3A6A9QkTCeui9R38kPnL5bGUbmi6r1QRELE1mLS1uohoqqEAAdVOsUFVdK1A99IEiA3aMK_xmS3WitBlfZt8z89G3_R6VNU5ei_9-XiOyRhWwkGfVDmaODTMaDWyEfJExfZf4rM6WRbR8iEIj5L-aQIYvlW0W5MCgg/s4000/20230305_143809.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1SqKoWs8P1tDhN50txFGltSi-3A6A9QkTCeui9R38kPnL5bGUbmi6r1QRELE1mLS1uohoqqEAAdVOsUFVdK1A99IEiA3aMK_xmS3WitBlfZt8z89G3_R6VNU5ei_9-XiOyRhWwkGfVDmaODTMaDWyEfJExfZf4rM6WRbR8iEIj5L-aQIYvlW0W5MCgg/w640-h480/20230305_143809.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Then, lightly sketch in the line of a mountain, and fill it in the with blue/red mix (and lots of water). Dry.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVmJMN9NajMfrKqgJuQ8Qhe1Jxs-ZCVrlVeE1c8f0Ttn3jv6p9RVLUaY8kb1fSagZk-yCYsXK5EKzhYmoXa_eRRw7ZnSkweJUK4-zonvHC7cbLAfekNyjr45xLWmFg2ALXYsKCawpsfiSsvSeQ6wKpd4dAQZtBJ3tTsjhW1fMaNmDtqPsYHrHlBqlItA/s4000/20230305_145158.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVmJMN9NajMfrKqgJuQ8Qhe1Jxs-ZCVrlVeE1c8f0Ttn3jv6p9RVLUaY8kb1fSagZk-yCYsXK5EKzhYmoXa_eRRw7ZnSkweJUK4-zonvHC7cbLAfekNyjr45xLWmFg2ALXYsKCawpsfiSsvSeQ6wKpd4dAQZtBJ3tTsjhW1fMaNmDtqPsYHrHlBqlItA/w640-h480/20230305_145158.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Mark off a horizon line (with tape) to create the space of a lake, and use a damp brush to lift off pigment to create the feeling of waves and reflections on the water. Dry.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNerskv6K371NapZydw21dxcpelvneYtoCLHeUdnM0kSKN0Z0n3MxGWEt4UvKts8YNeNqedGI2NYgftdW_TqoFgLkhkyG09QfxBKnexad3ZkTSN5w9ktqemwvhvby9bFJTypVnofoxJLbaCeD7nsYE7KnnjBs771awiwSJEZfIu-ZcKnI93fjjp0AkXQ/s4000/20230305_150340.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNerskv6K371NapZydw21dxcpelvneYtoCLHeUdnM0kSKN0Z0n3MxGWEt4UvKts8YNeNqedGI2NYgftdW_TqoFgLkhkyG09QfxBKnexad3ZkTSN5w9ktqemwvhvby9bFJTypVnofoxJLbaCeD7nsYE7KnnjBs771awiwSJEZfIu-ZcKnI93fjjp0AkXQ/w640-h480/20230305_150340.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Using a fan brush, create a swoop across the lower corner, to create the sense of a grassy foreground. Again, use a tissue to swipe off some of the paint to create a sense of light breaking across the grasses. Dry.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-wjkZjlj9tabHiNuEYfhOvEPEfMOuhH4_JSKq7uTWE1ZMuFqsbMVnNGZaX3rcg8fHDf9qZF5z-7GNpEa1dS4BtuF_K5pn8L64UGXiNXD-_S_EoNRxf0qJ_x-92fgZTqC0aRdheOajBh7LcUE8skNqWwKxIaC-Qsxvg5tZ-ayKNTmGvt7ufU5lAObMsA/s4000/20230305_151614.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-wjkZjlj9tabHiNuEYfhOvEPEfMOuhH4_JSKq7uTWE1ZMuFqsbMVnNGZaX3rcg8fHDf9qZF5z-7GNpEa1dS4BtuF_K5pn8L64UGXiNXD-_S_EoNRxf0qJ_x-92fgZTqC0aRdheOajBh7LcUE8skNqWwKxIaC-Qsxvg5tZ-ayKNTmGvt7ufU5lAObMsA/w640-h480/20230305_151614.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">And then.... working slowly and carefully, remove the tape (without ripping the paper). Ta da!</span></span></p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSHuaD4j0fDeX2e0Ev5QYDUALEDx5pL7PKg28FnNBWk5oEaTfzC-O5cm0xfkqvoYMOFJA7U2Ci-66E_7QZ5ni-VWyrNsEpHTzrp6RozaODJaKyG46l6flwsdDNGJGbU16ASCVd_3n5MxJW9RXoiPguO_AMOhzNHDtoBL-opNBZNnlTLWtN1abaVdmarQ/s4000/20230305_151909.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSHuaD4j0fDeX2e0Ev5QYDUALEDx5pL7PKg28FnNBWk5oEaTfzC-O5cm0xfkqvoYMOFJA7U2Ci-66E_7QZ5ni-VWyrNsEpHTzrp6RozaODJaKyG46l6flwsdDNGJGbU16ASCVd_3n5MxJW9RXoiPguO_AMOhzNHDtoBL-opNBZNnlTLWtN1abaVdmarQ/w640-h480/20230305_151909.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">And since I still had paintbrushes full of pigment, I followed the instructor's advice to just try another copy! Here it is!</span></p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmQwStQ8AVSyWsiLCjkOWgCRPsSdn5j4m5CyZSfQpeOawuB4pp4OuRm84Uy_PAfJ4faz241BI_Unu4bwFMlFBbn_bDLEN04VEtFX0Anjb6LtCov1TDomMFLdRtNDQ6hcv62g-qBKdw_nDobImB3p1L4y4UfMmX_i2XZwHcHxG7ya3g_8hyvYOLT0AsIw/s4000/20230305_165516.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmQwStQ8AVSyWsiLCjkOWgCRPsSdn5j4m5CyZSfQpeOawuB4pp4OuRm84Uy_PAfJ4faz241BI_Unu4bwFMlFBbn_bDLEN04VEtFX0Anjb6LtCov1TDomMFLdRtNDQ6hcv62g-qBKdw_nDobImB3p1L4y4UfMmX_i2XZwHcHxG7ya3g_8hyvYOLT0AsIw/w640-h480/20230305_165516.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">What is so interesting about the process is that I can totally see all the places where it is not quite what I wanted, but I am also starting to see <i>why</i> it is not what I wanted. Or rather, I am starting to better see what people say when they tell you to pay attention to the 'water' in the water colour. hahah. Such an interesting lesson in learning where you can keep working, and where you need to stop. And I do love the 'transient' nature of it (water and paper... not as serious as canvas and oil/acryllic). It seems somehow less demanding, and more .... I don't know.... inviting? </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Just so I can keep track of the process, here are the other pieces I completed today. This one was a "10 stroke painting". The goal was to do an entire piece using only 10 brushstrokes! I put this lesson off for a long time (I kept watching the video, but it made me nervous to try). Finally, reminding myself that it was an 'exercise', I just went for it. Six sweeps of cobablt blue; 3 of cobalt blue/red blend; 1 of yellow ocher. All on wet paper. And then, once done, I couldn't figure out what had made me so nervous. I really loved just letting the sweep of brush and pigment do what it was going to do. :-)</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJuwZhgMmF1KHSDbPrRp-aWLXCP-Gi6KCvx5u6F6RsPyXLro0_bnb2ZVV_-5go9QnQc79Hf1hSHhHC59GUU7vt-v7-fzMNogu-9_5LfsELaXvvgUmvi-57C4IlLcaQQyCFkDWuU0iJkT1wrniQc_7f5cL04zlrhDrEWujWhCp4rEk3JSyJEVZOl9Ksvw/s4000/20230305_141059.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJuwZhgMmF1KHSDbPrRp-aWLXCP-Gi6KCvx5u6F6RsPyXLro0_bnb2ZVV_-5go9QnQc79Hf1hSHhHC59GUU7vt-v7-fzMNogu-9_5LfsELaXvvgUmvi-57C4IlLcaQQyCFkDWuU0iJkT1wrniQc_7f5cL04zlrhDrEWujWhCp4rEk3JSyJEVZOl9Ksvw/w640-h480/20230305_141059.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Two weeks ago, the module ended with a little landscape to apply the techniques we had been practicing (of graded washes). I set myself up to do four of them instead of just one (why not... more chances to practice!)</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLIjBfNEpPlkoEC1xVrSdA92NEo4hhQhKhUbkiu0MpJspEmENSa6vL60K9aqMVFIfkgPpvXC_RUudGICN7SEfsnzVmXCG3GL_pKIWiqD1m5N3Sgxam5b10lrNVrBcdIzER9f_t6PK6PKGNVF3EW7AhOv3CO8Np4bkyZrR2ZK7M33WJTUfKyUAvtgKYcQ/s2836/1676851094864.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2089" data-original-width="2836" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLIjBfNEpPlkoEC1xVrSdA92NEo4hhQhKhUbkiu0MpJspEmENSa6vL60K9aqMVFIfkgPpvXC_RUudGICN7SEfsnzVmXCG3GL_pKIWiqD1m5N3Sgxam5b10lrNVrBcdIzER9f_t6PK6PKGNVF3EW7AhOv3CO8Np4bkyZrR2ZK7M33WJTUfKyUAvtgKYcQ/w640-h472/1676851094864.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">After it was finished, I cut them up into small pieces that i can use as postcards (helping me to feel more relaxed about mistakes and imperfections... the pieces can just carry other messages off into the universe!)</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz43NXrVK4wSO3Ip9tvJV-tCNleC21YdXXohXTtdj9wXTrcRGas1BcgHOtc_gQDETez5k-zkJMAYG2mokGFSbne39WSvHbI4lBBhp-_B4zb5bfQlu40rjfInn0JU5yTf60eBiGO7yndvawJG93wbmsI_BOxDXOnvCRm_4mFggkI0qTMUE8UZy-1WY_1Q/s4000/20230219_174258.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz43NXrVK4wSO3Ip9tvJV-tCNleC21YdXXohXTtdj9wXTrcRGas1BcgHOtc_gQDETez5k-zkJMAYG2mokGFSbne39WSvHbI4lBBhp-_B4zb5bfQlu40rjfInn0JU5yTf60eBiGO7yndvawJG93wbmsI_BOxDXOnvCRm_4mFggkI0qTMUE8UZy-1WY_1Q/w480-h640/20230219_174258.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizSenJ94BKETH3QQKyCwkN8LqJM9QFZ0h272JnYtJLay5_orQR2hfw-OuKfHNhP2QUBAPDo2-KT0okAWTGdzEWC137IxxEo63k_1mbuQ4Bx6zSlI8z2gPVeS8sWiXelHuasNpKqlrYeNupOQNVW2M4jeO8Mpo8AufGUDXb0LyoSipj5KYb_8tigDbIOw/s2914/1676851290074.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2247" data-original-width="2914" height="494" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizSenJ94BKETH3QQKyCwkN8LqJM9QFZ0h272JnYtJLay5_orQR2hfw-OuKfHNhP2QUBAPDo2-KT0okAWTGdzEWC137IxxEo63k_1mbuQ4Bx6zSlI8z2gPVeS8sWiXelHuasNpKqlrYeNupOQNVW2M4jeO8Mpo8AufGUDXb0LyoSipj5KYb_8tigDbIOw/w640-h494/1676851290074.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">This week, I tried the lesson again, but seeing if i could change the sky from a blue one to one with more purple tones. Here was the result:</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigEw2dDkFz4Z_MS6-rZtTEZYvc_zzbKamWbQhR-JvlRFC3MBRfqH_NuiFX1Hck--pUPqqXPTIkf9D8ibUle5nPhotg89ZUkdkhxI3cE5V2d1XieWgTIyC7uIZB_4HjRR1cjVagijqQXcVSxQUTkRH7jyULcD_E6eipYwxkOKVklSjedgXzbQmu8TnNTQ/s4000/20230305_131918.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigEw2dDkFz4Z_MS6-rZtTEZYvc_zzbKamWbQhR-JvlRFC3MBRfqH_NuiFX1Hck--pUPqqXPTIkf9D8ibUle5nPhotg89ZUkdkhxI3cE5V2d1XieWgTIyC7uIZB_4HjRR1cjVagijqQXcVSxQUTkRH7jyULcD_E6eipYwxkOKVklSjedgXzbQmu8TnNTQ/w640-h480/20230305_131918.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">When I compare the first to the second set, I can see why the instructor had us working with the more restricted colours (the first version is more 'coherent' in some way). Still, it was fun branching out and trying something different (in part so I can practice, and start 'seeing' how and why i might pick out different colours, or use less water, or take more time, or move more quickly). And fun to do that with pigment and water on paper, rather than words on paper! I love the moment when the tape comes off, and the pieces are cut apart. </span><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhALrXIkNKiNRSazzi0AVaMUL6EPwmWRin-dVaW05op4Hahke9vzDxKdr1sTJfAWxJKiBcZhr-iaVrGBcjy2V-s7kFa4t2lJqetGUuRnG_QrcZm1WRjgzcjEJtA0Z0XuJNvUCy-79spTlr5NH8HiNse35Voz_SGOSlBa08k1b8B_WmziQA4ZNEMkFf8YA/s4000/20230305_132249.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhALrXIkNKiNRSazzi0AVaMUL6EPwmWRin-dVaW05op4Hahke9vzDxKdr1sTJfAWxJKiBcZhr-iaVrGBcjy2V-s7kFa4t2lJqetGUuRnG_QrcZm1WRjgzcjEJtA0Z0XuJNvUCy-79spTlr5NH8HiNse35Voz_SGOSlBa08k1b8B_WmziQA4ZNEMkFf8YA/w640-h480/20230305_132249.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; text-align: left;">Possibly coming soon to a mailbox near you?</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt20TVDN8VZih3LiSD50XCuMMB9s_qmFCBc1a3koFOeSwBzgcAyF4bGI9zZXLBsY3kTZMobsUdctV68Tir8zlJaRAHu64Z0p-1ft3m7ATUrN1yyR4pAGonia_d5d2e_b1zjr6wrlde3kxi0b8SrHlu0lmo7LsV-mP5AEcQZ_FL0DR1zElN8vANGFnXTA/s4656/20230228_132706_HDR.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3492" data-original-width="4656" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt20TVDN8VZih3LiSD50XCuMMB9s_qmFCBc1a3koFOeSwBzgcAyF4bGI9zZXLBsY3kTZMobsUdctV68Tir8zlJaRAHu64Z0p-1ft3m7ATUrN1yyR4pAGonia_d5d2e_b1zjr6wrlde3kxi0b8SrHlu0lmo7LsV-mP5AEcQZ_FL0DR1zElN8vANGFnXTA/w400-h300/20230228_132706_HDR.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">And thus, my report on Duncan's 22nd birthday! Happy birthday to Duncan! And happy birthing day to me! Because lets be honest..... given that I am the one who did all the hard work on his day of birthing, it has always seemed to me that really his birthday should be a celebration of me, no? [Steve reminds me that the birthing day was a bit of a workout for him too. That made me smile. It is true... after 'procastinating' for an unbearable number of hours, Duncan came rushing into the world so fast, and Steve's hands were just waiting there to catch him! Duncan says 'Nothing has changed! Still the same mixture of procrastination followed by a panicked racing forward']</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p><p></p>Rebecca Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07835541074766008269noreply@blogger.com0Victoria, BC, Canada48.4284207 -123.36564441.3464103544947932 166.3218556 90 -53.053144399999994tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2058534352772590412.post-26879653244340347822023-02-24T02:43:00.002-08:002023-02-25T00:29:13.784-08:00On NOT making it to Williams Lake<p><span style="font-size: large;">The plan during reading week was for the ILRU team to take a trip up to William's Lake (Esketemc, to be precise) to finish off the validation for the next report. I headed out early to the airport, hoping that there would be enough light by the time we took to the air to get some good photos out the window. Cloud cover was thick, so i was not totally hopeful. And then i miscalculated in my seat selection, so ended up with a good slice of the wing in my view. Ah well. </span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-DT7eoqaYmYp0K1BicrAWsjoZn-oh-J3L5tRZ9PDq3fRRVPIOySEyJhRtuK6NcalTj3iDVoeY-DKtUzSd9xxn5cf7bxDkjcqH46AxlrXJnHexe0CGHxRYd_eVe8SbhcDf1SlUfOhwe-b6zF_iU5wED4J73u7gxxEtztjb1WVZsZ-lxWk3ZajGqITgmQ/s4000/20230220_070426_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-DT7eoqaYmYp0K1BicrAWsjoZn-oh-J3L5tRZ9PDq3fRRVPIOySEyJhRtuK6NcalTj3iDVoeY-DKtUzSd9xxn5cf7bxDkjcqH46AxlrXJnHexe0CGHxRYd_eVe8SbhcDf1SlUfOhwe-b6zF_iU5wED4J73u7gxxEtztjb1WVZsZ-lxWk3ZajGqITgmQ/w640-h480/20230220_070426_HDR.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">early dawn at the Victoria airport</td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-size: large;">If I tried pointing the camera behind me, I could at least catch a few shots of all the amazing islands between Victoria and Vancouver, through little breaks in the cloud.</span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRvvgB5nlcd7FnVbyqQIXPXEO5IAk8ilONA-ZbaptJAS69Vo20uNV3JHPiyHBxzEbFZgcUvMDq-iMVk6nXsIsLdITHlim0gp-B0D5rR7VYmTrQOpVhtMT2e3wPLc4ui3vuhFIaTbLJAf1TKCpEKU3QZW3cDoxI_CzjUtUJ0Zwh6UZSD5RqR9ILMWkKNw/s4000/20230220_072214.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRvvgB5nlcd7FnVbyqQIXPXEO5IAk8ilONA-ZbaptJAS69Vo20uNV3JHPiyHBxzEbFZgcUvMDq-iMVk6nXsIsLdITHlim0gp-B0D5rR7VYmTrQOpVhtMT2e3wPLc4ui3vuhFIaTbLJAf1TKCpEKU3QZW3cDoxI_CzjUtUJ0Zwh6UZSD5RqR9ILMWkKNw/w640-h480/20230220_072214.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">overcast, but still magical</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><span>Here is a 30 second video, taken a few minutes into the flight: </span><a class="style-scope ytcp-video-info" href="https://youtu.be/5sRyWLszdaA" style="background-color: #f9f9f9; font-family: Roboto, Noto, sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none; white-space: nowrap;" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/5sRyWLszdaA</a></span></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5sRyWLszdaA" width="320" youtube-src-id="5sRyWLszdaA"></iframe></div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">The break in the clouds filled back in once we got to Vancouver (where we waited for the next plane). Again, I did not get a window with a clear view. Still, I was hoping for some great photos over the mountains, but the rain did reduce visibility. It looked pretty much like this:</span></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtCE9aC7ruKomQmtJgifVk3AUlfYBH11O5wKxLyINvcZpZND9IIqqPMzMpmIwX598fLNn2EBZh7tlhSnPeMpLOwPRkaQsk1hcYQ60Hm3TDPBY-ND-X_STEcZr_KtreGFSxWxUn18Z1ct0cvwE2tG4lXN-_udZVGGyQdezASJDObeXm3cfueU6JWgY0KA/s4000/20230220_082640.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtCE9aC7ruKomQmtJgifVk3AUlfYBH11O5wKxLyINvcZpZND9IIqqPMzMpmIwX598fLNn2EBZh7tlhSnPeMpLOwPRkaQsk1hcYQ60Hm3TDPBY-ND-X_STEcZr_KtreGFSxWxUn18Z1ct0cvwE2tG4lXN-_udZVGGyQdezASJDObeXm3cfueU6JWgY0KA/w480-h640/20230220_082640.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div><span style="font-size: large;">Well.... given the limited visibility depriving me of the view I sought, I decided to try instead enjoying the view I had. So..... close ups of the rain drops? They did have their own beauty (and strange capacity to reflect and invert. </span><div> <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMDhnQlTUizBVZ4Ng5cVieZjbaCQXAXbYcf47bRwokZXPtN8rzghZLBZHQw8hBNiadxawInsNu3_XyhbBZDRmUbIPDV5FdFiUzqCPVaG3itnxhY18TxJUAHppl0TG0w-5Nic-ut2x4wGt5xj27X_9U_W3qnGBMGjVW2Bxp4FzBkEq3QBX3IgsW-S_syA/s4000/20230220_082806.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMDhnQlTUizBVZ4Ng5cVieZjbaCQXAXbYcf47bRwokZXPtN8rzghZLBZHQw8hBNiadxawInsNu3_XyhbBZDRmUbIPDV5FdFiUzqCPVaG3itnxhY18TxJUAHppl0TG0w-5Nic-ut2x4wGt5xj27X_9U_W3qnGBMGjVW2Bxp4FzBkEq3QBX3IgsW-S_syA/w480-h640/20230220_082806.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div><span style="font-size: large;">Unfortunately, the view didn't really improve once the flight got off the ground. Indeed, the pilot warned us that we were flying into a bit of a blizzard, and we might or might not actually be able to land in William's Lake. Crossed fingers? Too many clouds. The moutains were completely invisble. At least the little raindrops did transform themselves, giving me yet another view out (of?) the window:</span></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCNatPvBVBj_YsKvwmR_9Qlm5ZddgRnYug-B0yDASb64y_KFRnTNB2yPjzsFv5VEIfLpih07MxHxwKCjV6UY3QM886cHXbbLXqpdknfdusaV1PY-m47B3so9gKnw1uIFO620XgnRMUlHYn_t_MF2G4S8i6AyD1thU-m7EjPOJKdcDp-C038hJOXiY_8w/s4000/20230220_085602.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCNatPvBVBj_YsKvwmR_9Qlm5ZddgRnYug-B0yDASb64y_KFRnTNB2yPjzsFv5VEIfLpih07MxHxwKCjV6UY3QM886cHXbbLXqpdknfdusaV1PY-m47B3so9gKnw1uIFO620XgnRMUlHYn_t_MF2G4S8i6AyD1thU-m7EjPOJKdcDp-C038hJOXiY_8w/w400-h300/20230220_085602.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div><span style="font-size: large;">As we feared, the visibility sucked. We circled around for a bit while the pilots tried to figure out if they could spot the runway but.... they couldn't. And so, they flew us back to Vancouver. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">After some back and forth with some of Jess's contacts in William's Lake about the weather situation, we decided to just call it a day, reschedule for better weather, and head back home. Still cloudy and rainy, but....no snow! And that view between the mainland and Vancouver Island just never never disappoints. Felt sad to not have arrived at Esketemc, but seemed better to be safe than sorry. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Maybe not the most productive day but.... even on a misty cloudy day, it is still a world full of beauty.</span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkaCW1DBF7VkT_UIaoLe8Qi7hcVsWdYFunEGfpJCVK2WgQSclMVR4C3tY5Pjo8c9Y0av1-a32qyYgvqGEclDYMHW9hw2UKbQX8WM7WGYD9Ws1twhNRvFUT39TH7v8VjKl0wgEA5jgcPWLgY5-dl4Zo7n8iQ_rNIgDsTsJFuAXZ-ucT9Q06mfdX6V2Ctg/s4000/20230220_160434.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkaCW1DBF7VkT_UIaoLe8Qi7hcVsWdYFunEGfpJCVK2WgQSclMVR4C3tY5Pjo8c9Y0av1-a32qyYgvqGEclDYMHW9hw2UKbQX8WM7WGYD9Ws1twhNRvFUT39TH7v8VjKl0wgEA5jgcPWLgY5-dl4Zo7n8iQ_rNIgDsTsJFuAXZ-ucT9Q06mfdX6V2Ctg/w640-h480/20230220_160434.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjksoaYkuM1NaLsCERhUDtIvs6z-x7KLCu8ha55Yi_j2Hab4FEsYksHBGbddzAb4X7-jcJD_PQDKelzBwlkDAYyxL5LVMuSL4yMp73hY8w9HJa8puA-PrhmhmaPyneb9gyirEVDpeeM7HJ_4Sk1DxPx4KsHf-sIH1XuaF3dYys9U03VYvOieYh2yIPsYw/s4000/20230220_160423.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjksoaYkuM1NaLsCERhUDtIvs6z-x7KLCu8ha55Yi_j2Hab4FEsYksHBGbddzAb4X7-jcJD_PQDKelzBwlkDAYyxL5LVMuSL4yMp73hY8w9HJa8puA-PrhmhmaPyneb9gyirEVDpeeM7HJ_4Sk1DxPx4KsHf-sIH1XuaF3dYys9U03VYvOieYh2yIPsYw/w640-h480/20230220_160423.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdmeTsFx_n34J8KslUibV8GtMk74Hhpgp2GkfQPRPGa3Oua6_ggLylYXh9Myp9vdvd4CYzHSIo2ccx_mgjwbrqSgYC4wBsBtE_vdNIeyo5nq-zVsc6xZ4C7BNkaLKtuDhFLxqERwL_EXbEg65zy2zUeE4JSocNzV9yc3JXSiui7j61fxjrY59lMiVySw/s4000/20230220_160355.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdmeTsFx_n34J8KslUibV8GtMk74Hhpgp2GkfQPRPGa3Oua6_ggLylYXh9Myp9vdvd4CYzHSIo2ccx_mgjwbrqSgYC4wBsBtE_vdNIeyo5nq-zVsc6xZ4C7BNkaLKtuDhFLxqERwL_EXbEg65zy2zUeE4JSocNzV9yc3JXSiui7j61fxjrY59lMiVySw/w640-h480/20230220_160355.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVZxIai6LJvDyO4e1wfi3jcIFRWGxTtBuGJdk3S-iJv6aMEdIA14gPi8-HYLd9KVGq4BkKLanK3Vd1Fj7gpwAr9WjuL_ywQOsLvhcj29BJ5qZKVRkrI9quPLXCSvkfBzADbXcoEIeZGlkjd4RDrKe5aJXYvR5FKuc9EFTOUCiDmMp3dgfQAKb9kFOj0A/s4000/20230220_160341.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVZxIai6LJvDyO4e1wfi3jcIFRWGxTtBuGJdk3S-iJv6aMEdIA14gPi8-HYLd9KVGq4BkKLanK3Vd1Fj7gpwAr9WjuL_ywQOsLvhcj29BJ5qZKVRkrI9quPLXCSvkfBzADbXcoEIeZGlkjd4RDrKe5aJXYvR5FKuc9EFTOUCiDmMp3dgfQAKb9kFOj0A/w640-h480/20230220_160341.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglVVvUHN6Q5RXv5Wepw1ZMfViR477C3r8L5JPhr3JSED1abN7IpWvA-XjV8DnmYMHJuhZlrVtCoBL1YJvdsWF4jDBC_AGRqEbcxaMu-8XMzd593Ov9023gXpzbTMELCVNmeVftahtKgTYRlxVhVWpIobO9n0pFSpIvNRZimW2CyG3dnWe_-gqG3j39PQ/s4000/20230220_160315.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglVVvUHN6Q5RXv5Wepw1ZMfViR477C3r8L5JPhr3JSED1abN7IpWvA-XjV8DnmYMHJuhZlrVtCoBL1YJvdsWF4jDBC_AGRqEbcxaMu-8XMzd593Ov9023gXpzbTMELCVNmeVftahtKgTYRlxVhVWpIobO9n0pFSpIvNRZimW2CyG3dnWe_-gqG3j39PQ/w640-h480/20230220_160315.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><span style="font-size: large;">And here is the last minute or so of the flight, over the water and onto the landing strip in Victoria. I don't ever quite get over it [pardon the pun... of course I am "over" it, but i am sure you get my point! :-)] As Lou Reed says, "a perfect day". <a href="https://youtu.be/bWqr4JbrH9o">https://youtu.be/bWqr4JbrH9o</a></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/bWqr4JbrH9o" width="320" youtube-src-id="bWqr4JbrH9o"></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div>Rebecca Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07835541074766008269noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2058534352772590412.post-46738550016940016392023-02-04T22:04:00.007-08:002023-02-10T19:01:45.216-08:00All's well that ends well - my weekend at the hospital<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXb0pZe2sePXv8AvEy8na6ZrcvMbi0BV8dx5fejHIshKP3ruIBQwEghvcReUcDBzwV2erQWvp-u_b1N-1Arta6m-rxZ_ViaEscq7y3U6CJeXzegv-Wng5rlGF5FDxDvaAGL8aiKof5PNcpJfFu4gjNUTxevTB6cgBFG-2MQTkz2fuWv6YmeIabeVvdhg/s4656/20230203_164325_HDR.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3492" data-original-width="4656" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXb0pZe2sePXv8AvEy8na6ZrcvMbi0BV8dx5fejHIshKP3ruIBQwEghvcReUcDBzwV2erQWvp-u_b1N-1Arta6m-rxZ_ViaEscq7y3U6CJeXzegv-Wng5rlGF5FDxDvaAGL8aiKof5PNcpJfFu4gjNUTxevTB6cgBFG-2MQTkz2fuWv6YmeIabeVvdhg/s320/20230203_164325_HDR.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Three and a half small incisions, one stitch, and 6 bandaids. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> <br />Thirty-six hours later, and that is what I came away from the hospital with.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />Pretty good, I say!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />I also came home with gratitude in my heart for our amazing public health care system. Yes, I know it is not perfect, but it is pretty damn amazing. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />I walked into emergency at 7am on Friday with really bad cramps, a terrible backache, and a distended belly. I would have expected all those things if I were 9 months pregnant, but I am, afterall, a post-menopausal 59 year old woman. I know that in Property Law we teach about the Rule Against Perpetuities using the hypothical example of "the pregnant octegenarian", but... not the case. So, I had Steve drop me off at emerg. I was quickly into triage, where my blood pressure was registering at 182/115, so i got a lovely little red bracelet, and then was off for an ECG, some blood work, Dr assessment, and CT scan. While waiting for the CT results, the fabulous nursing staff hooked me up with an IV, a pole with a bag of fluids, and shot me up with a mililitre of some delicious hydromorphone to take the edge off the pain. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> <br />I will confess that it was a tough day hanging out there, since my mind kept flashing back to 2 years ago, and taking my mom Arta over to emergency because she had a sore back, a stomache ache and a distended belly. So, yes, pancreatic cancer was on my mind while sitting in the very very crowded ambulatory area, remembering all the different chairs I had occupied there with Arta during the last 3 months she lived with us (including a very strong memory of sitting in ambulatory, and her asking me for a pen, and then her using it to take notes on one of those disposal paper vomit bowls they hand out.) [indeed, below is a video I made of her taking those very notes back in 2021] </span><span style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #065fd4; font-size: large; white-space: nowrap;">https://youtu.be/GikRpCFrSyI</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #065fd4; font-size: large; white-space: nowrap;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span><span face="Roboto, Noto, sans-serif" style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #065fd4; font-size: medium; white-space: nowrap;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/GlimgNkjso4" width="320" youtube-src-id="GlimgNkjso4"></iframe></div></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">And so, when the Dr. came back out, sat beside me, put her hand on my shoulder, came in close to my face and started talking, I was prepared for the worst. When she said that the blood work came back totally boring, but that CT scan showed a bowel obstruction, I nearly started cheering! Yea! Only a bowel obstruction! </div></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Yah, yah. I understand that it is technically a 'medical emergency', but it is NOT pancreatic cancer. She told me that they would need to address it right away, so that she was off to make some calls, and to see about getting me admitted for surgery. She also told me before she left that the first thing they would likely do was a nasogastric tube up my nose, to release pressure in my belly. She said that it was a bit of an uncomfortable procedure, but that she would be looking around to find a room to do it in (they were past capacity in ER, so were having difficulty finding open spaces). And off she went, leaving me there hooked up to my IV pole, with my drip. Uh,......nasogastric tube, eh? Heavy sigh. I signalled the nurse over to fix me up with another mililitre of the good stuff.</span></div><div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig5zBWftpNf_gUKAve63BgLRm_Vj49qfjwS_eJE5JZi3EAxFzEYV0oyvqjj7pt0DsPB1BCL3NfT_Pq_Hdkk9t8OJjo9bms3-lXmj3_URcyieffZOUGsuMD7OX6TN-SnR2CkjPExQSbZQkEsE6B0vd0E7PSnF_j7jLhmaMesCLHZq2tl7n4-geOV6_DUg/s1206/Screen%20Shot%202023-02-04%20at%205.54.38%20PM.png" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="864" data-original-width="1206" height="229" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig5zBWftpNf_gUKAve63BgLRm_Vj49qfjwS_eJE5JZi3EAxFzEYV0oyvqjj7pt0DsPB1BCL3NfT_Pq_Hdkk9t8OJjo9bms3-lXmj3_URcyieffZOUGsuMD7OX6TN-SnR2CkjPExQSbZQkEsE6B0vd0E7PSnF_j7jLhmaMesCLHZq2tl7n4-geOV6_DUg/s320/Screen%20Shot%202023-02-04%20at%205.54.38%20PM.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This kid looks way too happy</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">So, I was a little bit less happy. An uncomfortable procedure?! Well, THAT is an understatement. I sat beside Arta in a room down the hall back back in 2021 while she got a nasogastric tube shoved up her nose. I would put it a bit higher than uncomfortable (Arta later said it was worse that either the cancer OR childbirth...even worse than "bees!"). I nearly passed out watching it (they had to bring a chair and have me drop my head below my knee level). I also suspected that they were having a challenge finding a room, because the procedure would definately be followed by the announcement saying "Housekeeping, clean up in Ambulatory". I found a picture of one of these nastograstic tubes out on the web for those who don't know what one looks like. I PROMISE you that Arta did not look as happy as the kid in this artistic rendering would suggest.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOyUQ_aesqPI6_bBWh2YqFW-bgNX9bP5fpnp01gpjRrG9ZYcS0o72zbPfPck5NsrZppwgVASSN8Q9pOOE7UwbDPPjQzEsvJEwI3zjj83-RnquD4-s7gmjeH0uPkli5GM6bACnoMB1TvtWCczmQ6b1U6tADfxdo7g0lOPowKIoKMnjYC4vaUL6HueR0Xg/s996/Screen%20Shot%202023-02-04%20at%206.11.08%20PM.png" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="780" data-original-width="996" height="251" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOyUQ_aesqPI6_bBWh2YqFW-bgNX9bP5fpnp01gpjRrG9ZYcS0o72zbPfPck5NsrZppwgVASSN8Q9pOOE7UwbDPPjQzEsvJEwI3zjj83-RnquD4-s7gmjeH0uPkli5GM6bACnoMB1TvtWCczmQ6b1U6tADfxdo7g0lOPowKIoKMnjYC4vaUL6HueR0Xg/s320/Screen%20Shot%202023-02-04%20at%206.11.08%20PM.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">(random internet photo: excuse the expletive in the message)</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: medium;">I think there is a bit more 'truth in advertising' in a different image that I found out on a web search for 'nasogastric tube'. I think this guy's sign says it all. I was not really looking forward to this option. But what are you going to do? </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">At this point, my name got called again, and I was directed to another </span><span style="font-size: medium;">side room, where I 'thought' i would be getting the "nose-prong" but it was instead a visit from the four person surgical team. They said they would get me up into surgery that evening, and talked me through the 'consent-ish' kind of stuff, telling me that there was a blockage, and they would do laproscopic surgery to get in there: three small incisions, and one other little hole. They would fill my belly up with air, get in there with a camera and laser and cut out any icky stuff. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Dr Malik said they wouldn't know the cause of the blockage until they got in there. They could tell there were some 'adhesions' (i didn't look that up til getting home.... just consider yourself lucky that i am not attaching pictures to this blogpost). He said they would expect to see those if I had prior surgeries but...I have not yet had that experience. He did not know yet why they were there, and wouldn't know until they got a look inside. In typical surgeon style, he listed off a bunch of possibilities, like some unexpected growth, or ruptured bits of colon or something like that, and if there was, then they would cut that out and set me put back together while they were in there. At least, in my contented hydromorphinated state, that is what I recall. Off they went, and I was again invited to return to ambulatory to wait (lots of apologies from the nurses, who reiterated that they were at full capacity). I was just happy that the room situation was apparently still too tight for them to set up the nose tube thing.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrlwQ2Zq1WfViQHDbqEMX1L61Frrwf1iNp5N53ke2KNHr3NsC7JtCEkoX17f94Y2XqFb_iEJ-XI4jVGmc4ts-IqD-2D4aHDi-sVMp81llDJuPa0FWGqzDbbrL-7541xuATWbDV68xKhBJLI-vr08aMmGpTztowP_sDNmCayp1-z4L5y5x-wBySGPgxZA/s4000/20210412_195201_HDR.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrlwQ2Zq1WfViQHDbqEMX1L61Frrwf1iNp5N53ke2KNHr3NsC7JtCEkoX17f94Y2XqFb_iEJ-XI4jVGmc4ts-IqD-2D4aHDi-sVMp81llDJuPa0FWGqzDbbrL-7541xuATWbDV68xKhBJLI-vr08aMmGpTztowP_sDNmCayp1-z4L5y5x-wBySGPgxZA/s320/20210412_195201_HDR.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hanging out with Arta and sibs in 2021</td></tr></tbody></table>Catherine gave me a call from Montreal at this point, and talked me through possibilities. It is handy having a sister who is doctor. She said that I should take advantage of how busy it was, and suggest to the doctors that they wait to do the nose tube until I was already under anaethetic. And so... that is exactly what I did. :-). By 4pm, they had me found me a room over in the beautiful Patient Care Tower, one floor down and three rooms over from the Palliative Care ward where Richard, Mary and I spent a month taking shifts sleeping on the couch bed beside Arta. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDOZWTdo2YEGXCUENPJc1Ib84NvufN0yO27_Tfhs9E7pdTq3aWcUtMycFgfUvo9zlQlfDq2_YFU7W00DIJZylSEdWlgPDCgicEA9SJTpAn8xXPEMgAfAnbb95Vgdk8Pvtd1qRMMmAeg-hxvybbAC9SKvcmHXzDq0od6RKuBspS1fnZFjJ3uRIqX35LaA/s4656/20230203_163115.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3492" data-original-width="4656" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDOZWTdo2YEGXCUENPJc1Ib84NvufN0yO27_Tfhs9E7pdTq3aWcUtMycFgfUvo9zlQlfDq2_YFU7W00DIJZylSEdWlgPDCgicEA9SJTpAn8xXPEMgAfAnbb95Vgdk8Pvtd1qRMMmAeg-hxvybbAC9SKvcmHXzDq0od6RKuBspS1fnZFjJ3uRIqX35LaA/w320-h240/20230203_163115.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">back in the tower in 2023</td></tr></tbody></table>I couldn't resist taking one quick selfie after changing into the lovely hospital gown. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">No, I am not 'making a face' here. I am using the Cree method of pointing with my lips. I am pointing at that red lidded cup behind me, since it is the cup I would be attached to if they hooked up the nasogastric tube! </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">And below, there is a comparator photo with Arta (AFTER the tube was finally out, but you can see the red cup in the background). </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdcu8I78Pc5xLVmulQCi5LEm3sL1aZ8rLaiTN0SnBUbtB6nLnmc4_-gQx-0w2fiXwFS_vzHnDQ_w-lC-TE6v4gI4I6uN6BCikkuyGMAqUqwoYgC8QGRZc9Sh6xbP_ZQgNVu1pTIx7yr3MRwiWqyL7qZKLMNkVD7EHEdpK0Ny8vYcIPj-MGa2ymmFHHFQ/s4656/20210414_124934.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3492" data-original-width="4656" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdcu8I78Pc5xLVmulQCi5LEm3sL1aZ8rLaiTN0SnBUbtB6nLnmc4_-gQx-0w2fiXwFS_vzHnDQ_w-lC-TE6v4gI4I6uN6BCikkuyGMAqUqwoYgC8QGRZc9Sh6xbP_ZQgNVu1pTIx7yr3MRwiWqyL7qZKLMNkVD7EHEdpK0Ny8vYcIPj-MGa2ymmFHHFQ/w320-h240/20210414_124934.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Arta, happy now that the tube is OUT.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: medium;">When the nurses came back, with the nasogastric tube packages in hand, I told them that I really was feeling quite good, and I hadn't vomitted since the night before, and had no nausea at all! Following Cath's suggestions, I asked if they could just have the doctor put that in when I was already knocked out for the anaethetic. They talked a bit back and forth, and agreed that it had been more than 12 hours since i last threw up, so said they would just write that up on the chart.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVghPdCvAHcHEEAR38bauNZCG_Fz7adxHxU-sj3l_8I-bwbgfQLwX7DH2VZmAWkJo30LfsPTqGAixtsp3ls1dt84NxD8jPv-qaI0NOEqlNoJY9MVUAe4-hptjWfuzT11JvhW45x3r6jMMHdAXBLLyv8v13gjo6mmL9Xc97ngWBSDj-xxR8_NGsKm6ZRw/s4000/20230203_164337.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVghPdCvAHcHEEAR38bauNZCG_Fz7adxHxU-sj3l_8I-bwbgfQLwX7DH2VZmAWkJo30LfsPTqGAixtsp3ls1dt84NxD8jPv-qaI0NOEqlNoJY9MVUAe4-hptjWfuzT11JvhW45x3r6jMMHdAXBLLyv8v13gjo6mmL9Xc97ngWBSDj-xxR8_NGsKm6ZRw/w300-h400/20230203_164337.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>I got to rest for another hour while waiting (signing all the expected consent forms on both the surgery, and consent to blood products if needed). They asked me what I like to be called, so they wrote that down, but did add "Rebeca" (sp?) for precision. I guess "she-who-must-be-obeyed" takes too long to say? I dozed for a bit, and then was wisked off to pre-op for another conversation with the Anaesthetic dr person. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">It turned out (as is often the case) that the Anaesthesiologist Dr. (Alexander?) had a sister who also graduated from UVic Law (Caroline Alexander?) It made me laugh (does every family need to have one doctor and one lawyer at the ready?). Anyways, we talked briefly about my decision to avoid the nose tube, and he agreed they could skip it and go straight to a tube down the throat. He told me they would put me under faster than usual (to avoid the aspirating vomit thing). All good. Just more initials on the the consent forms, and it was off to lala land. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQBfyMSfJ9iLcDrrSkGNfKowiGk8auNtYEgIb9VTkwuPz4CQ3DgMYrY4afgtrP9tbwYyRLzAzDusE3MSEkmS7z7NkGBwvF7C6XzTneayW6WonZVXC668eON0tAP84IngMMRHw2QK4FJxRmVIF_5wisNYZaJGoveWmNatITmcx9tTiMCHpQmIcb5nUieQ/s4000/20230204_083227.jpg" style="clear: right; font-size: large; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQBfyMSfJ9iLcDrrSkGNfKowiGk8auNtYEgIb9VTkwuPz4CQ3DgMYrY4afgtrP9tbwYyRLzAzDusE3MSEkmS7z7NkGBwvF7C6XzTneayW6WonZVXC668eON0tAP84IngMMRHw2QK4FJxRmVIF_5wisNYZaJGoveWmNatITmcx9tTiMCHpQmIcb5nUieQ/w400-h300/20230204_083227.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another photo from my hospital room window</td></tr></tbody></table><div><span style="font-size: medium;">And before I knew it, I was surfacing in post-op, which seemed quite the party place. :-). I loved hearing all the sounds of happy conversation with the surgical team and nurses while cycling in and out of consciousness (coming from a big family, I feel happiest when there is lots of background noise). </span><span style="font-size: medium;">Dr. Malik stopped by to tell me that they surgery was successful, that they had cut out the adhesions, but didn't have to do anything else, since there was nothing else in there of interest. He was able to leave my intestines alone. He shrugged said something like "I get one like you every year." </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Not quite sure what that meant, but I understood it was a good outcome. My blood pressure was also back at a perfectly respectable 120/80 (which they kept checking what felt like every 10 minutes or so). I hung out there for several hours, drifing in and out. I recall hearing scattered bits of conversation from the post-op nurses indicating that the nurses back at the tower were swamped, so they were helping out by just keeping me in post-op a bit longer? Sometime just before 10pm, they woke me up for the move, telling me that Steve had been waiting downstairs since 6pm, and had finally headed back home once visiting hours had ended in any event. Poor him! (I think i said something like "why was he so stupid!?", but I really meant, "Ah... that sucks! I wish he had been comfortably just waiting at home"). Well... I am sure Arta was on his mind too. A bit of a stressful day for us both, altogether, but it ended well. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Finally, back to my lovely little private room by 10pm, the lights of the city twinkling in the darkness, for a night of sleepy delicious painfree rest. I never knew a bed to be so comfortable (or was that the anaesthesia talking?). I had been hoping for some more yummy hydromorphone when I woke up at 1am, but.... some things don't last. The nurse told me the doctor had already taken me off that and moved me down a level to tramacet. Bummer. But OK. I could live with that. I was, to be honest, so surprised by how much less my belly hurt. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Indeed, the main thing that was surfacing was a brutal headache. By 4am, it was really top of my mind (excuse the pun). I raised it with Jordan (my nurse for the night). I told her I was beginning to wonder if I had a brain tumour. And then the penny dropped, and I realized that I had been a couple of days without coffee. She told me there would be coffee with breakfast at 8am. I told her I could not wait that long. She said they only had instant. I told her I would be happy to just eat the powder with a spoon. She thought it would be better if she mixed it with water, but warned me that she could not guarantee it would be tasty. We both agreed that we could consider this as a request for meds (rather than me asking a highly trained nursing professional to bring me a cup of coffee). She came back with the wateriest cup of coffee ever. I couldn't have cared less. It was medicine to address my withdrawal symptoms, and it did in fact do the trick!</span><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTxt7-TezcANAZVsXfjtFqTuEpRqW4UpwOQvgwsnsA-zdh8XCmUY0EqkYqXbs4251n7TJHKY-3kM49vk1D31i33U7xAqWGNzivMKIIA1cD-vg9qAYQcltbSySqwMO_BWqfWDUVUzerxR-9klrpwcCd_t3XTzVGSiLinTwkWuFAApgYTSeD3pGlEV-FzQ/s4656/20230204_084219.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3492" data-original-width="4656" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTxt7-TezcANAZVsXfjtFqTuEpRqW4UpwOQvgwsnsA-zdh8XCmUY0EqkYqXbs4251n7TJHKY-3kM49vk1D31i33U7xAqWGNzivMKIIA1cD-vg9qAYQcltbSySqwMO_BWqfWDUVUzerxR-9klrpwcCd_t3XTzVGSiLinTwkWuFAApgYTSeD3pGlEV-FzQ/s320/20230204_084219.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">yummy cream of wheat with brown sugar!</td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Breakfast was "fluid forward" or something like that. The goal was to see if I could tolerate eating without hurling. Now, for some people, Cream of Wheat for breakfast may be the trigger for nausea. But not me! That is my very favourite porridge in the world! I considered asking for seconds, but I was actually a bit full and a bit tired. So... more resting. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">And truly, the room itself was so restorative. It was just offering me beautiful views out the window. I did not have my groovy camera with me, but did have my phone, and I could get a number of pictures without having to turn or roll. And so I enjoyed watching the amazing clouds moving across the sky, and over t</span><span style="font-size: medium;">he mountains across the sea. Here are some photos from my "bowel obstruction hospital window series."</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF-NClzfbHNee3gYxUKIEQhFrlOvWuPS4EFehpotWSatujZb7pnGe59I5_YgXstQhUec1BsMkzXPWMTqpcIWeuUxwyRmtJCQJ6dcGUkBHrqED_0ZE3T8o7Mgky69XpOa-bm119w7K-g1dgRzr4xK3GpUKvKlqtOttPwCQ04nvxWnAafER3tG0xBI0sdQ/s4000/20230204_092748.jpg" style="font-size: large; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF-NClzfbHNee3gYxUKIEQhFrlOvWuPS4EFehpotWSatujZb7pnGe59I5_YgXstQhUec1BsMkzXPWMTqpcIWeuUxwyRmtJCQJ6dcGUkBHrqED_0ZE3T8o7Mgky69XpOa-bm119w7K-g1dgRzr4xK3GpUKvKlqtOttPwCQ04nvxWnAafER3tG0xBI0sdQ/w640-h480/20230204_092748.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I liked how the blue grey pallete of sky echos my pillow in the photo above</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh9AHDeEdJRzhtGXlBUqBRmdnwxzYkepanFG9ql5Ql3Gkg3ixYt9hJtLY9RaoOqdgdFHtD3v8ZBgCSy7I1q-OFOJbp1PpFLlhMz8hxEJoE60oKzXQYnshzl1J4um2AXd5W3FHKgKX1TInbfhg3_3nksmdbVLsqS2AOeV-xZ0A2NG4-rS3gI8AHLpxxqQ/s4000/20230204_093859.jpg" style="font-size: large; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh9AHDeEdJRzhtGXlBUqBRmdnwxzYkepanFG9ql5Ql3Gkg3ixYt9hJtLY9RaoOqdgdFHtD3v8ZBgCSy7I1q-OFOJbp1PpFLlhMz8hxEJoE60oKzXQYnshzl1J4um2AXd5W3FHKgKX1TInbfhg3_3nksmdbVLsqS2AOeV-xZ0A2NG4-rS3gI8AHLpxxqQ/w640-h480/20230204_093859.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The construction on the right is on the building beside my family doctor! fun seeing that out the window.</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHXn7XjvtZ7rYPRiVFuevEim8Sc26EtCJ8M_9bHHKZVH3YRXYypPZZGteiK-KFe4b1t-_18mofRlUZu-Wjj6X6AyAKZB_jssvPHVu4SMmmDoqPbfCwWAJ6w56GWMof9rO2NZPCwjk0P9z7PDcSKy3JPJ1TjpFFWz3cOQYNQ-smRqQu78KOP4YOoh9z8A/s4000/20230204_094454.jpg" style="font-size: large; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHXn7XjvtZ7rYPRiVFuevEim8Sc26EtCJ8M_9bHHKZVH3YRXYypPZZGteiK-KFe4b1t-_18mofRlUZu-Wjj6X6AyAKZB_jssvPHVu4SMmmDoqPbfCwWAJ6w56GWMof9rO2NZPCwjk0P9z7PDcSKy3JPJ1TjpFFWz3cOQYNQ-smRqQu78KOP4YOoh9z8A/w640-h480/20230204_094454.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">wondering if i can get more wyona lessons on doing cloudy skies in watercolour...</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Taking pictures out the window, I was very aware that it is cold and snowy right now in other parts of Canada. The app on my phone said it was something like 8 degrees here today. Snow drops are up, and some of the trees have blossoms. With this view out the window (and the tremacet still flowing in my veins) I was feeling content with life. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Dr. Malik stopped by soon after, to see what I could recall of our conversation last night, and to see if I wanted the non-drugged version. I did. I asked him why he told me he gets one like me every year (since i was not sure what that meant). He told me that he does lots of these bowel obstructions surgeries. Probably 20 a year over the last 10 years. He says he can usually identify the source of the obstruction. But he says that each year he gets maybe one person where he just can't say why. He said that he had probably had two cases like mine, where he really had no idea. He told me that there were adhesions, and that most of them tore loose when they pumped my belly full of air, and then he just went in and cut out the rest. But he is not sure why they were there in the first place. He didn't see anything else in my belly that was the least bit interesting to him. In fact, everything seemed to be fine. I told him I was delighted to hear that he found my intestines to be particularly boring! He wondered if maybe I had had a bout of appendicitis at some point without it rupturing, which perhaps produced the adhesions. I don't recall such a thing, so... who knows?! But the long and short of it is that this was caught early, while it was still a partial obstruction, and not a full one, and they blasted those sticky bits out of my guts and I already feel better. I am supposed to take it easy for a couple of weeks, and that is it. No need for me to stay in the hospital, so he told me I could stay for lunch, and then gave me the green light to rest up at home in my own comfy bed.</span></div></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Steve arrived shortly after, so we debriefed while I ate lunch (and kept telling him to move his head to side so I could capture another beautiful view out the window).</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOAPlHMH5P6chjaedfKJXIIW9vuU6iFuiviBOqkJD4kERcO792I_5J_DzD-0k58FZ-uONggQ_YXm7ZoxLROOTGz2E7s2fKRyZvBZ0NQ3SQ5nvrboDgwuOovIWaYf1nhYxaf6592fyA1cv8JH-B_grhzmAU4eKAYsPeyaBmxN9lfRFfx-LvdhShOD2W4w/s4000/20230204_124813.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOAPlHMH5P6chjaedfKJXIIW9vuU6iFuiviBOqkJD4kERcO792I_5J_DzD-0k58FZ-uONggQ_YXm7ZoxLROOTGz2E7s2fKRyZvBZ0NQ3SQ5nvrboDgwuOovIWaYf1nhYxaf6592fyA1cv8JH-B_grhzmAU4eKAYsPeyaBmxN9lfRFfx-LvdhShOD2W4w/w640-h480/20230204_124813.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I love seeing the rain falling on the other side of the water! Here's to life in a rain shadow!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-ybVT0nDq94alCS6R4H8Flq9DAkAINxhZnA8CFNunu61L23lbP-7L_YL0yylGCspQJNPaFc7vV_0rooO96PYOr17g5ctV7QpvrrLa4EGwhQ02c632HbwJQ8QKKdtDs7xTT3vhPNU-rz3GsuAI7Oi4qS2Trvg2Pa0hS6X_Qr5_WA3vppmNwvI_VC8wAQ/s4000/20230204_123105.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-ybVT0nDq94alCS6R4H8Flq9DAkAINxhZnA8CFNunu61L23lbP-7L_YL0yylGCspQJNPaFc7vV_0rooO96PYOr17g5ctV7QpvrrLa4EGwhQ02c632HbwJQ8QKKdtDs7xTT3vhPNU-rz3GsuAI7Oi4qS2Trvg2Pa0hS6X_Qr5_WA3vppmNwvI_VC8wAQ/w640-h480/20230204_123105.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Maybe these white clouds did remind me a bit of intestines...</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwekH4V40bYuI6Gx4UBNWzeQ8RctMnzBptRrjSO6HtBWvCEjJ0mfwkwAEJNpFzU0IwzvJrEm_9NT8sKZneAcrv-seFRyFqOi3jSjPA7g6hejTF77RVXZFPgGkEUFfFvKyjb4PQKdtpBOSXT6I3S0nmRYcdrCMnRi6XyZpgkmsX-NXexEQtc1XF_QKrSg/s4000/20230204_120111.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwekH4V40bYuI6Gx4UBNWzeQ8RctMnzBptRrjSO6HtBWvCEjJ0mfwkwAEJNpFzU0IwzvJrEm_9NT8sKZneAcrv-seFRyFqOi3jSjPA7g6hejTF77RVXZFPgGkEUFfFvKyjb4PQKdtpBOSXT6I3S0nmRYcdrCMnRi6XyZpgkmsX-NXexEQtc1XF_QKrSg/w640-h480/20230204_120111.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This one little cloud seemed to be gathering in the sunshine</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL0ApEzV48Q7D1MPGEgguZKA8tO25yFgB9wbMh4FM-9S4-i3ie0W6RFTyO1Io1VI0jE69mK9pu89O_l-iOcLYt7ehucnZ7pTDZrktEzHhTctVWS_-0Jf6ds-JuoFuEZOxWpZ6InzQKtms_MmC1wUwYCov-55kOXi2W5OIKhGFn4j-s0WSyBfCUC71Q3w/s4000/20230204_095307.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL0ApEzV48Q7D1MPGEgguZKA8tO25yFgB9wbMh4FM-9S4-i3ie0W6RFTyO1Io1VI0jE69mK9pu89O_l-iOcLYt7ehucnZ7pTDZrktEzHhTctVWS_-0Jf6ds-JuoFuEZOxWpZ6InzQKtms_MmC1wUwYCov-55kOXi2W5OIKhGFn4j-s0WSyBfCUC71Q3w/w640-h480/20230204_095307.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cloudy skies on one side, and the sun breaking through on the other. A metaphor for life.</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">And so, three and a half small incisions, one stitch, and 6 bandaids: one bandaid at my elbow from the blood work, two bandaids for the different IV's that got poked into each of my arms, and three big bandaids covering the incisions from the laproscopy. Three incisions (held together with surgical tape), and one little stitch (also hiding under one of the big bandaids on my belly).</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Into the hospital on Friday, and home again on Saturday. and no 'bill' to follow. Here's to public health care. Here's to our tax dollars at work. Neither Steve nor I have any complaints!</span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>Rebecca Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07835541074766008269noreply@blogger.com14Victoria, BC, Canada48.4284207 -123.365644420.118186863821151 -158.5218944 76.738654536178842 -88.2093944tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2058534352772590412.post-59586621797578510442022-12-20T20:28:00.003-08:002022-12-27T14:56:44.139-08:00Reflecting on Dracula (who is generally 'non-reflective')<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYB5N-WHRTKcavwrwa8a54jxDRJ5z7QafjGL4NahzULoE4t_sXD15Wh3X51ug-C3UmM7gCS27_p_DXcS3GxDH1TiUurBw1oH5ZmaH7VtR-GbQojfARQKBOSHAy3BUyjFe-KvrcIroq_hSy-WsUKS3iKjAUns_l-u6hyXakkwy3p46pyQJbGVKgZwPJ/s2586/Screen%20Shot%202022-12-17%20at%201.31.14%20PM.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /><br /></a></div></span><span style="font-size: large;">One of the highlights of 2022 for me was plunging back into the world of community theatre! Here in Victoria, we have a local society called<a href="http://lawyersonstage.com"> LOST (Lawyers on Stage Theatre)</a>. It puts on a production (most years), with the proceeds going to different local charities.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYB5N-WHRTKcavwrwa8a54jxDRJ5z7QafjGL4NahzULoE4t_sXD15Wh3X51ug-C3UmM7gCS27_p_DXcS3GxDH1TiUurBw1oH5ZmaH7VtR-GbQojfARQKBOSHAy3BUyjFe-KvrcIroq_hSy-WsUKS3iKjAUns_l-u6hyXakkwy3p46pyQJbGVKgZwPJ/s2586/Screen%20Shot%202022-12-17%20at%201.31.14%20PM.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1526" data-original-width="2586" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYB5N-WHRTKcavwrwa8a54jxDRJ5z7QafjGL4NahzULoE4t_sXD15Wh3X51ug-C3UmM7gCS27_p_DXcS3GxDH1TiUurBw1oH5ZmaH7VtR-GbQojfARQKBOSHAy3BUyjFe-KvrcIroq_hSy-WsUKS3iKjAUns_l-u6hyXakkwy3p46pyQJbGVKgZwPJ/w320-h189/Screen%20Shot%202022-12-17%20at%201.31.14%20PM.png" width="320" /></a><span style="font-size: large;">Several years back, Duncan and I went to see them do a version of <i>Treasure Island</i> (my friends Gillian Calder and Sara Ramshaw were both actors in it!). It was so much fun. And then COVID hit. The next year, they adapted and staged a 'radio play' version of Frankenstein. This meant the actors could stand apart from each other at different mikes, working off the script. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><span>Again, we went to watch Gillian and Sara. It was amazing to listen and watch. </span><span>They also had a "</span><a href="https://www.masterclass.com/articles/film-101-understanding-foley-sound-and-why-foley-sound-is-important">foley crew</a><span>" on stage.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;">Basically, the foley are the people who do the sound effects for radio or film. For example, they would use coconuts to make the sound of horses (images of Monty Python's Holy Grail!), and had a huge metal sheet hung from the roof, which, when shook would sound like rolling thunder. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigPcZaaY4WelXh7iOaM9rCO9L6W5fa9DLU9fOj2Th0nDME2jQrdK3IEV_VmPjxFg_IaVbAHlQggkmWMVeTGo6cYYirvJNnNWJrOt7mF0NCT2_TrfbWwPKDLXKIKO3jhigqNTGX-wFb5HGGd22qYkRyS4xyCelbXTdpli16j3_1clnCg2ExAI-DXONu/s836/Screen%20Shot%202022-12-17%20at%201.04.07%20PM.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="836" data-original-width="596" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigPcZaaY4WelXh7iOaM9rCO9L6W5fa9DLU9fOj2Th0nDME2jQrdK3IEV_VmPjxFg_IaVbAHlQggkmWMVeTGo6cYYirvJNnNWJrOt7mF0NCT2_TrfbWwPKDLXKIKO3jhigqNTGX-wFb5HGGd22qYkRyS4xyCelbXTdpli16j3_1clnCg2ExAI-DXONu/s320/Screen%20Shot%202022-12-17%20at%201.04.07%20PM.png" width="228" /></a><span style="font-size: large;">This year, LOST announced that they were going to do another radio play, this time a version of Dracula! I was hooked. I mean, come on! Dracula?! As I young kid, I made my dad sit up with me to watch the Friday night horror movie every week. I am sure I watched every vampire movie that came along. And haven't I spent the last 30 or so years listening to jokes about blood-sucking lawyers?! I decided to audition (comforted in the knowledge that if I got a part, I would be able to work off the script, rather than having to memorize lines). And.... success! I got a part! (well... given the relatively small number of people who tried out, we all got parts lol!) </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;">The gender numbers being what they were, I was cast in the role of a non-binary Van Helsing! </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">Here is my photo/bio from the program (using a photo taken by Arta):</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcwYfcO_pHy4aho7e3whNeCFMpN-OwW4az0wdAsE_Yyw-ARnvNacwo49mfSPfq9OxCainBRPQPHqvECzjNEKQhDBB20GmiTQLlDJuCrR-g6Bdu1dVnps3gfcWQLNnwh3_XgyMayMVK-k6QDwmqpHtUKotb4CxxYjVRlxJs6fG0Lpmi58_6re7OXl06/s2012/Screen%20Shot%202022-12-17%20at%201.40.54%20PM.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="718" data-original-width="2012" height="143" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcwYfcO_pHy4aho7e3whNeCFMpN-OwW4az0wdAsE_Yyw-ARnvNacwo49mfSPfq9OxCainBRPQPHqvECzjNEKQhDBB20GmiTQLlDJuCrR-g6Bdu1dVnps3gfcWQLNnwh3_XgyMayMVK-k6QDwmqpHtUKotb4CxxYjVRlxJs6fG0Lpmi58_6re7OXl06/w400-h143/Screen%20Shot%202022-12-17%20at%201.40.54%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;">The version we worked with is the 1938 radio play version put together by Orson Welles, which is in public domain, thus no fee to use it (practicalities!) If you want to listen to the original, you can find it here: </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLqrBzQBG8k">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLqrBzQBG8k</a>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">The gender flipping in the role was not so worrisome to me. After all, there was also a non-binay </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">Dracula (played by my wonderful colleague Sara Ramshaw). </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">My worries were rather about my ability to create a convincing Dutch accent for the character. My first attempts were described by my friends as sounding like a Nazi character in a Bollywood film. ouch. Well.... always room for upwards improvement. I finally threw myself on the generous spirit of my friend Petra Van Kampen for some real coaching! After significant work on the accent (and threats by Gillian that she would no longer hang out with me if I didn't stop practicing my Dutch voice in our shared conversations about law), I finally ended up with something passable! Success!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVEfR5XjEv5NUWnejKGgCTDezLQKM0KLZeSKRQ9438EIIAVKJPCU1h8xZhBKR2T-2k9S7Ug2uLXE6I1TqZVBy-DrY0IA00rLi40om2c8O6Geqzh6GOFhhLdkJS12JDcrnif-cnlZjuFwAASOtOW3fThxG61iAHME-4OBLmTaSSuDNkWa8irgs3jsvY/s1920/20221214212431_IMG_3163.JPG" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1080" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVEfR5XjEv5NUWnejKGgCTDezLQKM0KLZeSKRQ9438EIIAVKJPCU1h8xZhBKR2T-2k9S7Ug2uLXE6I1TqZVBy-DrY0IA00rLi40om2c8O6Geqzh6GOFhhLdkJS12JDcrnif-cnlZjuFwAASOtOW3fThxG61iAHME-4OBLmTaSSuDNkWa8irgs3jsvY/w113-h200/20221214212431_IMG_3163.JPG" width="113" /></a><span style="font-size: large;">Our version of the play had some fabulous additions to the script, including an introductory interview with vampire-ologist Peter Golz (who has been teaching a course on vampires at UVic for the past 25 years), and hysterical musical ads celebrating local sponsors. So much fun! Here is one write up of the show:<a href="https://www.vancouverislandfreedaily.com/entertainment/greater-victoria-law-community-stage-dracula-for-charity/"> </a></span><a href="https://www.vancouverislandfreedaily.com/entertainment/greater-victoria-law-community-stage-dracula-for-charity/">https://www.vancouverislandfreedaily.com/entertainment/greater-victoria-law-community-stage-dracula-for-charity/</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;">It was a riot to work with such a fabulous group of people. Karrie Wolfe did inspired lighting design for it. Here are some photos of us on stage (program follows)!</span></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigPcZaaY4WelXh7iOaM9rCO9L6W5fa9DLU9fOj2Th0nDME2jQrdK3IEV_VmPjxFg_IaVbAHlQggkmWMVeTGo6cYYirvJNnNWJrOt7mF0NCT2_TrfbWwPKDLXKIKO3jhigqNTGX-wFb5HGGd22qYkRyS4xyCelbXTdpli16j3_1clnCg2ExAI-DXONu/s836/Screen%20Shot%202022-12-17%20at%201.04.07%20PM.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><br /></a></div></blockquote><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbnJOKl5jNtv2oQncedXdSiJnowTReah4BIsGdsqF6YbMTT21EKnKU4uLrSdbl4p7Eg7F_tCefmiKflz1jtbMtkzbR3xGC-dTlcDK3LaSXWizGnSpmFSD1Px0QVobjf4GSv4AKNcxlgLQBsVxtWq4sVfpn3HsOdYgEiL2Gfr4rxq1gSq69gbRw8BuJ/s4000/20221212_193244.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZrAS7QRJiWiXHvpWZHSWdUvnvA1mHIwdPP96r6WXTwtgz8utVt5IpPJqgFAkXIYMWoK_8TfGurcAdhKcJ3QTFzaWgW-raGP2wedgatKRRaX-wnifiAM2mk4xbftCulUiHjpjpffy7DNnIj8fc9QM9s-XL2MmhMaWaPZA-PxfoCn2ylNYz32OuHYqv/s1620/DSC_0462.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1620" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZrAS7QRJiWiXHvpWZHSWdUvnvA1mHIwdPP96r6WXTwtgz8utVt5IpPJqgFAkXIYMWoK_8TfGurcAdhKcJ3QTFzaWgW-raGP2wedgatKRRaX-wnifiAM2mk4xbftCulUiHjpjpffy7DNnIj8fc9QM9s-XL2MmhMaWaPZA-PxfoCn2ylNYz32OuHYqv/w426-h640/DSC_0462.JPG" width="426" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ruari on the telegraph</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVdTl846TxlS9-2R5C7ADMokmeheR-9CnDmcXtrq6DgvXy2WML1Ozy05hmgbryMuEKJ-wz8rJApeqWN6p2Ymv_08ICy_z6j7T8tDFJWmjZuZZfNZ0ZFkU9jVu3v3pn5Kpx0nQsQoo5HcYwSk86IRiLUDYzJD7Mv4noKKopsCETWLdlvRblcJN6oSTn/s1620/DSC_0464.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; 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Feeling grateful to all the folks who came to see us strut our vocal chords across the stage, putting their money to two great charities!</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Rebecca Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07835541074766008269noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2058534352772590412.post-23173355883584764642022-12-14T14:36:00.002-08:002022-12-14T14:52:36.175-08:00Backyard Bird Entertainment<div class="separator"><br /></div><p></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw9HSPRKmP3eFw78EM8ZxXkZT55Q1ZqjYqmMUBSjSG7CN59FNzF2k6cq7Wxnl-PXj14Ie2xSAIMEVxh2DDAxW6i9E99xIe4y5yu56a5SI0bs5zoSTOjWi74lbu5CtYkzvv93QRoJp_pOymbJoxHPB6RZMA90qDYhI5_cMxS_ZupwacyVhS-z1qQpCmNg/s1920/20221207133907_IMG_3090.JPG" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw9HSPRKmP3eFw78EM8ZxXkZT55Q1ZqjYqmMUBSjSG7CN59FNzF2k6cq7Wxnl-PXj14Ie2xSAIMEVxh2DDAxW6i9E99xIe4y5yu56a5SI0bs5zoSTOjWi74lbu5CtYkzvv93QRoJp_pOymbJoxHPB6RZMA90qDYhI5_cMxS_ZupwacyVhS-z1qQpCmNg/w400-h225/20221207133907_IMG_3090.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stopping in for a snack</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: large;">We have had the hummingbird feeder up on the deck for some time now, just by the door, so there is the constant pleasure of watching them come and go during the day. </span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Steve put up another suet feeder for the other birds, but it was under the deck, so you could only see if you were sitting at the desk downstairs, facing under the deck. </span></p><p></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHuaJkTE1sjQlWeQd022f01zEojeS1HkOFXql4wNGGQhP0dZTyMbWvXSV69ajyFoJj5d-52rS8GZQLGmsAwQXbsHbi3EFeVM7tpGaylRi6SBE2I2kGIWLF-qnEqYSG179JrlrbY12kSbTzu0s-gNtXhmM-plUTQ4_aIK2GsTS-0yFNFMAQAqgOQTE53w/s1920/20221214112300_IMG_3145.JPG" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHuaJkTE1sjQlWeQd022f01zEojeS1HkOFXql4wNGGQhP0dZTyMbWvXSV69ajyFoJj5d-52rS8GZQLGmsAwQXbsHbi3EFeVM7tpGaylRi6SBE2I2kGIWLF-qnEqYSG179JrlrbY12kSbTzu0s-gNtXhmM-plUTQ4_aIK2GsTS-0yFNFMAQAqgOQTE53w/w400-h225/20221214112300_IMG_3145.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"would you like a table upstairs or downstairs?"<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: large;">A great view, but only if you happened to be sitting there. He finally rigged a pole to hang off the edge of the upstairs deck, so birds could come by for a visit without risking a collision with the glassed railings on the deck. </span><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinTZq6JIhJxdfqaScWiq3rlGRCyjzF3w7wUXl35HK-ZpHxGKFcitJgZuXBhEt7FOJR3D1cFI7-pTVLceCZOTm1AbaFeJou8uHQfNDiK-8EGQYMUxvtnCOyCB2D24iOJnab8nLwKvWC12DCu1itwrXp4EMFEjDix1ugXN_ZfcrHW1glixz8VaHfQjGPNg/s1920/20221214112405_IMG_3147.JPG" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinTZq6JIhJxdfqaScWiq3rlGRCyjzF3w7wUXl35HK-ZpHxGKFcitJgZuXBhEt7FOJR3D1cFI7-pTVLceCZOTm1AbaFeJou8uHQfNDiK-8EGQYMUxvtnCOyCB2D24iOJnab8nLwKvWC12DCu1itwrXp4EMFEjDix1ugXN_ZfcrHW1glixz8VaHfQjGPNg/s320/20221214112405_IMG_3147.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">wings out and in motion, trying to land!</td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">It has been a riot watching them come and go. The feeder itself spins like a merry-go-round, so we get to watch some very impressive bird aerobatics as they hop on. </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Here are some videos if you want to imagine yourself sitting in the kitchen area with us, watching the backyard.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">First, a short clip at the fastfood drive though, on a day where there is some 'turn-taking' (in both its senses!) </span><a href="https://youtu.be/gERFh-eD8rg">https://youtu.be/gERFh-eD8rg</a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/gERFh-eD8rg" width="320" youtube-src-id="gERFh-eD8rg"></iframe></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8essrgvIIKMgW27UqbVf34WTx6pMzZtkjgnIU9kjY4UwCepVc43uMUidZt8HjqurSlxbiLTkk0Kda22beBo8M07LFCsGdmoh_sT4YaiAXMe3qfUINCXH7xKcQWrPKhc1172bA8ZSWhkKzyV9Q4Bqx99m_cGHgvY24Q_BKKYAcPLIs9X8hyJ62gJjQLA/s1920/20221213135324_IMG_3128.JPG" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8essrgvIIKMgW27UqbVf34WTx6pMzZtkjgnIU9kjY4UwCepVc43uMUidZt8HjqurSlxbiLTkk0Kda22beBo8M07LFCsGdmoh_sT4YaiAXMe3qfUINCXH7xKcQWrPKhc1172bA8ZSWhkKzyV9Q4Bqx99m_cGHgvY24Q_BKKYAcPLIs9X8hyJ62gJjQLA/w400-h225/20221213135324_IMG_3128.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;">With the littler birds, they don't always take turns. Sometimes they come in a mad rush. I particularly love it when they come in a clump. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">It astonishes me how many birds can load in during the noon hour lunch crunch! (reminds me a bit of going to rock concerts back in the 70s, 80s, and rushing the door to get as close as possible to the stage). Here is a video link of them in action: </span><a href="https://youtu.be/u5QacWlUij0">https://youtu.be/u5QacWlUij0</a><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/u5QacWlUij0" width="320" youtube-src-id="u5QacWlUij0"></iframe></div><br /><div><br /><p><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5Pa0Lhnu0vqGw9o2GvXueD_v7JA9ap_UvQvcRSo9m9RF4olj-wod7NX5Ea3tjHqQHMOuteXMKG8NJZuSBtInv_QRKDFgWm70UbmIlMzCFEddgyp0Sg3AkA-Ajvi3mnVd5hJknaItw4ighJsK5AVI5CYZrMm8qU6cZ6Jq2pNjSe591hHv_APcFG4t5Ww/s1920/20221214105816_IMG_3143.JPG" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5Pa0Lhnu0vqGw9o2GvXueD_v7JA9ap_UvQvcRSo9m9RF4olj-wod7NX5Ea3tjHqQHMOuteXMKG8NJZuSBtInv_QRKDFgWm70UbmIlMzCFEddgyp0Sg3AkA-Ajvi3mnVd5hJknaItw4ighJsK5AVI5CYZrMm8qU6cZ6Jq2pNjSe591hHv_APcFG4t5Ww/s320/20221214105816_IMG_3143.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I love the spots, and yellow tailfeathers</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: large;"><br />Lately we have been getting some birds that are bit on the bigger side. </span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">I do not know who they are (yes, i do need to get a birding book, or spend more time with Wingspan!), but they are so determined! </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3vClZPUTMzZFxKhfjNKBNA2aHfR2WCPqSpdj0CImi_fF1-DsW9PJeAxJL-_0WrXRL_pERLqsu2xGd2GPIGDkwf8UhFhC2ubhzaIdO56z1YbFHVFg9ImE_DjgHAp-F-8GHUval8_KYpgCQi4tcMEIg7RBTObe142aCOevK8K0CZiTPIPSu9hrbR8uQdw/s1920/20221214105759_IMG_3141.JPG" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3vClZPUTMzZFxKhfjNKBNA2aHfR2WCPqSpdj0CImi_fF1-DsW9PJeAxJL-_0WrXRL_pERLqsu2xGd2GPIGDkwf8UhFhC2ubhzaIdO56z1YbFHVFg9ImE_DjgHAp-F-8GHUval8_KYpgCQi4tcMEIg7RBTObe142aCOevK8K0CZiTPIPSu9hrbR8uQdw/s320/20221214105759_IMG_3141.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;">The fact their body mass sends the feeder spinning appears no disincentive. Clinging from the bottom appears to be no difficulty (though the wings are getting a workout. </span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">They, like the littler birds, also seem to like to spend lunch time with eachother (well... i am not sure if this video is evidence that they 'like' being together, or just that the ones who would prefer some alone-time are simply required to tolerate the crowd) </span><a href="https://youtu.be/5uKhFOIVd6I">https://youtu.be/5uKhFOIVd6I</a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5uKhFOIVd6I" width="320" youtube-src-id="5uKhFOIVd6I"></iframe></div><br /><p></p></div></div></div>Rebecca Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07835541074766008269noreply@blogger.com0Victoria, BC, Canada48.4284207 -123.3656444-25.908123320015328 96.009355599999992 90 17.259355600000006tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2058534352772590412.post-15508901560571348162022-10-17T00:16:00.001-07:002022-10-17T00:16:13.937-07:00The moon in october<p><span style="font-size: large;">Not much to say here.... other than to remind myself of the pleasures of looking at the moon through the lens of my camera! :-)</span></p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdsy9w0Ry6YJimf9Jui4I7I331U2UmDNo8s-fsxga2lSUcy7EkbAwVF50quCwddARb9q_kyBkvrEGxG-xrlCgkllaiY9sS65uM4qGKyj1M09H7-MD38sXGeBWPmfZYnDskIC7b3UGYvoKZMu-CfMXJAu3rdXV2rnxboakoseLu76r3eou-D9Z2EQvuBg/s1920/20221014230805_IMG_2822.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdsy9w0Ry6YJimf9Jui4I7I331U2UmDNo8s-fsxga2lSUcy7EkbAwVF50quCwddARb9q_kyBkvrEGxG-xrlCgkllaiY9sS65uM4qGKyj1M09H7-MD38sXGeBWPmfZYnDskIC7b3UGYvoKZMu-CfMXJAu3rdXV2rnxboakoseLu76r3eou-D9Z2EQvuBg/w400-h225/20221014230805_IMG_2822.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">October 14</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNR5Gk5dBo8jpA1ibAemY_UZ4OVTsIZ0oRAJNJSEOTTzVpbiy8yqZwDLO1LsYsOnl7wRq5qUIv3y4U-UN0HPdEn5tlhaLmHvtrUkPK_aWQOtoI2wavPQNv8oDiQ2s5IetVoJkvAeD0j_CpUxV2jyXqwB7kF8fHMPNXXQ4MrdcZZ8G_d5baOVLHEIOQNg/s1920/20221013221921_IMG_2819.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNR5Gk5dBo8jpA1ibAemY_UZ4OVTsIZ0oRAJNJSEOTTzVpbiy8yqZwDLO1LsYsOnl7wRq5qUIv3y4U-UN0HPdEn5tlhaLmHvtrUkPK_aWQOtoI2wavPQNv8oDiQ2s5IetVoJkvAeD0j_CpUxV2jyXqwB7kF8fHMPNXXQ4MrdcZZ8G_d5baOVLHEIOQNg/w400-h225/20221013221921_IMG_2819.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">October 13</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfjdhICAxaFW_O3ved1R1BFUNKiOQ348Oe4gnaa71-XYkwecNjsQ3fGpKwFfhRC368coHbUgooKsUoEwZ0G_S7mJepA9p9fbCC-UjGri8aaaNCHlDvF09yiBhcx2TLLrRT1g7IbxzK-IW8Ij8_79xEKFRWWQSnyKp88mGhDU3JMh0JKw3UxPuO4BYMKg/s1920/20221012210607_IMG_2818.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfjdhICAxaFW_O3ved1R1BFUNKiOQ348Oe4gnaa71-XYkwecNjsQ3fGpKwFfhRC368coHbUgooKsUoEwZ0G_S7mJepA9p9fbCC-UjGri8aaaNCHlDvF09yiBhcx2TLLrRT1g7IbxzK-IW8Ij8_79xEKFRWWQSnyKp88mGhDU3JMh0JKw3UxPuO4BYMKg/w400-h225/20221012210607_IMG_2818.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">October 12</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6U_E829vHZvJZHVJaq_ifzNFtHZ5idnfbzyXpqpklpFkaRAd3nKcLN211Qj9EMUM9-H_EY8-6OKf3sSxYOKN8Bts7u6MJ9DxW-i_jxs7LM9S5_hs93W-OUPrURdEYWXBQwhwj5niG4tHNSDPe3AGUBgSqbaCMk32lOB1tK__eOJn2ZfqQiC-sSNHkOw/s1920/20221010213746_IMG_2813.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6U_E829vHZvJZHVJaq_ifzNFtHZ5idnfbzyXpqpklpFkaRAd3nKcLN211Qj9EMUM9-H_EY8-6OKf3sSxYOKN8Bts7u6MJ9DxW-i_jxs7LM9S5_hs93W-OUPrURdEYWXBQwhwj5niG4tHNSDPe3AGUBgSqbaCMk32lOB1tK__eOJn2ZfqQiC-sSNHkOw/w400-h225/20221010213746_IMG_2813.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">October 10</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnwFWqZYh8JAxfnp_GgS2ANSMDv_EWVR2LHJsQpk3QP8SDgiRbG7tdsvG90yBTXhm0jsNgH7uyk8U8QlY1kxeskPbcEO9W79ixc7MCiXTCSNszn-6QgJduCoNgF_cn6chuCzNYD6FfjO_ktRX1kf_ZyUzA3fiMxYu9rkjwCXRaO_nBhLqay_N-v39gWg/s1920/20221005235447_IMG_2785.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnwFWqZYh8JAxfnp_GgS2ANSMDv_EWVR2LHJsQpk3QP8SDgiRbG7tdsvG90yBTXhm0jsNgH7uyk8U8QlY1kxeskPbcEO9W79ixc7MCiXTCSNszn-6QgJduCoNgF_cn6chuCzNYD6FfjO_ktRX1kf_ZyUzA3fiMxYu9rkjwCXRaO_nBhLqay_N-v39gWg/w400-h225/20221005235447_IMG_2785.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">October 5</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-LSbbkQG_8pkoAPd20cqaf05AlQmS2Dhwh65CFf5XbVKYxFsGJhUVl_6k7ZvCO_cZ0GIq9PntLtEJM1ZBcv8tJHgiq2TX_Qb-LC7K5mSKcd8fJJsIDplLpS4Dq_rN9iLPdEJpKNfdAerS38jYHC-apwv-oBtXPlHHTpCa8T_xkL0kpnKtuMx4r-onxg/s1920/20221004200551_IMG_2781.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-LSbbkQG_8pkoAPd20cqaf05AlQmS2Dhwh65CFf5XbVKYxFsGJhUVl_6k7ZvCO_cZ0GIq9PntLtEJM1ZBcv8tJHgiq2TX_Qb-LC7K5mSKcd8fJJsIDplLpS4Dq_rN9iLPdEJpKNfdAerS38jYHC-apwv-oBtXPlHHTpCa8T_xkL0kpnKtuMx4r-onxg/w400-h225/20221004200551_IMG_2781.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">October 4<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5eHGWtCY6p8g9mZ_8cNjxKVg_CXAN323o2CY1AcyXI3yCR0-xYtpONLm7yPA_sLruFP5kmJ-hKJCJ7J9a647sjhEf9JuKvhfNx9LpB88F8qcV-MAis8bpi_MbKBfIfZBj573La04kVGJv7p_DjmXtmYit7waMG5C3KRkB71kRIIxMycZVI_kgzB9GNA/s1920/20221003225144_IMG_2779.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5eHGWtCY6p8g9mZ_8cNjxKVg_CXAN323o2CY1AcyXI3yCR0-xYtpONLm7yPA_sLruFP5kmJ-hKJCJ7J9a647sjhEf9JuKvhfNx9LpB88F8qcV-MAis8bpi_MbKBfIfZBj573La04kVGJv7p_DjmXtmYit7waMG5C3KRkB71kRIIxMycZVI_kgzB9GNA/w400-h225/20221003225144_IMG_2779.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">October 3<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEjRtaSV9CV8tF6PSpIvU1m0VKQHCftXIY6BUEHewhoPfLyDqesf5nJ4NtIDKoA3svo4b3PqI30NuajUrnulcPDWHL4k7elUnTAR_nG7nUG4TuiU3ORNNKcKhf-pI3Vyh6YGrGYLQ_le3j4R5ZH5Cg0bme2yVz9OtPcCTRJ325TmbzOfeKL0teOBIKRw/s1920/20221002212149_IMG_2776.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEjRtaSV9CV8tF6PSpIvU1m0VKQHCftXIY6BUEHewhoPfLyDqesf5nJ4NtIDKoA3svo4b3PqI30NuajUrnulcPDWHL4k7elUnTAR_nG7nUG4TuiU3ORNNKcKhf-pI3Vyh6YGrGYLQ_le3j4R5ZH5Cg0bme2yVz9OtPcCTRJ325TmbzOfeKL0teOBIKRw/w400-h225/20221002212149_IMG_2776.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">October 2<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaGtazEAe5-_zM9BCl0dTHD1Vpj305U7rVaJ4HK1w5y3VVdw4SHmKoz4TL_MovaapUUnEAbSfvl_Sc0qqsK76hANTVFqcS7arDBHex5pq7t2ntdEuIBzBA6Vs4bbbF8V79rejR_TpNKC-6dSgYUIvvpD8W4Fqaiwk8ZUbaayQYgECeWdaOVBAMYQpE8A/s1920/20221001202909_IMG_2727.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaGtazEAe5-_zM9BCl0dTHD1Vpj305U7rVaJ4HK1w5y3VVdw4SHmKoz4TL_MovaapUUnEAbSfvl_Sc0qqsK76hANTVFqcS7arDBHex5pq7t2ntdEuIBzBA6Vs4bbbF8V79rejR_TpNKC-6dSgYUIvvpD8W4Fqaiwk8ZUbaayQYgECeWdaOVBAMYQpE8A/w400-h225/20221001202909_IMG_2727.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">October 1</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Rebecca Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07835541074766008269noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2058534352772590412.post-66659849355934135112022-10-16T10:28:00.003-07:002022-10-16T10:31:43.219-07:00Sunset on Voting Day<p></p><p style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOkqyxdcwabls_LqqDu5FskTfEkFu2ruRKnN1MyUvc_l3IRs0lNdF-K8XAqPBjusOB1kn8bRzAuJrSJgRkc6M9840IALTC3wQH5TwhtdlojFug30NK6_y2HCUhyRHGvq-KhNO-hmSU8hsTyZu01raj6bF6ub0R6DklUt0eJVNMN9vpvWqMHl6tE8qBAQ/s1920/20221015175843_IMG_2831.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOkqyxdcwabls_LqqDu5FskTfEkFu2ruRKnN1MyUvc_l3IRs0lNdF-K8XAqPBjusOB1kn8bRzAuJrSJgRkc6M9840IALTC3wQH5TwhtdlojFug30NK6_y2HCUhyRHGvq-KhNO-hmSU8hsTyZu01raj6bF6ub0R6DklUt0eJVNMN9vpvWqMHl6tE8qBAQ/w400-h225/20221015175843_IMG_2831.JPG" width="400" /></a></span></div><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Saturday was municipal election day here in Victoria but we didn't head to the polls til after dinner. As we were driving home, the sun was starting to cast a luminous orange glow over everything. </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Must be just a touch of smoke in the air? There was not a cloud in the sky (bummer, as they make for glorious sunsets), but I still grabbed the camera, and headed back out to capture the last few minutes of sunlight from the top of Mount Tolmie. </span><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJEcim5Yg9Th2XEARS0Z01hSiiPjc8iXByyi-_ih3mxp82lIohTGewa1llW-CnyR-AuZEH6FjpsWgkVwZBuFMxzxzXQlE7WHEDE5xJsj0hILUHNSbRELZzHd0X795jg6t3C5b8OBqAx_lIru4c4NYzRHqbjGnv6cS3TCCA9UMbZMKMgcLOHl9tACCuQA/s1920/20221015180234_IMG_2835.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJEcim5Yg9Th2XEARS0Z01hSiiPjc8iXByyi-_ih3mxp82lIohTGewa1llW-CnyR-AuZEH6FjpsWgkVwZBuFMxzxzXQlE7WHEDE5xJsj0hILUHNSbRELZzHd0X795jg6t3C5b8OBqAx_lIru4c4NYzRHqbjGnv6cS3TCCA9UMbZMKMgcLOHl9tACCuQA/w640-h360/20221015180234_IMG_2835.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">a pale orange glow spreading over the downtown</td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><br /></div><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">The next two shots are taken seconds apart, but the latter one is just zoomed in on the sun, trying to capture the red glow around it.</span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxtnP7GQI8XSqQgUcz8-D74sUNsmZg4JB-qN8LteZ1PYJMpky589cPW7WiNiAvj4veXlUUa5_pby_7eB-1pVC3Q-DMnbabKqnFyUDu8tyD_IlI35-DSAJd_7LTiVoh0o5fk05r5Hz4gESo_reDi_gb_eFeb3z-Q3p-mh4ojCLNCMb1fqSlB8byfZtXHw/s1920/20221015181355_IMG_2844.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxtnP7GQI8XSqQgUcz8-D74sUNsmZg4JB-qN8LteZ1PYJMpky589cPW7WiNiAvj4veXlUUa5_pby_7eB-1pVC3Q-DMnbabKqnFyUDu8tyD_IlI35-DSAJd_7LTiVoh0o5fk05r5Hz4gESo_reDi_gb_eFeb3z-Q3p-mh4ojCLNCMb1fqSlB8byfZtXHw/w400-h225/20221015181355_IMG_2844.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwGkj1XtNcBL_4fviYD0GZDaYvrtdHtR_fdWwD4CCkdTFwbkx-wOWlfHQ1_5ND79OHVWl9nSQ3uzqCmxJju3fth-CTcPHSoifetof5KC3TggpOtifz5ClVLDiJdk7Ww2WHCUFJv0KphVeqLK4Qv-uNQOG-Bhtxk7nt-dMS0KVsnWgR3qhwSm_ZkZCb0g/s1920/20221015180658_IMG_2837.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwGkj1XtNcBL_4fviYD0GZDaYvrtdHtR_fdWwD4CCkdTFwbkx-wOWlfHQ1_5ND79OHVWl9nSQ3uzqCmxJju3fth-CTcPHSoifetof5KC3TggpOtifz5ClVLDiJdk7Ww2WHCUFJv0KphVeqLK4Qv-uNQOG-Bhtxk7nt-dMS0KVsnWgR3qhwSm_ZkZCb0g/w400-h225/20221015180658_IMG_2837.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Same view, captured through the yarrow plants<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div><span style="font-size: large;">But mere minutes later, as the sun settled into a slight bank of whispy cloud, the image seemed to reverse itself, so that the sky turned from red to black, and the sun from white to a storm of colour, as if it had drawn all of its power back inside itself. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Slight shifts in the clouds left the colours seeming to slide around like watercolours in a frame.</span></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfvYQU1Uph0gJHohypswV6vogZCTw-AL1s05zqH6FM951lgH5X8WlFb7ooIhwGPqxrP-ciX6mYS6NWwFUfQ7BRdqtsMSOyEaOwKUpFH3kvPGAuILQcBUGAP9JjNd5FdT3pHVnwKE7_MQKXADedgo0iD67n08keJjOc8p9DjVLRhGmttnK1JkWWpKPrsQ/w640-h360/20221015181717_IMG_2852.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Good bye sun...... and hello moon!</span></p><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIIGKEDAoT6PmRO_tja_7r0XJYkjw_0Vz-QAba9C5X8nZyLbvRBjZtb5P2VCWpyAYkbAEEfkunoLmyJogjk56M9PqpS8Nngd4Udu6sA1IyEUihQHqO6xLhLRZukZzXTpFQmrjN6CvgegFzt4iKsqsL7daltv9kn3NcRP9OM8A-6kwHQSjGwzX9Y5q0ew/s1920/20221014230805_IMG_2822.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIIGKEDAoT6PmRO_tja_7r0XJYkjw_0Vz-QAba9C5X8nZyLbvRBjZtb5P2VCWpyAYkbAEEfkunoLmyJogjk56M9PqpS8Nngd4Udu6sA1IyEUihQHqO6xLhLRZukZzXTpFQmrjN6CvgegFzt4iKsqsL7daltv9kn3NcRP9OM8A-6kwHQSjGwzX9Y5q0ew/w640-h360/20221014230805_IMG_2822.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Rebecca Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07835541074766008269noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2058534352772590412.post-2298370128471079292022-10-02T21:04:00.002-07:002022-10-02T22:10:11.225-07:00A Day with Orit<p> It is always a treat to have visitors. We have been lucky enough to have my friend Orit here for visit (haven't seen her in 5 years!). Today was the last full day, so we decided to go from the bottom to the top. Here is a photo essay of the day</p><p><b><u>First stop: Lagoon Road at Fort Rodd Hill</u></b><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This is where Steve took Anita and Doral on their last visit, and walked them along the beach until the two of them were crispy with sunburn. He let us both know to alert him before we got to that stage. It was October 2, but the weather was still gorgeous, and the sky was blue. The two them mocked me for first focusing on the Canada Geese and seagulls on the pond but.... I do enjoy trying to get a good photo of a bird! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn8ooUIRlgXpjkwsktXVdfKyq8JQrpdDaiJLeenGNtjem6T90Zqjk6h6JqZrclSOC9qkBKmqZEk87ro_D_kftR2hCugYOKmcMH-vZVc81uamrb6hd0fxruqyrdb4VjCyUz8mAKuAwvd1MtG0ILfULFPeydB9mvt8HPDIvluSYjZm3Wjwutd1bDcdorAw/s1920/20221002123443_IMG_2728.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn8ooUIRlgXpjkwsktXVdfKyq8JQrpdDaiJLeenGNtjem6T90Zqjk6h6JqZrclSOC9qkBKmqZEk87ro_D_kftR2hCugYOKmcMH-vZVc81uamrb6hd0fxruqyrdb4VjCyUz8mAKuAwvd1MtG0ILfULFPeydB9mvt8HPDIvluSYjZm3Wjwutd1bDcdorAw/w400-h225/20221002123443_IMG_2728.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9YB3SaGL1EuTQ8zZBrYWor-aYcCpPKTkp0j59NhMF2_LaOans-hCoCgAAjA7OQGgdn5_5uS0OfTbAZGkE8G5tvHHXWCzSMGTQYrCiEpXbqnVFXaWEJCuxoHWiMAokj7Iuac7T5XYH8KEOpg0Y2_HPedFBjsKskzxxxLwp6SOBTx9h3ZbE2RKichNulw/s1920/20221002123611_IMG_2729.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9YB3SaGL1EuTQ8zZBrYWor-aYcCpPKTkp0j59NhMF2_LaOans-hCoCgAAjA7OQGgdn5_5uS0OfTbAZGkE8G5tvHHXWCzSMGTQYrCiEpXbqnVFXaWEJCuxoHWiMAokj7Iuac7T5XYH8KEOpg0Y2_HPedFBjsKskzxxxLwp6SOBTx9h3ZbE2RKichNulw/w400-h225/20221002123611_IMG_2729.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>When the boys were young and we would come out here, we would have headed out to the lighthouse. I was happy enough to just use the zoom lens on the camera!<div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg68go2VBdvaAweTua_dxb8lt56-cd9bZGL0RupBH2QVZhzWpJL-f9ORN3yEjvOGIR8aP9kEe1KMCfyqmBay9p3AGXRTFuAN0Llm3w-BWox34Wpiu8U0zX5zVw2rasIWj0ZTpK9GUhCY7-5DkN1mrloIT7YxbBYgeOEoyBoNfM4sUyfSnJAtUl70Km17Q/s1920/20221002123729_IMG_2732.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg68go2VBdvaAweTua_dxb8lt56-cd9bZGL0RupBH2QVZhzWpJL-f9ORN3yEjvOGIR8aP9kEe1KMCfyqmBay9p3AGXRTFuAN0Llm3w-BWox34Wpiu8U0zX5zVw2rasIWj0ZTpK9GUhCY7-5DkN1mrloIT7YxbBYgeOEoyBoNfM4sUyfSnJAtUl70Km17Q/w400-h225/20221002123729_IMG_2732.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnEA2wX9YQpxvc-IlzbDNmMXN2rsECnRpq_xap8ko90V8HxtNNajIW7PosF870oegXcWpFTDMHCutIjnKP-jTqdhALGqkWcFWk5Yaz5loYwWU1MNC0gjVNC8Boz2FxJLvyKH-DtNBllPiCg1jz94GtVMXcp6TvJeT55RaxdC_7wf8DyIX9n7Htduj9gg/s1920/20221002123653_IMG_2731.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnEA2wX9YQpxvc-IlzbDNmMXN2rsECnRpq_xap8ko90V8HxtNNajIW7PosF870oegXcWpFTDMHCutIjnKP-jTqdhALGqkWcFWk5Yaz5loYwWU1MNC0gjVNC8Boz2FxJLvyKH-DtNBllPiCg1jz94GtVMXcp6TvJeT55RaxdC_7wf8DyIX9n7Htduj9gg/w400-h225/20221002123653_IMG_2731.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFt90-RZJx5mpegJuWd82YG_vFhejrEjvvH1xdD06IW8Hiwb4_HATAqoRf8g5sXeijMznBw4hyJzfZqU4rr01NY-UZlhbw_hgNpQeJpfY3NdM_tej1pMAuLN91ZlWUoBAryxfJC4QuXhf1cgUqP9KGLyBqTsGg_obx2U5b3QqxFpLZKsjLcW4k1_yyKA/s1920/20221002124358_IMG_2736.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFt90-RZJx5mpegJuWd82YG_vFhejrEjvvH1xdD06IW8Hiwb4_HATAqoRf8g5sXeijMznBw4hyJzfZqU4rr01NY-UZlhbw_hgNpQeJpfY3NdM_tej1pMAuLN91ZlWUoBAryxfJC4QuXhf1cgUqP9KGLyBqTsGg_obx2U5b3QqxFpLZKsjLcW4k1_yyKA/w400-h225/20221002124358_IMG_2736.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCTr7Q2mjJJ0th5vM_3NqQzvgf27U4ggJ6JwZBFbBhOHmS3BvRj_bPMYOukOvAAQPR9E3Apkn0VYKYiNXFxgIrclROUC2G9Eeb5CVatnrJclKnJpEHsZeeLN2H7V_9bA2_n4z96LRLFFtkI3vTxAAtnt7xZiXZoZffGoSU0Ombni4NldXh2E2BfIY29w/s1920/20221002124246_IMG_2735.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCTr7Q2mjJJ0th5vM_3NqQzvgf27U4ggJ6JwZBFbBhOHmS3BvRj_bPMYOukOvAAQPR9E3Apkn0VYKYiNXFxgIrclROUC2G9Eeb5CVatnrJclKnJpEHsZeeLN2H7V_9bA2_n4z96LRLFFtkI3vTxAAtnt7xZiXZoZffGoSU0Ombni4NldXh2E2BfIY29w/w400-h225/20221002124246_IMG_2735.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGBSseFMSP3_oPRy4SEgm_nZvvT0zBJ4wzli9uhtmoFBLcalOHoD5tPa6ZeYYX7HKSIQtNZqFnr5ljncZtUNuQ7lC_CnnaB1g7lj42W3D682GeI4pNovd8Ld0QpO65ufcNZ7HNRUSaPx0GSgTSR9vpa4jZne7X2V5ePi5qvHEAs3o3b_ob7f67ZSTImA/s1920/20221002123743_IMG_2733.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGBSseFMSP3_oPRy4SEgm_nZvvT0zBJ4wzli9uhtmoFBLcalOHoD5tPa6ZeYYX7HKSIQtNZqFnr5ljncZtUNuQ7lC_CnnaB1g7lj42W3D682GeI4pNovd8Ld0QpO65ufcNZ7HNRUSaPx0GSgTSR9vpa4jZne7X2V5ePi5qvHEAs3o3b_ob7f67ZSTImA/w400-h225/20221002123743_IMG_2733.JPG" width="400" /></a></div> <p></p></div><div>Gotta say, it was pretty relaxing. I could have imagined sitting on the logs for the better part of the day. But it was just the beginning of the day,</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Second Stop: Goldstream Park</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div>We are still some weeks away from the Salmon Run, but still thought Orit should see the space where the magic is about to happen. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKw7JIs_tjzx3egS5Bv9hOageNt99XUeJcP4PsIY5sdglO67HaJHkKVML2VXpfpf4J8VyTyPAKmDNFRf_R950FAAzaqfVNmMUCbFCirphK-NH_IvByz87JNoYxHeNNxW_pdTUawKjFvAc6Yhl5u2z80pYyv_yj8uy58xIlF3kNTucc_mBVjV4Ad8ThwQ/s1920/20221002131947_IMG_2744.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKw7JIs_tjzx3egS5Bv9hOageNt99XUeJcP4PsIY5sdglO67HaJHkKVML2VXpfpf4J8VyTyPAKmDNFRf_R950FAAzaqfVNmMUCbFCirphK-NH_IvByz87JNoYxHeNNxW_pdTUawKjFvAc6Yhl5u2z80pYyv_yj8uy58xIlF3kNTucc_mBVjV4Ad8ThwQ/w400-h225/20221002131947_IMG_2744.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div> </div><div>Just hard to keep from looking up... the canopy of the trees above is glorious, as is the moss on the trunks and branches.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I was also lovely looking out at the marshy area, where the Salmon will soon be arriving.</div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg53bRRHJp326040sd8JjBBDubpH-Os7RyfWzqA-cNBzVyoN7iOEuPtOX6KsflNLaLD4pROB18RBBAFRjkpx4AhGnsoVuuZVbCNenm6ZOPcLa-tmxJp0Gn0PBed9xFInDtySYH6pCZ0HE9LncV9WPMVsSpJedpzAOKAsnGs6Kf8KeKVS83zE1Yvl-kXg/s1920/20221002135320_IMG_2754.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg53bRRHJp326040sd8JjBBDubpH-Os7RyfWzqA-cNBzVyoN7iOEuPtOX6KsflNLaLD4pROB18RBBAFRjkpx4AhGnsoVuuZVbCNenm6ZOPcLa-tmxJp0Gn0PBed9xFInDtySYH6pCZ0HE9LncV9WPMVsSpJedpzAOKAsnGs6Kf8KeKVS83zE1Yvl-kXg/w640-h360/20221002135320_IMG_2754.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><b>Stop Three: The Malahat Experience</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div>We decide (thanks Gillian Calder for the idea) to go to up the Malahat to see the new skywalk <a href="https://malahatskywalk.com/">https://malahatskywalk.com/</a>. It was a beauty.</div><div><br /></div><div>It starts with a lovely boardwalk that slowly rises up so you are walking in the canopy of the trees. Along the way, there are a bunch of fabulous art pieces made of found objects and drift wook in the shape of animals. It was great happening upon them!</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht1uiO0PqyME12u-HDAsBm6CZBHEZf7SAbC_XQkI6B869eOHDn7ism4r0TxCTPZedfl8wsWiGKbomeBgrUSVUBb_qIcXU4wXGpzVjcQw4wypz8O7juRDJGnEWR-M8TY8kcVyYnnqHRGcIBkscPtXQ2IgQ7aHTOa3Y9AXni3GXxvOT3-mLORANQbNdghA/s1920/20221002151242_IMG_2762.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht1uiO0PqyME12u-HDAsBm6CZBHEZf7SAbC_XQkI6B869eOHDn7ism4r0TxCTPZedfl8wsWiGKbomeBgrUSVUBb_qIcXU4wXGpzVjcQw4wypz8O7juRDJGnEWR-M8TY8kcVyYnnqHRGcIBkscPtXQ2IgQ7aHTOa3Y9AXni3GXxvOT3-mLORANQbNdghA/w400-h225/20221002151242_IMG_2762.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibpBKhM4ANIH5XpYAg-Mui40Huw9fDxGMw0sg3y38GDIDVXui7a_3bWT8CpBzmMeHHplibg4lZh_ET6waOl8VxsB8Dttcg6iYBdssX_6cRoFw--q-LIMpNQFF_ruc-2oJsH8u3d5BvFHbz8EcroNPVP4XS50n6ZkHF7mB2eKx1OJvPO5nbLOEcQKq8Sg/s4000/20221002_151409.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/PYurgSK0VV0" width="320" youtube-src-id="PYurgSK0VV0"></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/97nZir6VBk4" width="320" youtube-src-id="97nZir6VBk4"></iframe></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: right;"><br /></div></div><div>Fourth Stop: A restaurant on the pier in Mill Bay. We managed to grab a photo of the moon, and just catch the head of a seal swimming across the harbour.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGjsu0fGrpJbpdNKT5XqR3ZHqUEAyR7x1ld-bg9nJrcimEcIMT0sIn5CTvHPr8ccbGeCJrDwpEv9CzZWky_89exTGDDUZ-Ej_Y7BYz9JpNy07clC_U5lhm9RANc3odpasAebDEHWVIBDoyOejtNdatyZoaKnMs4_323bd7lh_UFMTCICLY0TYjCA1OSA/s1920/20221002182408_IMG_2771.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGjsu0fGrpJbpdNKT5XqR3ZHqUEAyR7x1ld-bg9nJrcimEcIMT0sIn5CTvHPr8ccbGeCJrDwpEv9CzZWky_89exTGDDUZ-Ej_Y7BYz9JpNy07clC_U5lhm9RANc3odpasAebDEHWVIBDoyOejtNdatyZoaKnMs4_323bd7lh_UFMTCICLY0TYjCA1OSA/s320/20221002182408_IMG_2771.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhV_32IO1w4hgDCJgxJPBkCRGTqPqOVC3uIXMk-H6wY4JV4fosIdZqmMF9gNni8wgV6mMQs7IHaIcUbq9quMhjyhlUWfYhDatUUCKWYnq7H9eohsaxxqG0I6x6FaU0Q2NTcijbkJixw95uGjZIVwbBHQxgP8miMddDdRklMciT_yobyGzjDuB3Qab4bg/s1920/20221002182440_IMG_2773.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhV_32IO1w4hgDCJgxJPBkCRGTqPqOVC3uIXMk-H6wY4JV4fosIdZqmMF9gNni8wgV6mMQs7IHaIcUbq9quMhjyhlUWfYhDatUUCKWYnq7H9eohsaxxqG0I6x6FaU0Q2NTcijbkJixw95uGjZIVwbBHQxgP8miMddDdRklMciT_yobyGzjDuB3Qab4bg/s320/20221002182440_IMG_2773.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMq7wrTOlWbyYcCXIQGhyXb1y-JM2PiRGpcV0w6SmHr5i71YGKdYql_5kyop_KNu4ySYTtlIDe6YIQsGO5zb6wvK5pVbFreUxtOFkgaFaXspFGsn7GomBBjq31GNSo78nQkM-HKmV4L9S_GZc7jV1XhvM9sP-eyWy8evA1aoHZJMODF_AL23YVkCWQ-g/s4656/IMG_20221002_174046_01.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4656" data-original-width="3492" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMq7wrTOlWbyYcCXIQGhyXb1y-JM2PiRGpcV0w6SmHr5i71YGKdYql_5kyop_KNu4ySYTtlIDe6YIQsGO5zb6wvK5pVbFreUxtOFkgaFaXspFGsn7GomBBjq31GNSo78nQkM-HKmV4L9S_GZc7jV1XhvM9sP-eyWy8evA1aoHZJMODF_AL23YVkCWQ-g/s320/IMG_20221002_174046_01.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>And several hours later, the moon is still shining her beams our way. A gift.<br /><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieXaJ-WZlvlOn2t6bU676xkvk408BBNEc1sbIuhw5pEG4fsToLPNwapIL3G4FrTrB1lp6p4AT94X0hE-epbmgjBIbuYHpVaw8G_qRdxnSjtn1kqnZu9OawGudGln0-_FcLLGK0sGoWCXdH6VsUAQ3Z-J_lYfMu7Tm_Kz2U41Z_YPblRchBekM0CydRtg/s1920/20221002212149_IMG_2776.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieXaJ-WZlvlOn2t6bU676xkvk408BBNEc1sbIuhw5pEG4fsToLPNwapIL3G4FrTrB1lp6p4AT94X0hE-epbmgjBIbuYHpVaw8G_qRdxnSjtn1kqnZu9OawGudGln0-_FcLLGK0sGoWCXdH6VsUAQ3Z-J_lYfMu7Tm_Kz2U41Z_YPblRchBekM0CydRtg/w640-h360/20221002212149_IMG_2776.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />Rebecca Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07835541074766008269noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2058534352772590412.post-7878205460190366942022-04-16T16:01:00.007-07:002022-04-18T20:07:05.886-07:00Annis Bay in Springtime (April 15-18)<p><span style="font-size: large;"> <span>Yes, the journey is always part of the pleasure, but there is also something great about ARRIVING. </span><span> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">We arrived at the last before the sun was fully down, so got to enjoy the deep luscious blues that come with the end of the day. </span></p><p></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhicb3y3QXVT8imWHsSQYmF2ZF-HQFKbjyeBF7BCvJ8dFdxrmpCxgz0EAi_DDADsKzFFiZkGoEdaGkfouwhqNIoXE0UR2Vwdd_7VNwJ3PyxOm8wcWKHvyiR2o1lfT5JYdc_M5oD9rt2_xecsjb3BXfraq6JCadwjYk_7ZhlxVu7NYZAeWKqmO_T0sKecQ/s4000/20220415_202250.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhicb3y3QXVT8imWHsSQYmF2ZF-HQFKbjyeBF7BCvJ8dFdxrmpCxgz0EAi_DDADsKzFFiZkGoEdaGkfouwhqNIoXE0UR2Vwdd_7VNwJ3PyxOm8wcWKHvyiR2o1lfT5JYdc_M5oD9rt2_xecsjb3BXfraq6JCadwjYk_7ZhlxVu7NYZAeWKqmO_T0sKecQ/w400-h300/20220415_202250.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The view from Arta's/Doral's deck<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">As we were driving through Salmon Arm, I could see the moon nearly full in the sky. But as we got to the lake, it was hidden behind the mountains. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKbk7gRB_rQTLOGACsAO5LNyVKbNYLU1V5ywCvk40M53ZetLF6sisbwcML4UaTvFC-r8qaQY5UBgEYc2cVYZevqhf5YrFh8SBlQuxak-wTt-g3s33IX-DZAMuHlQwFEC2OlBIxFmsBVyTm6zqbsIl0XNDCeCDkKd4PY5lnTunK-Tmz53reibPc6xGmiw/s1920/20220415205807_IMG_1692.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKbk7gRB_rQTLOGACsAO5LNyVKbNYLU1V5ywCvk40M53ZetLF6sisbwcML4UaTvFC-r8qaQY5UBgEYc2cVYZevqhf5YrFh8SBlQuxak-wTt-g3s33IX-DZAMuHlQwFEC2OlBIxFmsBVyTm6zqbsIl0XNDCeCDkKd4PY5lnTunK-Tmz53reibPc6xGmiw/w400-h225/20220415205807_IMG_1692.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Peeking out at the top of the hill</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: large;">As we got unpacked, I kept sneaking out the front door to see if the moon had finally crested the hill. Finally, it was peeking out, but not yet high enough to rise above the level of the trees. Still, it made for some beautiful photos!</span><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUbHyuTWKazFwvM_V2Zg5gJABC0sioHBv1VUOG0427ctle7hmQpvHNXoP357tTX1XCtAl__95iAzhMB__4EHEvWuE_MEvFgYOuAlECe83qzR5QLGcut-l6WEA-pBrTY3ZTKErsa2KGaY_BmPcPdTzvQh9y6wwH-d_V0unO7niQmLleJtVJWjz3jO8-Og/s1920/20220415211433_IMG_1696%20(1).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUbHyuTWKazFwvM_V2Zg5gJABC0sioHBv1VUOG0427ctle7hmQpvHNXoP357tTX1XCtAl__95iAzhMB__4EHEvWuE_MEvFgYOuAlECe83qzR5QLGcut-l6WEA-pBrTY3ZTKErsa2KGaY_BmPcPdTzvQh9y6wwH-d_V0unO7niQmLleJtVJWjz3jO8-Og/w400-h225/20220415211433_IMG_1696%20(1).JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The edges of the leaves look like a swarm of birds or bats circling the moon</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGYjZl_k7fIBo3I3QvNX9ntmlS2tNrCSt_QcggfOSCMBYnKIbJlbxKbOqLWHfN7IUx0KF1mPu-unuAqfJb3rpP42IyCFFU9T_9SIqU48i1Zl7FVq4u5GPTeRA2oXXJbjT-_ZATDRYeHIdSv4TZLrH7VuwcfL54woLtk9b5GSI4ueppxMNRNowL8s8XQA/s1920/20220415211532_IMG_1699%20(3).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGYjZl_k7fIBo3I3QvNX9ntmlS2tNrCSt_QcggfOSCMBYnKIbJlbxKbOqLWHfN7IUx0KF1mPu-unuAqfJb3rpP42IyCFFU9T_9SIqU48i1Zl7FVq4u5GPTeRA2oXXJbjT-_ZATDRYeHIdSv4TZLrH7VuwcfL54woLtk9b5GSI4ueppxMNRNowL8s8XQA/w400-h225/20220415211532_IMG_1699%20(3).JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">New leaves on branches backlit by the moon <br /><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Here is a 15 second video clip (where you can see the branches moving). In the background, you can hear the noise from the stream!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/HOkNgEsb-js" width="320" youtube-src-id="HOkNgEsb-js"></iframe></div><p><span style="font-size: large;">Here are a few photos of the stream in the morning light. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhga9OnucKQ8G1y2iDFzFJHBFe0shKoMAo2cWEW9QXV9c_rSVhTEMQ3PiYGn_k010iiMVxPWtupozMiUOVZl5ArtSSs94Bxt-tEhpNB8nij3hTMe4gf6EphnZpGH2gaD0dpUq3BMBDlDdoqcX0MnSwwmOsK0FbBdtYZR1VlNw3hSjctFstz5I5XziVWeQ/s1920/20220416100923_IMG_1710%20(1).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhga9OnucKQ8G1y2iDFzFJHBFe0shKoMAo2cWEW9QXV9c_rSVhTEMQ3PiYGn_k010iiMVxPWtupozMiUOVZl5ArtSSs94Bxt-tEhpNB8nij3hTMe4gf6EphnZpGH2gaD0dpUq3BMBDlDdoqcX0MnSwwmOsK0FbBdtYZR1VlNw3hSjctFstz5I5XziVWeQ/w360-h640/20220416100923_IMG_1710%20(1).JPG" width="360" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLNJNZFmXzZhonuccwgCZgbyjcyiK44O6vfQWor_eMYc9Kt8cBzlBvHFht9DEgefny3uSHPgzJw_aePrazaJBA0r3u0Gm8S1NaH6suDMk59QIsSPnlglGcSaySe2Ym3iGagLicR6DyWUAtcuEa3I42hHGIiERDm2uNFnKM7kYGWnEpCi4XlqcvP1-LlQ/s1920/20220416100912_IMG_1709%20(1).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLNJNZFmXzZhonuccwgCZgbyjcyiK44O6vfQWor_eMYc9Kt8cBzlBvHFht9DEgefny3uSHPgzJw_aePrazaJBA0r3u0Gm8S1NaH6suDMk59QIsSPnlglGcSaySe2Ym3iGagLicR6DyWUAtcuEa3I42hHGIiERDm2uNFnKM7kYGWnEpCi4XlqcvP1-LlQ/w360-h640/20220416100912_IMG_1709%20(1).JPG" width="360" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd6xfa0uh7IqpNFHoz53Pe4RBF0ZhQgA9V8q_aF6zAlpca4ZqTZGNp5Ut1Hh3KF-90L7aaMW0q7pQKagn037kWqvEWq5BVWG4lp4aNK0EOWCSzGsbUxlCOR5zT_PUgn6r0Wv6z4MMQUyLHPWoQnSaT2zT5ySWsUNm3vESE_6oepI4sZU512VNblDjGvw/s1920/20220416134054_IMG_1718.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd6xfa0uh7IqpNFHoz53Pe4RBF0ZhQgA9V8q_aF6zAlpca4ZqTZGNp5Ut1Hh3KF-90L7aaMW0q7pQKagn037kWqvEWq5BVWG4lp4aNK0EOWCSzGsbUxlCOR5zT_PUgn6r0Wv6z4MMQUyLHPWoQnSaT2zT5ySWsUNm3vESE_6oepI4sZU512VNblDjGvw/w640-h360/20220416134054_IMG_1718.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">You can see that the stream is way more full than usual. I am guessing it the showing the magic of the spring thaw and run off? I think that also explains the noise! Here is a video clip.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XNxkIuaUZRk" width="320" youtube-src-id="XNxkIuaUZRk"></iframe></div><p><span style="font-size: large;">I also started channeling my inner Arta, and found myself starting to pull weeds and rake leaves us. What is happening to me?! </span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieKYbaO728bXafoN6UYkjDkeWu6UGuyDLSvmZQfXWJjBXszTECyAvzGc-gmNMI9gz8tz1u1kXO5qcqxIL3ILlXr7jdDjmvXGx_l4Uq5Ot7DHlNwf0oefVM5jPON9-jHHy02ZnPAX9taQ0ZrMdacYVKRddhTZtn8WNscsgALTVStUfWLdf7aOqDbs6fgA/s1920/20220417154608_IMG_1725.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieKYbaO728bXafoN6UYkjDkeWu6UGuyDLSvmZQfXWJjBXszTECyAvzGc-gmNMI9gz8tz1u1kXO5qcqxIL3ILlXr7jdDjmvXGx_l4Uq5Ot7DHlNwf0oefVM5jPON9-jHHy02ZnPAX9taQ0ZrMdacYVKRddhTZtn8WNscsgALTVStUfWLdf7aOqDbs6fgA/w400-h225/20220417154608_IMG_1725.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Raking up by the raspberry canes</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFBQBoSD5raMdS79wDDJ9oADQJsa1H9ZWCq4MzikN7eyZkruHGBYqAqHmT4JU8M5uW79FC0J0fvW6Mqpglwj1_iKM7gpHIC3oVlqOBM6zU2JBDwAikAoDe7OJY8pFfjZ9i8oY38zOoZakwtYnSlMxDXp2cGTtotCFgh4cjz1xUOt8_wwroWg969kk3SQ/s1920/20220417154747_IMG_1727.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFBQBoSD5raMdS79wDDJ9oADQJsa1H9ZWCq4MzikN7eyZkruHGBYqAqHmT4JU8M5uW79FC0J0fvW6Mqpglwj1_iKM7gpHIC3oVlqOBM6zU2JBDwAikAoDe7OJY8pFfjZ9i8oY38zOoZakwtYnSlMxDXp2cGTtotCFgh4cjz1xUOt8_wwroWg969kk3SQ/w400-h225/20220417154747_IMG_1727.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">uh... now i have to move these to the compost pile?!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibsxhAzr9qbTbqvKheL9ffE48Vm3lDPnKmnx6AR1TyDLH4JmzgBW0tdMFYfH17p1Czf3yM6MoR5ytHzDU_vjFdKQ_YHYg5zZrx2ZJYjhtcZ38ZBQlD89ZfwTodL2OrBCzgoJBu3SXZcWa9cHNhj3cF5XUKAyxPBzFrmTMKiGH9Q5InL_zO38WOFleDPQ/s1920/20220417155043_IMG_1730.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibsxhAzr9qbTbqvKheL9ffE48Vm3lDPnKmnx6AR1TyDLH4JmzgBW0tdMFYfH17p1Czf3yM6MoR5ytHzDU_vjFdKQ_YHYg5zZrx2ZJYjhtcZ38ZBQlD89ZfwTodL2OrBCzgoJBu3SXZcWa9cHNhj3cF5XUKAyxPBzFrmTMKiGH9Q5InL_zO38WOFleDPQ/w400-h225/20220417155043_IMG_1730.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">after the raking, these little flowers are visible in the lawn</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiwegS4ZJZftvl2UO0AjUl50bRnogCWnm-WE-0WaSC4s8UqrlmaK7m4kD1PVhof6KrdrsMnF_WpWnVy8BREhrexrNDUv7ww5FhO_GSjzLHSrSz9o8nE0AI8w84Uzw1aTWfjnSmKpFeSF1ZQkeHNfV0GHzR0d7hA4-k1Q14XS3tCtSVB8VFCvE8aD9Rnw/s1920/20220417155112_IMG_1731.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiwegS4ZJZftvl2UO0AjUl50bRnogCWnm-WE-0WaSC4s8UqrlmaK7m4kD1PVhof6KrdrsMnF_WpWnVy8BREhrexrNDUv7ww5FhO_GSjzLHSrSz9o8nE0AI8w84Uzw1aTWfjnSmKpFeSF1ZQkeHNfV0GHzR0d7hA4-k1Q14XS3tCtSVB8VFCvE8aD9Rnw/w360-h640/20220417155112_IMG_1731.JPG" width="360" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">and the little clovers are not as big as my pinky fingernails</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">Here is the garden before.....</span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNkNq7Upj0PcWQiTYn26ZHCvR2NFyhZq9gL1M8cTvsE-f57vfbYCvJIjKUrrpPruwWd9XQvhhH-iBJ0m0Eh94cu_GywejtZjkkb48ak2InNCwxC4sAycRKZFI4pmre9eMtfpnOxwPs2ETyR5Pq5cGFyjvDyNxBPgxDaZz-jOSznxSuLvsTTjomexCpqQ/s1920/20220416101030_IMG_1712.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1080" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNkNq7Upj0PcWQiTYn26ZHCvR2NFyhZq9gL1M8cTvsE-f57vfbYCvJIjKUrrpPruwWd9XQvhhH-iBJ0m0Eh94cu_GywejtZjkkb48ak2InNCwxC4sAycRKZFI4pmre9eMtfpnOxwPs2ETyR5Pq5cGFyjvDyNxBPgxDaZz-jOSznxSuLvsTTjomexCpqQ/w225-h400/20220416101030_IMG_1712.JPG" width="225" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">dried remains of the bee balm</td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">And here it is again after a bit of work (note the wheel barrow!). This gardening stuff is harder than expected!</span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvHaeGpp9_P54dQwJwoTe33fRG_AIZPi_OrYp0QGvGR6B2v_utVHUsKKceWNnqgzDufhEP-YeFfKFSBprv09OXx47cRG7IbhKsHQgW_Kub2j1NKoU5KLIkWUmNC2NTUxvZrK_syYyVol8t_XYIblzvaar9Qvo7SvVdw7fKXQP2xTiqSOHTSyV-vKaXgA/s4000/20220416_133631_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvHaeGpp9_P54dQwJwoTe33fRG_AIZPi_OrYp0QGvGR6B2v_utVHUsKKceWNnqgzDufhEP-YeFfKFSBprv09OXx47cRG7IbhKsHQgW_Kub2j1NKoU5KLIkWUmNC2NTUxvZrK_syYyVol8t_XYIblzvaar9Qvo7SvVdw7fKXQP2xTiqSOHTSyV-vKaXgA/w300-h400/20220416_133631_HDR.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyuUJopteHsrbO-LK90BvfKnXIlAQOPRYi50Zx6a_lQEgzIdLDvs5WIIX3C3cYKQ5yiHaLMCu4onZ9pzYUyNarUWyUFI1cWH845kk5Eb6ccIbNiRMC--YdifyqeOeXlXU2P4l-kORb7RNFuuxuwnYY2zZJcrpKYDAv8tRuc1PTpNKBJFsMHACCOEVPFA/s1920/20220417154413_IMG_1724.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyuUJopteHsrbO-LK90BvfKnXIlAQOPRYi50Zx6a_lQEgzIdLDvs5WIIX3C3cYKQ5yiHaLMCu4onZ9pzYUyNarUWyUFI1cWH845kk5Eb6ccIbNiRMC--YdifyqeOeXlXU2P4l-kORb7RNFuuxuwnYY2zZJcrpKYDAv8tRuc1PTpNKBJFsMHACCOEVPFA/w400-h225/20220417154413_IMG_1724.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The little daffodils doing work with no help from anyone else!</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">But it was beautiful to be outside: the sky was filled with light, and the air tastes delicious. Still... the lower lawn might have to wait a few more days (muscles getting sore!)</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOR_s_xhovJazBrwjr-867ThcDMzuKjImjxaJbxuCR5s2kqHss7dUW5Zxi3irNOHo1_MWcuz7y_wgIdR4qqO6mAUgUjJlIo-TlXeMEv-PecmHHtXtUqYr1am_xqnLxMRHQMos0a0Wx4IqQoyiDp9vvLjlHRmtEhiSjq2zOZjOflxFAww7w-ALzrADklA/s1920/20220417154829_IMG_1728.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOR_s_xhovJazBrwjr-867ThcDMzuKjImjxaJbxuCR5s2kqHss7dUW5Zxi3irNOHo1_MWcuz7y_wgIdR4qqO6mAUgUjJlIo-TlXeMEv-PecmHHtXtUqYr1am_xqnLxMRHQMos0a0Wx4IqQoyiDp9vvLjlHRmtEhiSjq2zOZjOflxFAww7w-ALzrADklA/w400-h225/20220417154829_IMG_1728.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Maybe i will save the bottom lawn for tomorrow?</td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-size: large;">We took a trip into town so Steve and Alex could go for a workout (I was doing no such thing after the gardening festivus). The view on the trip into Salmon Arm was beautiful... the water was as clear as glass. Check out this photo (just before Canoe):</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw-mPH5dj3sFRmjJWxpIH7i82SBeNkz3FrBFV2Wbijaxc0k-3uqLiqU50A8e1LR8NUTtPQNvFozVFP_OBIJEMrq-oN_PYkV2v5nHcpMDf-yRInqKioepaXgJryjwCNSv0JuzIsaQSxbY1V-xbixdKes71v7AZ71Ydlho9WwP8rJMhwke-CINai2C0fhQ/s4000/20220416_111403_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw-mPH5dj3sFRmjJWxpIH7i82SBeNkz3FrBFV2Wbijaxc0k-3uqLiqU50A8e1LR8NUTtPQNvFozVFP_OBIJEMrq-oN_PYkV2v5nHcpMDf-yRInqKioepaXgJryjwCNSv0JuzIsaQSxbY1V-xbixdKes71v7AZ71Ydlho9WwP8rJMhwke-CINai2C0fhQ/w640-h480/20220416_111403_HDR.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><span style="font-size: large;">Or, if you want to join us for 30 second video of the road trip?</span><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/naSOB4DgZxI" width="320" youtube-src-id="naSOB4DgZxI"></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">By Sunday night the clouds started to roll in, foreshadowing the possibility of rain ahead. Life in a northern rainforest? :-)</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-Jf27B760l8tjL0b5hhyzAt1N2tnsLEacT3XjTbxcB1vr4ZD7cxtYpF-M-Jr8YYtpISSPjbgJmgWpHYrlolNygY1x8qIVGnenZp728_J5ONlhygTGG85zyIaFGyjWIlzqBwJDJGZEH35adVzSKNRWyoAwVDH_l7cPd-TEth4Gh2Bh_iBkBZIch1B7vg/s1920/20220417152149_IMG_1723.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-Jf27B760l8tjL0b5hhyzAt1N2tnsLEacT3XjTbxcB1vr4ZD7cxtYpF-M-Jr8YYtpISSPjbgJmgWpHYrlolNygY1x8qIVGnenZp728_J5ONlhygTGG85zyIaFGyjWIlzqBwJDJGZEH35adVzSKNRWyoAwVDH_l7cPd-TEth4Gh2Bh_iBkBZIch1B7vg/w640-h360/20220417152149_IMG_1723.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p></div>Rebecca Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07835541074766008269noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2058534352772590412.post-11824657131023741992022-03-27T11:40:00.009-07:002022-03-27T14:16:33.230-07:00An evening down by the harbour<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEk6CBY1z7nVbqUKP441xYObZfFPacbCOPK6XZI2_gThpReIZFBL_uVHPeyMg3zcu_wFDzZn9hOAwflynRguWwiqHjPEM-m-LvsennhCMUzLLLmLoEPDrQcdB-JOiaCGjB8o-smBIMusW7u0BWWh5Lm9gMpIJHfvmlk1ayQpPHVxndCrX0FoU461G6oQ/s4000/20220326_184741.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><br /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><div><br /></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii6JSr-YIxf8ifN4WCT87-Jl43pACUjN5QkfuIBX7CpBXY1giPt5qvdcVqRPnxEc53JufGYrZ0CzVjmPdwhctewbXEiTAYZysXBuhXGMWPPvaKvpEJ5DubptyQq5ejyl8T_lcXAmIzTh0ZHcTk3GGaewBWTZ96jtG9q06DQxsTpbbum_sUGl9iWzZBUw/s4656/20220326_204141_HDR.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3492" data-original-width="4656" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii6JSr-YIxf8ifN4WCT87-Jl43pACUjN5QkfuIBX7CpBXY1giPt5qvdcVqRPnxEc53JufGYrZ0CzVjmPdwhctewbXEiTAYZysXBuhXGMWPPvaKvpEJ5DubptyQq5ejyl8T_lcXAmIzTh0ZHcTk3GGaewBWTZ96jtG9q06DQxsTpbbum_sUGl9iWzZBUw/w400-h300/20220326_204141_HDR.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stacy and I, 'eyes wide open' at beauty of the night</td></tr></tbody></table></span><div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Saturday night, Duncan asked me to drop him and a friend off at the Board Game Cafe down town. Seemed a good excuse to pick up my friend Stacy, to share the ride down and back (an excuse for conversation). </span></div><div><br /></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEk6CBY1z7nVbqUKP441xYObZfFPacbCOPK6XZI2_gThpReIZFBL_uVHPeyMg3zcu_wFDzZn9hOAwflynRguWwiqHjPEM-m-LvsennhCMUzLLLmLoEPDrQcdB-JOiaCGjB8o-smBIMusW7u0BWWh5Lm9gMpIJHfvmlk1ayQpPHVxndCrX0FoU461G6oQ/s4000/20220326_184741.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEk6CBY1z7nVbqUKP441xYObZfFPacbCOPK6XZI2_gThpReIZFBL_uVHPeyMg3zcu_wFDzZn9hOAwflynRguWwiqHjPEM-m-LvsennhCMUzLLLmLoEPDrQcdB-JOiaCGjB8o-smBIMusW7u0BWWh5Lm9gMpIJHfvmlk1ayQpPHVxndCrX0FoU461G6oQ/w400-h300/20220326_184741.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I was focused on the goose, a nearly missed the real show...</td></tr></tbody></table><div><span style="font-size: large;">Once downtown, she suggested we stop for a coffee, so we headed over to the bridge to the Delta Ocean Pointe, since they have a restaurant that looks out over the harbour (a lovely place to while away an hour or two).</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">We arrived, and started a stroll from the parking lot to the hotel. As I had my camera out to take photos of the geese, a couple mentioned to us that there was an otter out on the rock in the harbour. </span><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZGN_d9G4gJBIMMzhpPIFMEwG0mNHXeL7ymV-3rjFSZCCgG6r6zkm4TYCmtY6LFAL6FREZ3sPDHDPh4-9jKd7z5zgeQJCG2nck8LkBLgMQm_rqZbOJSVPHZsLWYJphjQfQuOAy9srFHYQpz9Sgte5vFCU-CUwfCbM6VsuoRLeMpSd2ER6WfipHbnozAw/s1920/20220326184400_IMG_1505.JPG" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZGN_d9G4gJBIMMzhpPIFMEwG0mNHXeL7ymV-3rjFSZCCgG6r6zkm4TYCmtY6LFAL6FREZ3sPDHDPh4-9jKd7z5zgeQJCG2nck8LkBLgMQm_rqZbOJSVPHZsLWYJphjQfQuOAy9srFHYQpz9Sgte5vFCU-CUwfCbM6VsuoRLeMpSd2ER6WfipHbnozAw/w400-h225/20220326184400_IMG_1505.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The seagull and the otter sharing the rocks</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: large;">I could not see it myself, but the zoom function on the camera brought it right into view. I would have tried for a few more shots, but that is the moment that the battery on the camera gave up the ghost for the night. Bummer. Thus, a return to my phone camera.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_Mjazm60rC6HBYO8CgV6fCE5Ovz5C4UNfGr02tyVrcL_B16MHrAsNz0COGLr2TwTMF5zH_dswwEqmtcfN96L-glyt2oItEt9pMUAiIZuskY-pVUN-5c31t5oit2jn26zZwlVZVR0V3J_BeoXsiurdQ9D-chlcy3mlvfm6UW4R4RxuS6PzmzcItvZWYg/s4000/20220326_191338_HDR.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_Mjazm60rC6HBYO8CgV6fCE5Ovz5C4UNfGr02tyVrcL_B16MHrAsNz0COGLr2TwTMF5zH_dswwEqmtcfN96L-glyt2oItEt9pMUAiIZuskY-pVUN-5c31t5oit2jn26zZwlVZVR0V3J_BeoXsiurdQ9D-chlcy3mlvfm6UW4R4RxuS6PzmzcItvZWYg/w400-h300/20220326_191338_HDR.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Though we had no reservation, they did have one table available, right by the window, looking out over the harbour. Yes, a grey and cloudy day, but still so much fun watching the life of a working harbour, including float planes, harbour taxis, and even a tug boat directing a big barge across the harbour. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">And best of off all, the magic as the sun went down, the sky shifted from grey to deeper blue, and the evening lights began to light up. It always reminds me a bit of the opening scenes from Spirited Away (which, if you haven't seen, you should!). So, these photos are taken with my camera, and through the window (and so are a bit blurry... but still....)</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOJ2xq4mRVqxnSKGSPYkY5SKSvOqmAnCx7qwAIjMqeaFrL6ztCWvYZmKmCDzKd8Q5uORgD3eqToHYO_7pZJdusPW21uuWAElC8w9fIkMkkIGrji7n7L5gFTvx5d6nDag7-jpMf4YD31pskbmmgGIFODNnT8xW4sepeJ91B331C1DpwUAscEkYNoWQkGw/s4000/20220326_194223_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOJ2xq4mRVqxnSKGSPYkY5SKSvOqmAnCx7qwAIjMqeaFrL6ztCWvYZmKmCDzKd8Q5uORgD3eqToHYO_7pZJdusPW21uuWAElC8w9fIkMkkIGrji7n7L5gFTvx5d6nDag7-jpMf4YD31pskbmmgGIFODNnT8xW4sepeJ91B331C1DpwUAscEkYNoWQkGw/w640-h480/20220326_194223_HDR.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the lights starting to come alive</td></tr></tbody></table><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKcQVa3pNCU4Ltzt8UrC5j1k4aVNh0NYe2Oa555C681E2vkOV9zrhciqZ255o6xB6FO2F6Rk9fgx9SWF5usXrW09EBtqo44HmS9Z4YpAoS0SDuAKWX5UYc1HeZvIkdVeEDVLoN9AGC6PrNGbLR3bAqWYduySubnYSNADMz3BJoLtv1nF8Kz-fVJZZykw/s4000/20220326_194059.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKcQVa3pNCU4Ltzt8UrC5j1k4aVNh0NYe2Oa555C681E2vkOV9zrhciqZ255o6xB6FO2F6Rk9fgx9SWF5usXrW09EBtqo44HmS9Z4YpAoS0SDuAKWX5UYc1HeZvIkdVeEDVLoN9AGC6PrNGbLR3bAqWYduySubnYSNADMz3BJoLtv1nF8Kz-fVJZZykw/w640-h480/20220326_194059.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Empress hotel, off to the left hand corner</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOU4YRW2g3b7JXQ4FfaF_8lalXOpa81mRzIR22ccu2vRgz0_9guSaIIK-_hOS4ITFd7BIQ1VqOKfmwa9seAnhMPGTqptGLu4CXzU0I58IdsxuqalHuoMGr6qpUGbPe3zn-y6YIswpjwYGH3brCccxCA-8iR_0_3ElTV521tzTpkydlfpXoqsldMYyxAw/s4000/20220326_195102.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOU4YRW2g3b7JXQ4FfaF_8lalXOpa81mRzIR22ccu2vRgz0_9guSaIIK-_hOS4ITFd7BIQ1VqOKfmwa9seAnhMPGTqptGLu4CXzU0I58IdsxuqalHuoMGr6qpUGbPe3zn-y6YIswpjwYGH3brCccxCA-8iR_0_3ElTV521tzTpkydlfpXoqsldMYyxAw/w640-h480/20220326_195102.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I know it is a bit 'Disney', but I love how the legislature is lit up at night.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIzdfL_jbp_u8x7TY3mY0ld7fHFvtvN0wgezIt6zNZo6XE62YdwKu0MC9XCGU_mJoQWu1eqWxj8zKLWeu4JGGlJpb03P_RAN6lyH5H-g6klJ_lcEtq4xNdkv8YVH_m8a3ZLDlGfw3RByjQC4c2BIVqPktzgYn7kIQaPEalGUGPnXrFlvuY1WeNnDFNbw/s4000/20220326_204413.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIzdfL_jbp_u8x7TY3mY0ld7fHFvtvN0wgezIt6zNZo6XE62YdwKu0MC9XCGU_mJoQWu1eqWxj8zKLWeu4JGGlJpb03P_RAN6lyH5H-g6klJ_lcEtq4xNdkv8YVH_m8a3ZLDlGfw3RByjQC4c2BIVqPktzgYn7kIQaPEalGUGPnXrFlvuY1WeNnDFNbw/w640-h480/20220326_204413.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And the blue bleeds away, leaving us with the gorgeous dark night sky</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgowqev6TG1Q3qJThnJkwc39vI3fLDEqrIGbf1Qpb_Jn6ITiqkIigfSigQkXA_5SEe1pkDUpj2Z2k-jK0RhjX2p7onnWN1cYukz5e6HZD2v89_KxsyQ2lsIEByvZrINQiN2VBBF6BcsiSC7Zwsfdn5tI_PC-m2ksY1EsCsmP6ExgGyYmWv8dsnPh86aQQ/s4000/20220326_204335.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgowqev6TG1Q3qJThnJkwc39vI3fLDEqrIGbf1Qpb_Jn6ITiqkIigfSigQkXA_5SEe1pkDUpj2Z2k-jK0RhjX2p7onnWN1cYukz5e6HZD2v89_KxsyQ2lsIEByvZrINQiN2VBBF6BcsiSC7Zwsfdn5tI_PC-m2ksY1EsCsmP6ExgGyYmWv8dsnPh86aQQ/w640-h480/20220326_204335.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I love how the lights are reflected in the harbour water</td></tr></tbody></table><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>Here is a (choppy) video of the <a href="https://youtu.be/tOC8y8ZyUl0">view from the patio</a> as we were about to head home.</span></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/tOC8y8ZyUl0" width="320" youtube-src-id="tOC8y8ZyUl0"></iframe></div><br /><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /><div><p></p><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div></div></div></div></div>Rebecca Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07835541074766008269noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2058534352772590412.post-47432769482506533072022-02-15T22:21:00.000-08:002022-03-01T22:23:17.586-08:00And yet more sunsets (February 15)<p><span style="font-size: large;"> I decided to try sunset on Tolmie again tonight (having enjoyed the view the night before). I am starting to wonder about adopting this as a daily practice.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Sunset was scheduled to occur (according to the interweb) at 5:35. I arrived 10 minutes before, sliding into one of the parking spots on the back side of the hill, and walking up to the lookout. I love seeing all the others silhouetted against the sky, setting themselves up to enjoy the show.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjR_1-REcJMopdmp0MjKOkOjcKyxvFd4i5IvY_EEG8v6hu7J2R_GZcJrKo5E9ebLh9O15Hd40CaqU8dmX8dOzFfMvmrEWedbKyy9WCgNZCNcC-_wNKJNu9B6HtdqjRxL521ovALfjEV9BDckSTAeLMbQlxrR_DzerEHNYSkS34GVHsatjAz54CtUxxGNQ=s1920" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjR_1-REcJMopdmp0MjKOkOjcKyxvFd4i5IvY_EEG8v6hu7J2R_GZcJrKo5E9ebLh9O15Hd40CaqU8dmX8dOzFfMvmrEWedbKyy9WCgNZCNcC-_wNKJNu9B6HtdqjRxL521ovALfjEV9BDckSTAeLMbQlxrR_DzerEHNYSkS34GVHsatjAz54CtUxxGNQ=w640-h360" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><span style="font-size: large;">And a show it was. Facing to the west, the sun dipped behind the clouds with a blaze of yellows and oranges.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgHAHXu9bpACnkvHsrxwsnl7y045gEBkjyvrLGCGWmZI-P3y1okBVcbE_iYYkOETCHfWa-KKGIOW4EpITecWvU_HZ5FCYoP4JHSbYa6_d2G_8Gfi0FuaaTKYNgVKcUgb-4zbzR_0mtHFGw7tIQis2Wskm7vXfWuGRoDUyXMQph1RZEOQJQYpaFBBl9wgw=s1920" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgHAHXu9bpACnkvHsrxwsnl7y045gEBkjyvrLGCGWmZI-P3y1okBVcbE_iYYkOETCHfWa-KKGIOW4EpITecWvU_HZ5FCYoP4JHSbYa6_d2G_8Gfi0FuaaTKYNgVKcUgb-4zbzR_0mtHFGw7tIQis2Wskm7vXfWuGRoDUyXMQph1RZEOQJQYpaFBBl9wgw=w640-h360" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjbyybJO_TOJ2PIbqyZUC8UF6r4OaYbQBKcQbwHo5twRoDSHayYeAfzihBoxfMw4tH1FNqbSisWrKkwYfkIqIWqfL2ALTdNRaDSEObDirtGz6N6d8ydmJy4bNyDYuXbh3QQ9HASWuPy0IPuCkmLkextJlO6U9V-OZYxp7IAf3FAzSHsg-laS0qxR7Sl3Q=s1920" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjbyybJO_TOJ2PIbqyZUC8UF6r4OaYbQBKcQbwHo5twRoDSHayYeAfzihBoxfMw4tH1FNqbSisWrKkwYfkIqIWqfL2ALTdNRaDSEObDirtGz6N6d8ydmJy4bNyDYuXbh3QQ9HASWuPy0IPuCkmLkextJlO6U9V-OZYxp7IAf3FAzSHsg-laS0qxR7Sl3Q=w640-h360" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiv-Txir0Z8h1G4ILYxAJynucsUolnOY_HR9gCWjPXvDegL52GtEstFWu6Ke2DTu1FFnVeUpafLTqZW17b8za99BOaj6HQ_VprpnfrHKI_B01IOQyGxQkBPXeEmG7V8o-vbFnsO3Th10BKE1TQJBkKSNglG1JlI8gtKYdADwUCTivwTIWHJRD4m9PAtQw=s1920" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiv-Txir0Z8h1G4ILYxAJynucsUolnOY_HR9gCWjPXvDegL52GtEstFWu6Ke2DTu1FFnVeUpafLTqZW17b8za99BOaj6HQ_VprpnfrHKI_B01IOQyGxQkBPXeEmG7V8o-vbFnsO3Th10BKE1TQJBkKSNglG1JlI8gtKYdADwUCTivwTIWHJRD4m9PAtQw=w640-h360" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjXt-giMc2yHvkOnIE_ggoRTgHbjlMyV4Q9wHB679AdrExPq27TZZ7QsBXrQcR7XAlABMWft0RDdb2Gorn0417hHw50WeQWpFVq0QVz_ZOLAnWkwQbpub-fgBO_Xn_gvEfbnGIZQeCrcOazndUVgzBI-xMiiU4Ho_zswQOOJZAjwC3R4qE_RtMuSrJQYw=s1920" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjXt-giMc2yHvkOnIE_ggoRTgHbjlMyV4Q9wHB679AdrExPq27TZZ7QsBXrQcR7XAlABMWft0RDdb2Gorn0417hHw50WeQWpFVq0QVz_ZOLAnWkwQbpub-fgBO_Xn_gvEfbnGIZQeCrcOazndUVgzBI-xMiiU4Ho_zswQOOJZAjwC3R4qE_RtMuSrJQYw=w640-h360" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><span style="font-size: large;">Can you see the bird I caught in the lower left hand corner? (Miles tells me that next time, I should just assert that I did the catching 'with intention'!)</span></p>Rebecca Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07835541074766008269noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2058534352772590412.post-78423731136560786352022-02-14T21:25:00.003-08:002022-02-14T21:26:21.591-08:00Chasing the Sunset (February 14)<p><span style="font-size: large;">Today was "heart day" (Valentines Day) and it seemed a perfect time to try to catch the sunset. Gillian Calder and I ditched our offices at UVic, and drove up to the top of Mount Tolmie, planning the visit to coincide with sunset. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh0iXIzwzW_4MKkC1mRPleS3IxlJXEXvrvJpdaTHEdqZHG-fFjW_13vYcFpjQlxjtD9IQtv6kgBvTsrDJnHNsmByX0C0j3zipIchV2jA5_O_XxtM6_h3ZDclv6Apu29Ubis62Br48up2iFyJcw4rf4DcLeWZEJZRh5W4P-L944fdaqXocWO5RKwMYE_dQ=s1920" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh0iXIzwzW_4MKkC1mRPleS3IxlJXEXvrvJpdaTHEdqZHG-fFjW_13vYcFpjQlxjtD9IQtv6kgBvTsrDJnHNsmByX0C0j3zipIchV2jA5_O_XxtM6_h3ZDclv6Apu29Ubis62Br48up2iFyJcw4rf4DcLeWZEJZRh5W4P-L944fdaqXocWO5RKwMYE_dQ=w640-h360" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><span style="font-size: large;">Apparently every 'couple' in the vicinity decided to do something similar, so there was competition for parking! Still, it was worth it. </span> <div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiiVyZlSrl2YkVMP3i-Pxpzfqd2O-8qxdn78cBIY5I0mRbdy3Q97D-cSr-7MlbRYIJJUzACUgXn2uPIOIP3dHgP3F-nGhnleV6K4iCGckzABtjv3OdORwio-9Pwa8JreVK-_3jli_ObgNADdcMjXp8j6cfkV2faVa_4Y9pvpnhYkqOX7FDz4mjk3rSZYw=s1920" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiiVyZlSrl2YkVMP3i-Pxpzfqd2O-8qxdn78cBIY5I0mRbdy3Q97D-cSr-7MlbRYIJJUzACUgXn2uPIOIP3dHgP3F-nGhnleV6K4iCGckzABtjv3OdORwio-9Pwa8JreVK-_3jli_ObgNADdcMjXp8j6cfkV2faVa_4Y9pvpnhYkqOX7FDz4mjk3rSZYw=w640-h360" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><span style="font-size: large;">We were first treated to 5 or so minutes of glorious oranges and reds as the sun headed down. </span></div><div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhqNQyUC1-A-jgiKMZBUEmk21TMAAGlciW5SFuUTk_fMR41M0OCHXGxTByZN9zRxx6TfBNjl4rXlLv_1-s1bhDyMQcnOCvErE6azlR0fRGowqY-5mqIy6phlAyLmwKF_6vEReaIYi8UMpJqj7Ycv4sF15UCoCW64rgm_PyoZj_FaSxZdnw0MUZjGTBtLg=s1920" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhqNQyUC1-A-jgiKMZBUEmk21TMAAGlciW5SFuUTk_fMR41M0OCHXGxTByZN9zRxx6TfBNjl4rXlLv_1-s1bhDyMQcnOCvErE6azlR0fRGowqY-5mqIy6phlAyLmwKF_6vEReaIYi8UMpJqj7Ycv4sF15UCoCW64rgm_PyoZj_FaSxZdnw0MUZjGTBtLg=w640-h360" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">In closeup, it is almost like someone drew around the cloud with a giant neon sharpie!</span><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjm42my7bY_n-I3vxoShqMiXITcKxjtx0FofLMB4SwFhrMg57_LU4FbNFrNOqnXhuk9Xj70J5sOFGf44jDZcdv1XoHj27_ViDB3gaJXrLSyYrcMGowTHnpi4-GyumIcDkE614Nxd1_x76hA8VqwrzZFE43ZPaPsLsT8K3SzH8kXp_DVG90YO44ZGHlYYg=s1920" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjm42my7bY_n-I3vxoShqMiXITcKxjtx0FofLMB4SwFhrMg57_LU4FbNFrNOqnXhuk9Xj70J5sOFGf44jDZcdv1XoHj27_ViDB3gaJXrLSyYrcMGowTHnpi4-GyumIcDkE614Nxd1_x76hA8VqwrzZFE43ZPaPsLsT8K3SzH8kXp_DVG90YO44ZGHlYYg=w640-h360" width="640" /></a></div> </div><div><span style="font-size: large;">I love how the clouds appear almost like waves lapping against the distant mountains.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiDUvpbOEzYDUA7gEgUa0ooYYRQVv6JssVXHfCIO5eCz1QMkG0s1FKebDUregLolBUfpIU9fIQJwnbpIAvNZ1cqlUmkEgP1hcTcgWelwsEOg5B5w-b45QCzZP5Ze1GlHTR_xky9xzXOUVxBqV2TgLSu6zTzf1wmNyQYAHWfHyD_z3xYCTwem_cBAr_VFw=s1920" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiDUvpbOEzYDUA7gEgUa0ooYYRQVv6JssVXHfCIO5eCz1QMkG0s1FKebDUregLolBUfpIU9fIQJwnbpIAvNZ1cqlUmkEgP1hcTcgWelwsEOg5B5w-b45QCzZP5Ze1GlHTR_xky9xzXOUVxBqV2TgLSu6zTzf1wmNyQYAHWfHyD_z3xYCTwem_cBAr_VFw=w640-h360" width="640" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">As the sun dipped lower and the colours began to soften, you could see both the dark blue of the mountains, and the orange of the sky mirrored into the water of the harbour.</span></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhlDmG2i8CX-eLUwWBdPGcahPNh56CJ5HORX1Ex5dSrWky32rnPb68jKrWGBX3z2n4Kapgi6aoe67spIxMxQNkow8CmomLre77L1HwnFcQykoSJk2MChdpIa0a7Y7A1n3c3MIl96XPw4dPWH-8ult7fvsE5nLMupgWjE7ycn6hTO1Jrx1hUmC6UWFNKBA=s1920" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">And then the oranges slowly bled out and we shifted to a pallette of pinks and greys.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgqowYSp5UqdJ0bbXb7mDM6bx6rYCU7TlE-7fFKtu7A89Fn8XDx56fgNQvj9GmqfLrmTcdf4dYiVOqGwdXQpL2gthjqpLiOMjNj0g0D4iGZN_7taeekl2LoVvohGE_MyTTgdWzvhzk2p2HNbVgGgqZIXRMFkI7ZcT2YNp5IW5Bl--nraO9lQed4PPKtIw=s1920" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgqowYSp5UqdJ0bbXb7mDM6bx6rYCU7TlE-7fFKtu7A89Fn8XDx56fgNQvj9GmqfLrmTcdf4dYiVOqGwdXQpL2gthjqpLiOMjNj0g0D4iGZN_7taeekl2LoVvohGE_MyTTgdWzvhzk2p2HNbVgGgqZIXRMFkI7ZcT2YNp5IW5Bl--nraO9lQed4PPKtIw=w640-h360" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Just a few punches of vibrant colour lingering in the cloud structures</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgPEQLonZbKTOGv4dbbjBxCOirqRMS-NH5JlQdaLmhLkfOZ_4H-p-1fFsZGe1ZlN-2HMSdio-yDP_tjCpVEHEsjdtU4TRaPKQk8HCLssgHo27x05-mYkhft6WjvVBi-ItkE5fEadhDnZLUWKgayq4QRRQleNLIgzTxLLfsJhs1FrGWw917BnQjLUYB2KA=s1920" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgPEQLonZbKTOGv4dbbjBxCOirqRMS-NH5JlQdaLmhLkfOZ_4H-p-1fFsZGe1ZlN-2HMSdio-yDP_tjCpVEHEsjdtU4TRaPKQk8HCLssgHo27x05-mYkhft6WjvVBi-ItkE5fEadhDnZLUWKgayq4QRRQleNLIgzTxLLfsJhs1FrGWw917BnQjLUYB2KA=w640-h360" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Nature just seemed to be doing its own watercolour across the horizon.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgXXU3wc8VGztUvbVYrnwA1p_KI0JYfdr9A07SqixzqNHKE-kFBTU5yAQfcEqufY6BcJIG5Xylz2DNJkp1jE4K2iseSWzKL0ZBYNu5X2muJGXAl7yKfCJ8h5jkEoYodARM-6Qha5w9s-q01tnMfMNXY3VaWiO_xmGHHzbJPJdhq1WDPiex3S6Ot6grk0g=s1920" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgXXU3wc8VGztUvbVYrnwA1p_KI0JYfdr9A07SqixzqNHKE-kFBTU5yAQfcEqufY6BcJIG5Xylz2DNJkp1jE4K2iseSWzKL0ZBYNu5X2muJGXAl7yKfCJ8h5jkEoYodARM-6Qha5w9s-q01tnMfMNXY3VaWiO_xmGHHzbJPJdhq1WDPiex3S6Ot6grk0g=w640-h360" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><span style="font-size: large;">The clouds were piled in the distance almost like some layered ice-cream cake dessert. And the moon was just hanging up there in the sky above.</span></div><div><br /></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj_6Lz4Sfw7iln6Uvan_iKs6RAO0poD-kDLOQvV5YH9f2r56OZXxH0DMFVpQKngaiVO3edaWtjZGQbqE0cnGlfFW54yWQ7dsgv7VOZpgSgUXzaa10zjyW6v6usX-7VFb_Pv0Ticl2u5IqgvAF-seAEBixyQNIcRBEW-thHvnVPH3UQ1I_ZFYfUNv1Km5Q=s1920" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj_6Lz4Sfw7iln6Uvan_iKs6RAO0poD-kDLOQvV5YH9f2r56OZXxH0DMFVpQKngaiVO3edaWtjZGQbqE0cnGlfFW54yWQ7dsgv7VOZpgSgUXzaa10zjyW6v6usX-7VFb_Pv0Ticl2u5IqgvAF-seAEBixyQNIcRBEW-thHvnVPH3UQ1I_ZFYfUNv1Km5Q=w360-h640" width="360" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div></blockquote><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">I returned to the law school, soul refilled from the encounter with beauty. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">When it was finally time to head home, some clouds had slipped across the sky. I still had the camera in hand, and caught these cloudy shots.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEicGY1jR2k1DMiaA-_-w_MOMGlu7Z6D04PrgW7CNfrERST9nUyWB-9n27ph2kDHzzlQgte2XnGcQhm6IbvHXY8K0GWrlWSHZKWZ1LHv-C0iRhx7AtUqIuGhHqZBDZ80bG5ISGFEi_hgiEFaGTseQe47t9YV3vdSq68P82KapvV9CQuIOf_3qqo8T3h96g=s1920" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEicGY1jR2k1DMiaA-_-w_MOMGlu7Z6D04PrgW7CNfrERST9nUyWB-9n27ph2kDHzzlQgte2XnGcQhm6IbvHXY8K0GWrlWSHZKWZ1LHv-C0iRhx7AtUqIuGhHqZBDZ80bG5ISGFEi_hgiEFaGTseQe47t9YV3vdSq68P82KapvV9CQuIOf_3qqo8T3h96g=w640-h360" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>I still haven't figured out all the details for photos at night, </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhyTSccLyRpe-ETA5MNbWcDF2lnKuAvzBdzvx4IRJh2DF0E-n0PxNijnE_PEIP4jX3rVQdItWug0HZgtL0xzs7QbW6Vf8zbx4AlpVxDfcXdsWPi2NzXBehbVE3ZUCdrKQ8WN0nqk1NIi_J3D2Pa1s7qT0NiDhuBepgpU3WVNvlzJx-0WwIUY4Wsg0Bdew=s1920" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhyTSccLyRpe-ETA5MNbWcDF2lnKuAvzBdzvx4IRJh2DF0E-n0PxNijnE_PEIP4jX3rVQdItWug0HZgtL0xzs7QbW6Vf8zbx4AlpVxDfcXdsWPi2NzXBehbVE3ZUCdrKQ8WN0nqk1NIi_J3D2Pa1s7qT0NiDhuBepgpU3WVNvlzJx-0WwIUY4Wsg0Bdew=w640-h360" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;">By the time I got home, the skies had cleared again, and i was left with this beauty.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgY8zB7BQFV3nFX1g75FmL8Jkby5H3HTZP_cXjaQrvuR5LOzCr7jwBJdcUMuCEeX3tYXnsz3ihaAFMcX9XwTv_qgpUen4jjT6WHo95cGD413abhSpHJovdRSGySkZ2fXWyhCsGA95Y8l5PF0WZLgB3pUp0Y5OO3-quRi7_pmeQQUNGP7WgcpHCFGLCUxw=s1920" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgY8zB7BQFV3nFX1g75FmL8Jkby5H3HTZP_cXjaQrvuR5LOzCr7jwBJdcUMuCEeX3tYXnsz3ihaAFMcX9XwTv_qgpUen4jjT6WHo95cGD413abhSpHJovdRSGySkZ2fXWyhCsGA95Y8l5PF0WZLgB3pUp0Y5OO3-quRi7_pmeQQUNGP7WgcpHCFGLCUxw=w640-h360" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><span style="font-size: large;">A nice end to the day.</span></p></div>Rebecca Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07835541074766008269noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2058534352772590412.post-31569207766667705972021-11-12T10:00:00.006-08:002021-11-14T17:09:04.333-08:00A November trip to the Lake - The first 24 hours<p><span style="font-size: large;">Reading week gave me an opportunity to escape to the Interior to spend some time with Steve and Alex. My last flight out involved clear skies and amazing views from the window. This time, the clouds were low and misty, with very few 'photo ops'. Still, the flight over the Salish Sea, and over the mountains is something amazing.</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS1EfxaqWJk-VRYUaOan83Y95hYplwyomO7k5cGvpYZh0ZXwY1MMAM71vKsOgpJKUYZVmXaVt0QW8l-ZYU0RQ7_XISajnhVU6jUNAl0IMUatUI8q5VyJ5j5B2qsKVkOLzsseQScXYUOxEp/s4000/20211109_143706.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS1EfxaqWJk-VRYUaOan83Y95hYplwyomO7k5cGvpYZh0ZXwY1MMAM71vKsOgpJKUYZVmXaVt0QW8l-ZYU0RQ7_XISajnhVU6jUNAl0IMUatUI8q5VyJ5j5B2qsKVkOLzsseQScXYUOxEp/w400-h300/20211109_143706.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The word for 'islands' in SENCOTEN means "ancestors of the deep"</td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3YCUXU2bgp1pMzLwWqhRBFGqG1-ro4oMyWe4sPIZn2Q-VT2KoWx2VQ4zsBTW8HJ0738Bg9CUEyQC1x3Fx9570YNPya1Pf27iCiWpOu_jf0Vyyxb7R-735FuDBV96KrvL03xbHhY6-oNH0/s4000/20211109_164316.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3YCUXU2bgp1pMzLwWqhRBFGqG1-ro4oMyWe4sPIZn2Q-VT2KoWx2VQ4zsBTW8HJ0738Bg9CUEyQC1x3Fx9570YNPya1Pf27iCiWpOu_jf0Vyyxb7R-735FuDBV96KrvL03xbHhY6-oNH0/w300-h400/20211109_164316.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Arriving in Kelowna where Steve was waiting</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiszfjso0821_C2p9VxiD94xyfROmC_Zuog9tlPhPPHQErIETAx3lC4EKN0ZtYwJ_KN7tKFe6fNQY78lC6SCmAa5t0xY3nI-EkFR3beAEJo0FQmakD2Fssl_F5fJklc7273T_TkKy01uWT-/s4656/20211109_200021_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3492" data-original-width="4656" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiszfjso0821_C2p9VxiD94xyfROmC_Zuog9tlPhPPHQErIETAx3lC4EKN0ZtYwJ_KN7tKFe6fNQY78lC6SCmAa5t0xY3nI-EkFR3beAEJo0FQmakD2Fssl_F5fJklc7273T_TkKy01uWT-/w400-h300/20211109_200021_HDR.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A date night selfie while waiting in Salmon Arm for the car to charge</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvEaHpogFCcDyg1Hxu20QdOVgp92mWRQK_KTalvxlZRAtpHm1mc9JvljCs3JgUv78927SXRuD4b-rQenxZsZ1ffshWN-AIHpRbfzJ9X3TI_QjVlqQAJlhiBEw7IlM5UXjbYe8U-AsdlHEG/s3264/20211109_204724.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvEaHpogFCcDyg1Hxu20QdOVgp92mWRQK_KTalvxlZRAtpHm1mc9JvljCs3JgUv78927SXRuD4b-rQenxZsZ1ffshWN-AIHpRbfzJ9X3TI_QjVlqQAJlhiBEw7IlM5UXjbYe8U-AsdlHEG/w480-h640/20211109_204724.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">An inviting carpet of leaves waiting for us at the lake</td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /></p><span style="font-size: large;">Steve had to work the next morning, but there was still time for an early morning walk around the property. It is such a different view in the fall, both the colours and the vistas. Most of the leaves are down now, which means you can see so much further into the woods.</span><div> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMUVGnubbqqU2y2tXwFT_pB5N4WLqeyzhdjECZkt7kQluKHr3ImyqbvkTQDCqXI1FnqvKYS9WZJGQzU7sqZHrbN3TZlv9UJBdv5nzQVO1GZLnFkV2IEMSo-zcxOEI2b3V5hVel0ZSvNtjK/s1920/20211111102325_IMG_0978.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMUVGnubbqqU2y2tXwFT_pB5N4WLqeyzhdjECZkt7kQluKHr3ImyqbvkTQDCqXI1FnqvKYS9WZJGQzU7sqZHrbN3TZlv9UJBdv5nzQVO1GZLnFkV2IEMSo-zcxOEI2b3V5hVel0ZSvNtjK/w640-h360/20211111102325_IMG_0978.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The taupe coloured ferns get a pop of green and white from the snowberry</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /><span style="font-size: large;">The bears have now headed back up to the hills. No surprise, as the apples are now mostly gone. There was only one lingering on this tree (the plants are all packed down around it, as the bear spent some time laying around there.</span></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFYzMFI6_qZNiVAPIJ0HTuvpzvEg3weAiLiP8ajPLFslhAwxaRkELapcrf4Feug4dneWB1nOMuSBoUNUAihoMizVLQeD2EJCYwx_QI3dnChWQ2ukRYYdR-ituRawtNj7Gaky-U-ooouUph/s1920/20211111102448_IMG_0980.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFYzMFI6_qZNiVAPIJ0HTuvpzvEg3weAiLiP8ajPLFslhAwxaRkELapcrf4Feug4dneWB1nOMuSBoUNUAihoMizVLQeD2EJCYwx_QI3dnChWQ2ukRYYdR-ituRawtNj7Gaky-U-ooouUph/w640-h360/20211111102448_IMG_0980.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The last apple, hanging on the branch like a Christmas decoration</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK8fDmO1IpmkZ_ARUKdY9BC3juiUVowGaPZJCESWj8xtVcPgB-ZGdlWvakORFcXPmF_NCVxhE8ChmzizFjIsD_E_3nOFMci_R4w24W0L7JG7kiIT8Y50_KgmUX9EYhr5XdCI-rgX-aoj0d/s1920/20211111100949_IMG_0969.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK8fDmO1IpmkZ_ARUKdY9BC3juiUVowGaPZJCESWj8xtVcPgB-ZGdlWvakORFcXPmF_NCVxhE8ChmzizFjIsD_E_3nOFMci_R4w24W0L7JG7kiIT8Y50_KgmUX9EYhr5XdCI-rgX-aoj0d/w640-h360/20211111100949_IMG_0969.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Geese out on the lake...in no hurry</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><span style="font-size: large;">We walked to the beach via 'the healing circle', stopping to touch the poles. Still standing after all these years (though one of the poles is broken and will need replacing). I liked imagining getting the canvas up on the teepee poles one of these summers.</span></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ1QY1u5tpp7xQbSBpMsOjRu6yiz8oPnkkULxjt36l7Jz_NFTzrQanWdiNTd61Mcmc81xr_YuEe7E5OA5mzz5LaLwXRKAKtlhOWpAMc_z2UB_3mwIJ8k-XEPjkjY_inoZZWGL8A4ui98x8/s1920/20211111101653_IMG_0971.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ1QY1u5tpp7xQbSBpMsOjRu6yiz8oPnkkULxjt36l7Jz_NFTzrQanWdiNTd61Mcmc81xr_YuEe7E5OA5mzz5LaLwXRKAKtlhOWpAMc_z2UB_3mwIJ8k-XEPjkjY_inoZZWGL8A4ui98x8/w360-h640/20211111101653_IMG_0971.JPG" width="360" /></a></div><div><br /></div><span style="font-size: large;">The blues, whites, and greys of the sky, water and hills were totally peaceful and calming.</span></div><div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf1iJVq21NeeXJ9RrN2KTeHy-tpzXUMdXoOStKdAfSS1WWThYhem88WsuWqyFs6w02Xa80mT7F9NtXmS8qhvJJxn9gBCWX4mEOuQQOE4_vR-QtsjVNNFITJBFvcMOHpSNBQIWpagCLSuLs/s1920/20211111101724_IMG_0972.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf1iJVq21NeeXJ9RrN2KTeHy-tpzXUMdXoOStKdAfSS1WWThYhem88WsuWqyFs6w02Xa80mT7F9NtXmS8qhvJJxn9gBCWX4mEOuQQOE4_vR-QtsjVNNFITJBFvcMOHpSNBQIWpagCLSuLs/w640-h360/20211111101724_IMG_0972.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I love all the layers of colour in the sky</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWDn43A_SR7Drd5vY5sk_K3D1YKjrdB0uUi7QpmNFmQw5omvF1vAANYzKtDdLc5sIvjfCftt17D356ulJl3A1hDnknXpc0ZGTd5THw0srdomQ309-rcRA5xf5Y1zFUEwr1-hiM4uNXuB5q/s1920/20211111101813_IMG_0974.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWDn43A_SR7Drd5vY5sk_K3D1YKjrdB0uUi7QpmNFmQw5omvF1vAANYzKtDdLc5sIvjfCftt17D356ulJl3A1hDnknXpc0ZGTd5THw0srdomQ309-rcRA5xf5Y1zFUEwr1-hiM4uNXuB5q/w640-h360/20211111101813_IMG_0974.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Will I be able to turn this zoom-closeup into a watercolour?</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinV-hMZRayziCh2ziO9eH22JfvH0jXZ8CNcgyEpbxjl91oVJuwx2nEv122TBA0u_OwiAJT_F0166FxVjEdGRmzQEtd6YBu18OfNvb7a2wgq6fyIEXtZrbmpuJalz6vihyphenhyphen_nxN8e17mir2b/s1920/20211111101831_IMG_0975.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinV-hMZRayziCh2ziO9eH22JfvH0jXZ8CNcgyEpbxjl91oVJuwx2nEv122TBA0u_OwiAJT_F0166FxVjEdGRmzQEtd6YBu18OfNvb7a2wgq6fyIEXtZrbmpuJalz6vihyphenhyphen_nxN8e17mir2b/w640-h360/20211111101831_IMG_0975.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I love how both Penny and the beach introduce a slice of contrasting colour!</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: large;">While Steve worked, Wyona and I took a day trip to Vernon. What was totally surprising was how fast the sun goes down. By 4:30 or so, as I was driving back to Wyona's place, the dusk sky was already upon us.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpm75xfQB0rXPteNt0UYx72nu6-pLJ0Z797H2vSV0BAkYzDN_cPg-JucYYIlN8jpKbDu9RRVPPjlIwCz8JsBVgJjynBB9QRH3GYOo6kHGVLVO6NuhVfKcGabhUyK5dNB0PrfWJGrIeWAgj/s4000/20211111_163228.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpm75xfQB0rXPteNt0UYx72nu6-pLJ0Z797H2vSV0BAkYzDN_cPg-JucYYIlN8jpKbDu9RRVPPjlIwCz8JsBVgJjynBB9QRH3GYOo6kHGVLVO6NuhVfKcGabhUyK5dNB0PrfWJGrIeWAgj/w640-h480/20211111_163228.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The view from Wyona's deck as the sun begins its decline.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9En-C5uFX3ob8z2VrvBBW2DmDjn89f8FoAnR9EzCxAlMeTOHcpZ7JSro8RVD6zxHGUezFbfwcubtj1bjDU2AuQB1YMW7JgStGYrrcF_0X6S5gx9J6-2UGG2lpb6oAlojJpn9unijMloPq/s1920/20211111174259_IMG_0983.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9En-C5uFX3ob8z2VrvBBW2DmDjn89f8FoAnR9EzCxAlMeTOHcpZ7JSro8RVD6zxHGUezFbfwcubtj1bjDU2AuQB1YMW7JgStGYrrcF_0X6S5gx9J6-2UGG2lpb6oAlojJpn9unijMloPq/w640-h360/20211111174259_IMG_0983.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The view from Arta's deck (Doral's deck) a half an hour later.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><span style="font-size: large;">And thus ended the first 24 hours of my November visit!</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><p></p></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></div>Rebecca Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07835541074766008269noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2058534352772590412.post-54169559995972329612021-10-23T20:33:00.002-07:002021-10-23T20:38:01.663-07:00First flight (in COVID times)<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRHjtGboe7-6VQT5PyrmTcOcL0wpbrnU-g7LYaBdZe6CbC-wSJ_DrbOP7srS_T84zmh_zZCw_wDWQUJDu92aPhXd186bcPwgqlgPlwnfDho5-cB0kc2cyBUKpczB9fMvmirlCs7ZqbJOfs/s4656/20211008_131946.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3492" data-original-width="4656" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRHjtGboe7-6VQT5PyrmTcOcL0wpbrnU-g7LYaBdZe6CbC-wSJ_DrbOP7srS_T84zmh_zZCw_wDWQUJDu92aPhXd186bcPwgqlgPlwnfDho5-cB0kc2cyBUKpczB9fMvmirlCs7ZqbJOfs/w400-h300/20211008_131946.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Selfie with the Charles Elliot (Temosen) poles</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: large;">Thanksgiving weekend, I finally took my first steps back onto an airplane since the beginning of the pandemic. </span><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">I headed out to the lake to spend a few days with Steve and Alex. </span><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl3bFUZ-I2q0D8Sb1bpM7jNSYOPQ0Dhh9Dr3w6MZXai1OUQqmGJY2hxL9226aBZM1VfKLZTLipYFqjrSP46VR7dlZbUoThU7nNuQcQpv8-O_Nj90ozS__vcXMO-WJgRDzr3okb9TEkba8N/s4656/20211008_145135.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3492" data-original-width="4656" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl3bFUZ-I2q0D8Sb1bpM7jNSYOPQ0Dhh9Dr3w6MZXai1OUQqmGJY2hxL9226aBZM1VfKLZTLipYFqjrSP46VR7dlZbUoThU7nNuQcQpv8-O_Nj90ozS__vcXMO-WJgRDzr3okb9TEkba8N/s320/20211008_145135.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Safety first... masks on!</td></tr></tbody></table>It was not my first time back to the airport itself: when Arta was sick last year, I did get lots of stops at the airport to pick up siblings and 'piblings'. Piblings, it seems, is a good gender-neutral term for the siblings of a parent! I like how close Siblings is to 'Pillings'. lol. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><span>This was my first time back there on my own account. </span><span>It was interesting to find myself back in the airport considering what seems similar, and what has changed. Masks while flying is of course new. But what remains unchanged is the magic of that little 13-minute flight. I had my phone camera glued the window the entire time.</span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Here is some video footage of the takeoff (which flings you right out over the water).</span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/QNOm--LWM6M" width="320" youtube-src-id="QNOm--LWM6M"></iframe></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;">And here are some views for me to remember:</span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimjAK3roelR5qBAtvpjshyphenhyphensBkfkirIVh-J6Vcjr7DF7M943KEl3g4LolLhGSr43TxKMVb7O3gy6AquspFmBc8mybXHuOXNPt4dyGT2qnFrkfCTzVjduaNm_D8a4OtqNAaI7NLmsqLB7b0L/s4000/20211008_150700.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimjAK3roelR5qBAtvpjshyphenhyphensBkfkirIVh-J6Vcjr7DF7M943KEl3g4LolLhGSr43TxKMVb7O3gy6AquspFmBc8mybXHuOXNPt4dyGT2qnFrkfCTzVjduaNm_D8a4OtqNAaI7NLmsqLB7b0L/w640-h480/20211008_150700.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdnjnN2yDwYCqr1UCG_nJTogW5z6pHJ5z6tbrubi0220-hIY12GQ9evXl_ZjP0-3BVxcApQJWos3sPFwfO4sXsQOb4jddMC3C7mxlO8V-zzX6vBknzirbSbwPmxdaPa910p6UScDd2mcTk/s4000/20211008_150052_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdnjnN2yDwYCqr1UCG_nJTogW5z6pHJ5z6tbrubi0220-hIY12GQ9evXl_ZjP0-3BVxcApQJWos3sPFwfO4sXsQOb4jddMC3C7mxlO8V-zzX6vBknzirbSbwPmxdaPa910p6UScDd2mcTk/w640-h480/20211008_150052_HDR.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Is this low tide or high tide? Does the beach expand or contract over the day?<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh-FL4QJHhWcS_EuDid2N2834Lorqdu3cZH_aRi1isZwy3EVUj9m-wYglyUcP6uplNOisE9YZa-CahN6M_mau3Guvt9iIBiidMIWw-hqgEaXKTRbL6-qKuUiWRiXb8LKDvP_uG-BHqp3JH/s4000/20211008_150300.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh-FL4QJHhWcS_EuDid2N2834Lorqdu3cZH_aRi1isZwy3EVUj9m-wYglyUcP6uplNOisE9YZa-CahN6M_mau3Guvt9iIBiidMIWw-hqgEaXKTRbL6-qKuUiWRiXb8LKDvP_uG-BHqp3JH/w640-h480/20211008_150300.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I love the little puffy cloud in the corner, casting its shadow forward<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAs1pdisz56njwFuPvkOVjKb1v4C2iGfjRyaKiNtyqorog6FTn9bLyf21d4V6ilWC_UjLS-dn-a98DkDJ44ynQUsQXL_Fcoy3qzbVI1GwR-Q2PoHD3-AHNqMGwKG8y78h_aFLyu4Wnjbr6/s4000/20211008_150435.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAs1pdisz56njwFuPvkOVjKb1v4C2iGfjRyaKiNtyqorog6FTn9bLyf21d4V6ilWC_UjLS-dn-a98DkDJ44ynQUsQXL_Fcoy3qzbVI1GwR-Q2PoHD3-AHNqMGwKG8y78h_aFLyu4Wnjbr6/w640-h480/20211008_150435.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I was on the lookout, but didn't catch sight of the ferry<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjncZF0GKVa0BDhl3JmvRLumcKwYd-t_yDi2fXYheDgSGEvKdD2ZpP0dghfc9dUIMOQ7F_hD0dylGZbSLONTcaJEOF73idQc9uSkufry1Y22OpE37oX284jkJCFl0GMVguUK6nszeLuYOzJ/s4000/20211008_150731.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjncZF0GKVa0BDhl3JmvRLumcKwYd-t_yDi2fXYheDgSGEvKdD2ZpP0dghfc9dUIMOQ7F_hD0dylGZbSLONTcaJEOF73idQc9uSkufry1Y22OpE37oX284jkJCFl0GMVguUK6nszeLuYOzJ/w640-h480/20211008_150731.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Tsawassen Ferry Terminal below!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div><div><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGwMvVhzQZMVXxsTm7Nl-UNy_pbMK0EjFdxoejWnSprj2DjqFXVaf5cjcHUttVXLHZEaIsqEX_bGvGMYF0vie98yKG8FICEtBJhlGd9UDNXiQdLTIWxMWvZIe6rCBf00zggruQCvGN6n1g/s4000/20211008_150804_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGwMvVhzQZMVXxsTm7Nl-UNy_pbMK0EjFdxoejWnSprj2DjqFXVaf5cjcHUttVXLHZEaIsqEX_bGvGMYF0vie98yKG8FICEtBJhlGd9UDNXiQdLTIWxMWvZIe6rCBf00zggruQCvGN6n1g/w480-h640/20211008_150804_HDR.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The photo can't quite capture the shimmer on the water</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixHRH-i_f48KhWbTQxpHC8YeKwvcD8kSOcjA6YB4BvcyHcMyOb2K89TOnwYjWFjTMQubUqFfdp6ckhN2Q0606Oe5qt4USIkmoGlrm6ZTmfQ-hjIk07syUnoBLNNgF9WMASLfOppxmvnQGY/s4000/20211008_151054.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixHRH-i_f48KhWbTQxpHC8YeKwvcD8kSOcjA6YB4BvcyHcMyOb2K89TOnwYjWFjTMQubUqFfdp6ckhN2Q0606Oe5qt4USIkmoGlrm6ZTmfQ-hjIk07syUnoBLNNgF9WMASLfOppxmvnQGY/w640-h480/20211008_151054.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And then suddenly, it is again a world of goods and warehouses</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><span style="font-size: large;">A mere13 minutes later, and I was in the Vancouver airport. I had fantasized there would be time to sneak over into the International Terminal to say "Hi!" to Bill Reid's sculpture, <a href="https://larchhaven.blogspot.com/2021/05/surprising-lessons-i-have-learned-from.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">"The Spirit of the Haida Gwai"</a>, but there was not enough time. Instead, back onto the plane (the same plane as it turns out), with another window seat for the trip to Kelowna. Again, phone glued to the window.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjgAJ3ljiLd9g-F2VZPzTSGmICOCnHIGeDMxXMIjKumF5_FssXbK_gphcEz9iEIkmmQC6GNBosmthipinUM-eUJ2zOLNXjIO36lWeU7XdbKto7fNyT8muru8Y8XB_GkVr0su7XbYDIunk7/s4000/20211008_180759.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjgAJ3ljiLd9g-F2VZPzTSGmICOCnHIGeDMxXMIjKumF5_FssXbK_gphcEz9iEIkmmQC6GNBosmthipinUM-eUJ2zOLNXjIO36lWeU7XdbKto7fNyT8muru8Y8XB_GkVr0su7XbYDIunk7/w480-h640/20211008_180759.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Skyscrapers right to the edges of the water</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfmgv0eU1Tj7mwsLBPNALQDyU9YVQ6BF8uzRWP4UDPM5mn5nJ5Xo5J_OIf31SVeQAg6zaVMFy1-tjE8SUCNAtcr83d9ph5C592wdk8aGwS4MVYBc-QyggwxjhZtSY2_yP61drNkLtt9JWa/s4000/20211008_181529.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfmgv0eU1Tj7mwsLBPNALQDyU9YVQ6BF8uzRWP4UDPM5mn5nJ5Xo5J_OIf31SVeQAg6zaVMFy1-tjE8SUCNAtcr83d9ph5C592wdk8aGwS4MVYBc-QyggwxjhZtSY2_yP61drNkLtt9JWa/w640-h480/20211008_181529.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">With no clouds, it was just a carpet of rock and snow</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-size: large;">If you want a few minutes of meditative mountain video, here you go!</span><p></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/t4GbOeh_BMw" width="320" youtube-src-id="t4GbOeh_BMw"></iframe></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><br /><p><br /></p></div></div>Rebecca Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07835541074766008269noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2058534352772590412.post-76200342480019924982021-07-23T00:15:00.006-07:002021-07-23T00:30:12.840-07:00Ferry Fabulousness - A photo scrapbook from July 23<p><span style="font-size: large;">After some debate, Duncan and I decided to head out to the Shuswap for some time with the extended family. This means, "The Ferry!" The masking protocols have only just changed, so that the outside decks are fully accessible again. While we were on the 9am ferry, Duncan spend the trip sleeping down on the car deck. Not surprising, as he stayed up the night before! I, on the other hand, spent the time up on the top sun deck. It was a truly spectacular trip. Here are some snaps, and videos (in reverse order, but... whatever!)</span></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvZBlvtM9Kht3oQaleTmI3qo11EYJhNwEvYCFnthpZSq-xTGUqfPXd7C9AmK15g9158kZ2cgVMJ-lKKAcQ7UzK2a9LPe5qKCT-1HKK0ShVGGkf0mPqfvQbGCWBpzmqN54LpXC0aQ7DcQF1/s1920/20210722100302_IMG_0491.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvZBlvtM9Kht3oQaleTmI3qo11EYJhNwEvYCFnthpZSq-xTGUqfPXd7C9AmK15g9158kZ2cgVMJ-lKKAcQ7UzK2a9LPe5qKCT-1HKK0ShVGGkf0mPqfvQbGCWBpzmqN54LpXC0aQ7DcQF1/w640-h360/20210722100302_IMG_0491.JPG" width="640" /></a><br /><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6cMD363ZyJwlrRpNeVki6wEfV1e6_dsnB4AAHDwVAlxRGwYJYA2USr3pfWtxjZJfJDpQJRyhe_J5dktm0VzxxcRljl8srqim0tKbLqElDDte_0APTrLHQIaNOljy-h5vhoqMFD9gxAlES/s1920/20210722100058_IMG_0486.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: left;">For those of you who like video versions, here are some clips from the trip. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This first one catches the sparkle on the water (as the ship moved out from the Schwartz Bay Ferry Terminal</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7GCgBxETHH0" width="320" youtube-src-id="7GCgBxETHH0"></iframe></div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/tS4cw0QCc4M" width="320" youtube-src-id="tS4cw0QCc4M"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This one might seem long (ie. 4 minutes). However, you get to see what it is like to be in Active Pass when the ferries pass each other going to and coming from Vancouver. It is a fab part of the voyage!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/q4tfFOJVSK8" width="320" youtube-src-id="q4tfFOJVSK8"></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br />Rebecca Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07835541074766008269noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2058534352772590412.post-52835473228566299102021-07-21T00:30:00.004-07:002021-07-23T00:36:41.506-07:00The Jarvis Family returns for a visit <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjvZEMoM0TGzLNhLZutq6fvoIiIz1tqcPTZAMZCwn6peGhukcNn3OMs0l_GVwq1gmfdPn3nPVyJ3A6tU8iPB8DbzZgX8-kM8Rt-E9Ao5jKXOVld-lAnGz4KjIVlsxmp5ojsQDD9D2iDDFt/s1920/20210719210633_IMG_0386.JPG" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjvZEMoM0TGzLNhLZutq6fvoIiIz1tqcPTZAMZCwn6peGhukcNn3OMs0l_GVwq1gmfdPn3nPVyJ3A6tU8iPB8DbzZgX8-kM8Rt-E9Ao5jKXOVld-lAnGz4KjIVlsxmp5ojsQDD9D2iDDFt/w400-h225/20210719210633_IMG_0386.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Duncan, Thomas and two Rebeccas</td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">This week, 5/6ths of the Jarvis family arrived for 3 days on the Island (Katie was on another trip in the Interior this time around).</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Monday night, as the sun was setting, and Hebe had crashed on the couch (yes, a three hour time zone change is hard to work around), I took Duncan, Thomas and Rebecca on what I promised would be a quick jaunt down to Caddy Bay to see the sunset.</span></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr-KvNytIN-cPl0Lm2UruRR6oAjEN2MHjKqRODAmfj-_2GSkgK_r5S1DPta3RJaf8-Vebwg6qfY9-WJ0fLpdruTqRF3aLrGvXVSw4R_zVKw3ALP8epdznZefa7oDIScljTBpdVtUgxMKi2/s1920/20210719205906_IMG_0377.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr-KvNytIN-cPl0Lm2UruRR6oAjEN2MHjKqRODAmfj-_2GSkgK_r5S1DPta3RJaf8-Vebwg6qfY9-WJ0fLpdruTqRF3aLrGvXVSw4R_zVKw3ALP8epdznZefa7oDIScljTBpdVtUgxMKi2/w640-h360/20210719205906_IMG_0377.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I love the soft colours, though it was way more intense in person!</td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: left;"></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">The sky was only beginning to darken, so the moon was still wrapped in a blanket of blue. We each took a turn trying to take a shot of the moon, a task made more difficult by the wind blowing in: when you are using 80x magnification, the slightest breath of movement shoots the moon out of the frame!</span></p><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-u9gj4E6MfZQdO2REZYZau0WDAqr6hAxXKzsLiEtCe6M1OuTIEqgBb7bKLjD-t-jenxvDcWPCi4e3_ixlEJiCwPh6wgxJMNSZfmNcoadlX7KZl4OrnFUwa88MnjC_XalmWyM_-HrrhH5g/s1920/20210719205925_IMG_0378.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-u9gj4E6MfZQdO2REZYZau0WDAqr6hAxXKzsLiEtCe6M1OuTIEqgBb7bKLjD-t-jenxvDcWPCi4e3_ixlEJiCwPh6wgxJMNSZfmNcoadlX7KZl4OrnFUwa88MnjC_XalmWyM_-HrrhH5g/w640-h360/20210719205925_IMG_0378.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">(old) Rebecca's 'left' orientation (in photography as in everything else?)</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIF0bSwt-iyNoeHwZdQbksif3cgaHOrPtafl8BwX-Qo9WHdTqt9DuwBf_ubzUVe8Rns6Q5-l2WsSACv8xbx2wbYZygMwe4WbYCpx3xOjELaIhWo5mEbou2inZrTkJXJ37wg6ykOGNcEyTY/s1920/20210719205959_IMG_0379.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIF0bSwt-iyNoeHwZdQbksif3cgaHOrPtafl8BwX-Qo9WHdTqt9DuwBf_ubzUVe8Rns6Q5-l2WsSACv8xbx2wbYZygMwe4WbYCpx3xOjELaIhWo5mEbou2inZrTkJXJ37wg6ykOGNcEyTY/w640-h360/20210719205959_IMG_0379.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Duncan's top corner shot (did he 'choose the right' here?!)</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjm-KxnwGdP-U4kmn17OXJg_mt_GObiQNcYWCuPmkJj89yWjwd4bYXN8M2jL5d20QmXijJTT37GoOAk_ZSpvH7ITlNWBfUOM_hhuNTGX-JOMZmLLIQ6X_5DVZNJmz1yfDaUYOiQdo0DUAG/s1920/20210719210024_IMG_0380.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjm-KxnwGdP-U4kmn17OXJg_mt_GObiQNcYWCuPmkJj89yWjwd4bYXN8M2jL5d20QmXijJTT37GoOAk_ZSpvH7ITlNWBfUOM_hhuNTGX-JOMZmLLIQ6X_5DVZNJmz1yfDaUYOiQdo0DUAG/w640-h360/20210719210024_IMG_0380.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">(youthful) Rebecca finds a pathway through the middle</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY1MMgsH2UVeWBzM2t24xlS3VY4WAuagcL5fHITWETTHcy4biaXa852VK1hWQw0XQ-ZMiILeVIgUGGfiPO0WxlCEguTD6uHLo8dqVQ6BCt2G0I_6sdR89kFX8oJNRye1RQobj-u2cF37b_/s1920/20210719210058_IMG_0381.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY1MMgsH2UVeWBzM2t24xlS3VY4WAuagcL5fHITWETTHcy4biaXa852VK1hWQw0XQ-ZMiILeVIgUGGfiPO0WxlCEguTD6uHLo8dqVQ6BCt2G0I_6sdR89kFX8oJNRye1RQobj-u2cF37b_/w640-h360/20210719210058_IMG_0381.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Thomas abandons all attempts to constrain the moon within the frame!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">After a short stroll on the sandy shores, we decided to race to the top of PKOLS to see if we could also catch the sunset from the top of the hill.</span></p><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGxlp1Dr0pDB6PES5JoQ8WNDqM9L3_46heo9jPuhLRpy4w9asYyfN79gsV9ZjFDlBr9YbwfZvBibompsw9XRibc9vb7o80EJ1qZ7R4smXPXzQ8zxWNptj930wmL-w4kVp1FsKQKtoT3zfA/s1920/20210719214231_IMG_0390.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGxlp1Dr0pDB6PES5JoQ8WNDqM9L3_46heo9jPuhLRpy4w9asYyfN79gsV9ZjFDlBr9YbwfZvBibompsw9XRibc9vb7o80EJ1qZ7R4smXPXzQ8zxWNptj930wmL-w4kVp1FsKQKtoT3zfA/w640-h360/20210719214231_IMG_0390.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A splash of pink still visible in the sky, as the night started rolling in on us.</td></tr></tbody></table><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVnEAyItFfu_4nb4D-2PsU-Uw6p5eiCZO7GrjFPhpZl-WekZHyPNQCARVO4QDfnuiK6OOhf7JyMc2Z9rSZG7uXEYinz3JRIqHdF_sYNuKqws9secno6VIcIQuYoPlRkpvbORXWm0nvPKUS/s1920/20210719214438_IMG_0396_1.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVnEAyItFfu_4nb4D-2PsU-Uw6p5eiCZO7GrjFPhpZl-WekZHyPNQCARVO4QDfnuiK6OOhf7JyMc2Z9rSZG7uXEYinz3JRIqHdF_sYNuKqws9secno6VIcIQuYoPlRkpvbORXWm0nvPKUS/w640-h360/20210719214438_IMG_0396_1.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Never a bad time for a selfie! (Duncan, Rebecca, Thomas, Rebecca)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">As the sky darkened, we could see across the water to the lights of Port Angeles (on the US side). </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span>There were also a set of lights further up the coast. We were not sure if it were another city, but the camera helped up sort it out. </span><span>A ship! </span> </span></p><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij5N3lRD3KndNWVXssJMvlcVuyaK2nANcTdhuctaxTvozgjCrNhoLFoF-SHp9sA7Ya4pQ68k_om7GBWv3cZ7RwqmbXG_Ka6i4FaPq7g-fBppTAIa8K8PQ3TxQ3DkDaQ6OZwHmIUhf51k-W/s1920/20210719214103_IMG_0389.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij5N3lRD3KndNWVXssJMvlcVuyaK2nANcTdhuctaxTvozgjCrNhoLFoF-SHp9sA7Ya4pQ68k_om7GBWv3cZ7RwqmbXG_Ka6i4FaPq7g-fBppTAIa8K8PQ3TxQ3DkDaQ6OZwHmIUhf51k-W/w640-h360/20210719214103_IMG_0389.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A ferry? A cruise ship? </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><p></p></div><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">When the Jarvis's asked again what the name of the hill was, a fellow-traveller at the top told them it was "Mount Douglas" at the same moment I said "<a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/pkols-renaming-decision-1.6093382" target="_blank">PKOLS</a>". :-) </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span>And so that gave Duncan and I an opportunity to share our experience with being at the top of the hill when the name<a href="https://www.timescolonist.com/news/local/reclaimed-pkols-mount-douglas-a-source-of-first-nation-pride-1.1072179"> PKOLS was returned to it during the summer of the </a></span><a href="https://www.timescolonist.com/news/local/reclaimed-pkols-mount-douglas-a-source-of-first-nation-pride-1.1072179">Idle-No-More protests. </a><span> </span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span>And that led to conversations about </span><a href="https://www.timescolonist.com/islander/lost-in-translation-the-douglas-treaties-1.10099656" target="_blank">Treaties of Peace and Friendship</a><span>, and powerful WSANEC stories about the creation of the islands, and of floods, and arbutus trees. </span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Such a beautiful night for sharing stories, and thinking about the amazing beauty of this island, and the power of past and present Salish practices, stories and knowledges.</span></p></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>[Imagine nightfall, and the transition from Monday to Tuesday]</b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">Tuesday morning, while the young adults slept-in at both the Chateau Carter-Johnson and the Jarvis Air-BNB, Catherine and I took 13-year old Hebe off on an adventure to see two beaches (both on her bucket list).</span></div><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUZOdwV8DstitwxbPm_Eyyr_KQae1ZSafLGPJWHJ-hiHa75DQ-ZHAceQ0yX5A1yldU4R08eK1A-rpf47XmstfELyz0cQ4Q9KEQ7luVQ9YJF1BSgyN6DjbdPbpjuPwEomf39m3qkoVpsyKf/s1920/20210720102111_IMG_0410.JPG" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUZOdwV8DstitwxbPm_Eyyr_KQae1ZSafLGPJWHJ-hiHa75DQ-ZHAceQ0yX5A1yldU4R08eK1A-rpf47XmstfELyz0cQ4Q9KEQ7luVQ9YJF1BSgyN6DjbdPbpjuPwEomf39m3qkoVpsyKf/w400-h225/20210720102111_IMG_0410.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Hey! There is seaweed on my shoe!</td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-size: large;">First on the list, was Mount Douglas beach...the beach you can access close to the bottom of PKOLS. </span></p><span style="font-size: large;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbc-EmjZiQJENnb4o7_tpbnl_LiWVMuVu9XN-upaScpcgd1NxcdvdVjzbAGRL2N9lBbsntaLU_9t9RDiWdoAWVUBXQR7IBpx0i-abopOnUvKbMVwtzc6vXKHz5Wrkur8GkirNMqYNPm6IW/s1920/20210720101105_IMG_0407.JPG" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbc-EmjZiQJENnb4o7_tpbnl_LiWVMuVu9XN-upaScpcgd1NxcdvdVjzbAGRL2N9lBbsntaLU_9t9RDiWdoAWVUBXQR7IBpx0i-abopOnUvKbMVwtzc6vXKHz5Wrkur8GkirNMqYNPm6IW/w400-h225/20210720101105_IMG_0407.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Heron looking for breakfast<br /></td></tr></tbody></table></span><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">We headed down past the towering Douglas Fir and Cedar trees, towards the beach, salmon habitat stream to our right. </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">It is fun looking at the huge pile of driftwood logs blocking the entrance from the sea to the stream. On one trip, a guide told us that those logs protect the salmon from other predators, and that when the time comes, the tide will lift those logs just high enough for the salmon to swim safely under. What an adventure. </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Our main goal was to see if we could walk across the kelp, find some stones with barnacles on them, and see if we could find any baby crabs hiding under stones. Success!</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8q4uIUY7C34SJHEJK3Mu5E2swN9lcoUiE7FoOw9ymdvrfshpJ4KSg8XDSV0vA-YuCii6fqg-QElpU7JWNjZVBdLH4Bct_6F6rwGP6v6tIjVbq9_jR7fJMNo_Bc2KjCzUpXGn-77Unwb7T/s1920/20210720100713_IMG_0401.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8q4uIUY7C34SJHEJK3Mu5E2swN9lcoUiE7FoOw9ymdvrfshpJ4KSg8XDSV0vA-YuCii6fqg-QElpU7JWNjZVBdLH4Bct_6F6rwGP6v6tIjVbq9_jR7fJMNo_Bc2KjCzUpXGn-77Unwb7T/w640-h360/20210720100713_IMG_0401.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We found a little friend under a rock</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEMsf_FHEZ2uuWh1AsIZ-9j0MhRTD72LZIWyZvRABFHKVz2hnmzRPHr0vZR6EJDc3w56X_lRVdKR8HijNLSQEJ7cwXn8yyDkF_gMTna6ILlK-I_kgFQxx-bnmr4cwDSu_Zbu0DoI1eCWbO/s1920/20210720100654_IMG_0400.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEMsf_FHEZ2uuWh1AsIZ-9j0MhRTD72LZIWyZvRABFHKVz2hnmzRPHr0vZR6EJDc3w56X_lRVdKR8HijNLSQEJ7cwXn8yyDkF_gMTna6ILlK-I_kgFQxx-bnmr4cwDSu_Zbu0DoI1eCWbO/w640-h360/20210720100654_IMG_0400.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hebe not quite ready to have the crab on her hand... but the 'popper' was a midway step<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table>And finally, Hebe was willing to give it a try!</span><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/DWwLdXjh04U" width="320" youtube-src-id="DWwLdXjh04U"></iframe></div><div><br /></div><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Hebe and Catherine found some beautiful shells, picked clean by the hungry seagulls hanging around. Some of the now-empty shells were still wrapped in some 'scarves of seaweed. </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIjPjmUS1UUwR0Oq2BKW0nRK8lbvJjzv0u-mdr5n9CqPi3GUYVTV75OwqFBYkiiKE8A-PAAxlRI6ju-Ug6r3UqFoDraG7u_bugDbd_IJd5hHsDWryZtzJ8XV2GsB_OR-YCffkmkNUQcPUe/s1920/20210720101041_IMG_0405.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIjPjmUS1UUwR0Oq2BKW0nRK8lbvJjzv0u-mdr5n9CqPi3GUYVTV75OwqFBYkiiKE8A-PAAxlRI6ju-Ug6r3UqFoDraG7u_bugDbd_IJd5hHsDWryZtzJ8XV2GsB_OR-YCffkmkNUQcPUe/w640-h360/20210720101041_IMG_0405.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">check it out!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggJfsF6qhkdMxitzXIkk0FPQlExdrNuyCZij09kPVoSXaQPeLs2MhzbGComz9GQNoNlmrS8k6AzkzSvTzpX00UIljzW1dvwjs7whCBBcPvgQ_Ewe4-iiJXoFTSQV3m8Q8vmTb40t7jkUWD/s1920/20210720101047_IMG_0406.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggJfsF6qhkdMxitzXIkk0FPQlExdrNuyCZij09kPVoSXaQPeLs2MhzbGComz9GQNoNlmrS8k6AzkzSvTzpX00UIljzW1dvwjs7whCBBcPvgQ_Ewe4-iiJXoFTSQV3m8Q8vmTb40t7jkUWD/w640-h360/20210720101047_IMG_0406.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Is this the kind of scarf Arta would wear?</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Hebe also learned how to see little holes in the sand, hinting that a clam might be hiding below the surface. She took a shell, dug down, and came up with a live one!</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzwopUnofiEsRPpz9fExHoGN9dvIht5ITc8QZgrcSGPi375volZJySNGgCg45E9kH66GYxqVbxwJlG3S53vTyueSNFrS_7pY0metX9ZEeeBBR_AEynqOcNxy8wzZlXMxzumYJ_Khj7l3xv/s1920/20210720101418_IMG_0409.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzwopUnofiEsRPpz9fExHoGN9dvIht5ITc8QZgrcSGPi375volZJySNGgCg45E9kH66GYxqVbxwJlG3S53vTyueSNFrS_7pY0metX9ZEeeBBR_AEynqOcNxy8wzZlXMxzumYJ_Khj7l3xv/w640-h360/20210720101418_IMG_0409.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">A true moment of excitement was had when Catherine, walking across the clam bed, discovered that clams can shoot up jets of water, hitting the unsuspecting traveller. It was like watching a clam-whack-a-mole. People should feel free to ask her about it! :-)</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">And finally, we headed off to Gyro Park, so Hebe could see the Octopus slide, and check out the sandy beach. There were so many kids on the slide that Hebe took a pass, and we decided to head for the water.</span></p></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivOtI5N-fqpb4mW8uev9PlC0QThzjCU8S1CBx_Tlirkchwsjc0LAY0OsFgbAxzOXUuSXGAzjEY1gMUl6liCfOjl9t0Gbg4pYcZq5QYHr_Mi0PX1FgIbmP8AW6J0DEGWRgOlN-aprmMi6F_/s2048/20210720105950_IMG_0419.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivOtI5N-fqpb4mW8uev9PlC0QThzjCU8S1CBx_Tlirkchwsjc0LAY0OsFgbAxzOXUuSXGAzjEY1gMUl6liCfOjl9t0Gbg4pYcZq5QYHr_Mi0PX1FgIbmP8AW6J0DEGWRgOlN-aprmMi6F_/w640-h480/20210720105950_IMG_0419.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A flotilla of sail boats out on the bay</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhELaLKroR-XI3bpipvuvSYKpEMxTmRvRw205ZZHCWloFqOrAgw81ve79gS6HMMZyzAlTLBuij3UA8ZF3fbIqf3-eBPj_6nxUbL1OUPw6Wk4wjllzlWCZRqnLcX9IIqt4Z2mu8nr2YDPfkY/s1920/20210720110012_IMG_0420.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhELaLKroR-XI3bpipvuvSYKpEMxTmRvRw205ZZHCWloFqOrAgw81ve79gS6HMMZyzAlTLBuij3UA8ZF3fbIqf3-eBPj_6nxUbL1OUPw6Wk4wjllzlWCZRqnLcX9IIqt4Z2mu8nr2YDPfkY/w640-h360/20210720110012_IMG_0420.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This catches only a hint of the sparkles seeming to dance on the water.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Hebe got brave and decided to go in for a swim. And yes... she decided to take the plunge! (of course, i haven't figured out how to do autorotate with my video, so you have to turn your head sideways to fully appreciate it!)</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nWgM3Qz80b0" width="320" youtube-src-id="nWgM3Qz80b0"></iframe></div><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><span style="font-size: large;">After Hebe took the plunge, she declared that sea water did not taste very good. She was also a bit chilly, so we let our feet dry off in the warm sand, sitting on a log, and watching the Crows work the beach. Even a crow, it turns out, likes a stroll on the beach.</span></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA-yRlKP7ZeaBcENpBZkoWvryAAntfIkao3wRv_BitcXy4utlyw1mBSA3i9GsE9-Kl_QhQ4aKYdtr2NKVyE6RWWCeCNGD1f_bBSr7vUuwo5Q40wRAs3f2aiw0krie4Zt4viyaCEZqj5EBk/s1920/20210720111459_IMG_0428.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA-yRlKP7ZeaBcENpBZkoWvryAAntfIkao3wRv_BitcXy4utlyw1mBSA3i9GsE9-Kl_QhQ4aKYdtr2NKVyE6RWWCeCNGD1f_bBSr7vUuwo5Q40wRAs3f2aiw0krie4Zt4viyaCEZqj5EBk/w640-h360/20210720111459_IMG_0428.JPG" width="640" /></a><br />Crow, out for a stroll<br /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Here is a video version of the 'crow walk':</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/e_sugGem49o" width="320" youtube-src-id="e_sugGem49o"></iframe></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p></p></div></div><div><br /></div>Rebecca Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07835541074766008269noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2058534352772590412.post-55653091033340465972021-07-10T22:39:00.001-07:002021-07-10T22:41:21.720-07:00Sunset from PKOLS<span style="font-size: large;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhESDclqcOafv_hY4yGpfABKHUHUgrmW4AQXrwHrk5yGhfq3_qLIc7bPdgwU-SjS93FNghaZmiRcbt-gtdxiqG2vEna1mXRUQ14H6g5_cnF14KKXeYYzaeA8ZmiLzTQw96R8NPjsucEbrY6/s1920/20210710211103_IMG_0342.JPG" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhESDclqcOafv_hY4yGpfABKHUHUgrmW4AQXrwHrk5yGhfq3_qLIc7bPdgwU-SjS93FNghaZmiRcbt-gtdxiqG2vEna1mXRUQ14H6g5_cnF14KKXeYYzaeA8ZmiLzTQw96R8NPjsucEbrY6/w400-h225/20210710211103_IMG_0342.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The sunset as seen by the unaided eye</td></tr></tbody></table><br />Tonight, Alex and I took a quick drive to the top of <a href="https://www.cheknews.ca/its-pkols-not-mount-doug-say-w%CC%B1sanec-as-saanich-gets-set-to-vote-on-name-change-823715/" target="_blank">PKOLS</a>, hoping to catch the last rays of sun as it set. </span><p><span style="font-size: large;">We were about 10 minutes too late to see the sun actually drop below the horizon, but we were not too late to enjoy the spectacle of colour it left behind to mark its path.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhFhKjeFa4Asy18eExspxUIWAqjZjangRGtTXZDFwqLb9Q3C86sBzc0lyG0Y5SEGLzFnZW6upu7dlyUf8gt4CWA7wYH3KesROeevd81gEdgFQs0eQGiITYTl9QyMVv3mwky5fh25u3GCt1/s1920/20210710210827_IMG_0337.JPG" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhFhKjeFa4Asy18eExspxUIWAqjZjangRGtTXZDFwqLb9Q3C86sBzc0lyG0Y5SEGLzFnZW6upu7dlyUf8gt4CWA7wYH3KesROeevd81gEdgFQs0eQGiITYTl9QyMVv3mwky5fh25u3GCt1/w400-h225/20210710210827_IMG_0337.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">zooming in a bit closer</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: large;">Yes, I did bring the 'super zoom camera' with me to see if I could capture some closer views. </span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">As you might imagine, I am thinking still about finding some colour-drenched images to use as inspiration for water-colour playtime.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK01shpP5-WbnqlssOIh9IwH-AFCBoj3uZNJhKL18gxSacsUDWW9_nA1yd0gIlnamc65iF_iiz-kFQqfO0UVOZlPoJH8SF2xJtQrOqU64F72MXXRmzFYemIW13lAQiB86R4g70gJC_1avE/s1920/20210710211032_IMG_0341.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK01shpP5-WbnqlssOIh9IwH-AFCBoj3uZNJhKL18gxSacsUDWW9_nA1yd0gIlnamc65iF_iiz-kFQqfO0UVOZlPoJH8SF2xJtQrOqU64F72MXXRmzFYemIW13lAQiB86R4g70gJC_1avE/w640-h360/20210710211032_IMG_0341.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">I loved seeing just how close I could get to capturing the pool of red lying just on the horizon of the mountains.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSF8TncGi8PdjDPy5sFeQLejvjOJ4UlgSWOCW4eZCHH_HTiZe_vSH0VdqeenqLI5a-xKZ7Hnabi6IX2-EC9ml0iHin1AdR25kdGK6arRW4jQNL775kP8jk1AFYBWuOZGchWbZAU-_BaNqj/s1920/20210710211206_IMG_0344.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSF8TncGi8PdjDPy5sFeQLejvjOJ4UlgSWOCW4eZCHH_HTiZe_vSH0VdqeenqLI5a-xKZ7Hnabi6IX2-EC9ml0iHin1AdR25kdGK6arRW4jQNL775kP8jk1AFYBWuOZGchWbZAU-_BaNqj/w640-h360/20210710211206_IMG_0344.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>The challenge is, that the closer you get to the details of interest, the less you can see the whole picture. </span><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">I suspect there is a very obvious metaphor going on there, but there you go.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">In a more practical mode, I did find myself thinking about my aunt Wyona pointing out that a picture needed to have a bit of variety in it for the images to pop out. I was left wondering if the closest view (the one most drenched with colour) was the best one for the purposes of painting?</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">And the latest watercolour challenge with Wyona reminded me that getting those sunset colours vibrant takes more time and layers. And that you need contrast between the sky and something else.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhwDq31qudbmyLlYxwZQ7YOs_oXMWOYOkOo2aHIkgTesoUeVy0FEYZi5LOuxLuPVF5Ar4nDXuqtMCV-qJgpp2UCvBmeM05vVoaTNK_lpLmJ-YdW2pRfEWtVVC0DXM-P753SksmtX9CKEyK/s4000/20210709_021947%257E2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhwDq31qudbmyLlYxwZQ7YOs_oXMWOYOkOo2aHIkgTesoUeVy0FEYZi5LOuxLuPVF5Ar4nDXuqtMCV-qJgpp2UCvBmeM05vVoaTNK_lpLmJ-YdW2pRfEWtVVC0DXM-P753SksmtX9CKEyK/w640-h480/20210709_021947%257E2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">From last week's watercolour session under Wyona' much valued tutelage!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">When Alex saw the results, he told Wyona and I that our volcanos looked great. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Volcanos?! </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Well.... I will continue to work on my 'sunset skills', but I did wonder if, rather than explaining that this was a sunset and not a volcano, I might not find it just as satisfying to rename the painting? </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Something like "Meditations on a Volcano"?<br /></span><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><br /><div><br /></div></div></div></div>Rebecca Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07835541074766008269noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2058534352772590412.post-69306599153489134612021-07-06T00:35:00.014-07:002021-07-08T15:23:29.836-07:00Thinking about Water Colour from the top of PKOLS<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikz7nb6kD5heDdJJjnSlbsGIfZmWA4UvTXFLkx7NzuGew1E8qvze5nY2yYQacJVx8I9gSSXiUIyTr3KaEpQbSqEgNKDN0aKi8O05pU-Dg1glkYl6LCRVb6ZIaDM9xCKUV1x40001QeRnDP/w640-h360/20210704195435_IMG_0278.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="640" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The world full of colour</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikz7nb6kD5heDdJJjnSlbsGIfZmWA4UvTXFLkx7NzuGew1E8qvze5nY2yYQacJVx8I9gSSXiUIyTr3KaEpQbSqEgNKDN0aKi8O05pU-Dg1glkYl6LCRVb6ZIaDM9xCKUV1x40001QeRnDP/s1920/20210704195435_IMG_0278.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></a></div><div class="separator"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator"><span style="font-size: large;">Sunday evening, I headed to the top of PKOLS with the new camera in search of photos. I have, over the years, taken hundreds of photos of PKOLS (known to some as <a href="https://crdcommunitygreenmap.ca/story/history-pkols-mount-douglas" target="_blank">Mount Douglas</a>). But this time, I went with a slightly different objective: to find source material to inspire some watercolour activity. </span></div><div class="separator"><p></p><div style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMe1jFWQyK56Ec5tcyfVq9oe5DmAdmG_lMJvQsqwadKu8PMtkyYvi_tSsBp4TfdAvizlMU2rtDxCdOBdKBgtRe2KweOlAhGm0Fp9IHnTKQqAmkxl9iOuKzVtTD10wEwe9KEPJUheH2nSqA/w320-h240/20210702_113414.jpg" width="320" /></div><span style="font-size: large;">Yep. Watercolour, my most recent attempt to learn a new skill. My Aunt Wyona jumpstarted things for me. When she was visiting in May, she went out to to the art stores to gather the materials needed, and spent a few evenings giving some lessons to me, my sister Bonnie, and my son Duncan.</span><p></p></div><div class="separator"><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span>Working with Wyona was fun. She brought with her both her experience of Chinese brush painting (from all those years in Malaysia) and of watercolour. For photos of the masterpieces completed under her most excellent tutelage, you can check out this post over on the </span><a href="http://larchhaven.blogspot.com/2021/06/comings-and-goings-with-arta-post.html" target="_blank">Larchhaven Blog</a></span><span style="font-size: large;">.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="clear: right; float: right; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ4aeftz78gSN4VIzFxLPD8bFcmkY1sl5SroGuwkf3ZItuL4nlvHAHd-nDi0bTPS6vF7pxoOER5t7oWm6UHesqkyCb13EbuE43if_PKj9Prngtn8-WTUxyzLt-FdyYdrpzozBLQCH0lSR_/w320-h240/20210702_113314.jpg" width="320" /></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span>Of course, once Wyona was gone, I was left with the business of trying to remember how to go about doing things on my own. That was harder. For sure, I will be signing up for a course in the fall, but it seemed that it might be fun to continue picking up the brush throughout the summer, to see</span><span> if watercolour and I might become more intimate with each other. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span>I continued in my quest to transform photos of "the lake" (which means "The Shuswap Lake") into a watercolour versions. </span><span>I am still a newby, but there is something satisfying in seeing what the water and paint could do.</span><span> </span><span> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Today, I started to branch out. My friends Stacy and Jess came over to spend the day painting in the back yard. This time I used a photo from a recent trip to Arbutus Cove as a guide. </span></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH92qHOGvFOM5qxRhebkrds8bkB7CNu-VZFqRgC4vcO3z-mIMeam6QEDABIOKFDvnWhBH9oBMKg9BMY5qa9tu3al0rVj_O8tKRCowq0fQ_Xc97AW0p8-vNDJdAgCycY_WiD92K8Vx09LGr/s3994/20210704_210624%257E2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2901" data-original-width="3994" height="464" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH92qHOGvFOM5qxRhebkrds8bkB7CNu-VZFqRgC4vcO3z-mIMeam6QEDABIOKFDvnWhBH9oBMKg9BMY5qa9tu3al0rVj_O8tKRCowq0fQ_Xc97AW0p8-vNDJdAgCycY_WiD92K8Vx09LGr/w640-h464/20210704_210624%257E2.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="clear: left; float: left; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5JTIFXMc_LWVrSnwmUAgINwGcMaExWGfHhJltEnbNANbR2A-zjwZ__JnIwxKdJ27QO4MQXBGQ-Kh4thdjvpmLGyCEITWktRWihTFRyUCIVNwPBKWxHVxpNWv_jI3vBxNBD6KbXaza6kLD/w400-h225/20210702133103_IMG_0264.JPG" width="400" /></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><span>As you can see from the original photo, below I am not exactly at the 'accuracy' stage. And there is much to be learned about how to draw a tree! </span><span>But how fun to have some new skills to learn. </span><span>:-). </span></span><div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">I am a beginner at the 'enjoying myself' stage, which is something to be celebrated. I have certainly been happy to at least get water and paint on the paper. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">And so, to return to the matter of PKOLS. Having spent a day looking at a photo of a place I love, and trying to imagine it in watercolour, it seemed right to gather more photos of another place I totally love, PKOLS!</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">It was just after 8pm when I was at the top. I knew that if I waited another hour or so, the sunset would drench the sky in pink, but as it was, I still got the gift of a stunning pallette of blues and greys. I also got to spend sometime pointing the camera in all directions, zooming in and out, thinking only about finding shots that might be fun to reproduce in watercolour.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">So, here are some of the watercolour ideas I came away with.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">These first three three shots are basically the same spot, taken from the top of PKOLS looking out towards Sooke, but from a distance.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuGreV6AiR4rudWQX3dKpLgKuUuNIIO_vhQG9A9Yz1F5n_rktMt8ZaW1qKrvQJAiKKfld2gJ5brfl56LgkVQPa9vqcy554RVEPqi1ORQ_Atg4ejpnTDcbybDGxZ5fihnNzy1XH8eO-_gQd/s1920/20210704202817_IMG_0325.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuGreV6AiR4rudWQX3dKpLgKuUuNIIO_vhQG9A9Yz1F5n_rktMt8ZaW1qKrvQJAiKKfld2gJ5brfl56LgkVQPa9vqcy554RVEPqi1ORQ_Atg4ejpnTDcbybDGxZ5fihnNzy1XH8eO-_gQd/w640-h360/20210704202817_IMG_0325.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Same shot but zooming in to get closer.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSccTNOPoJS6YfR_OnB-Uyr4fn48iYJTw53wpF3OHTMIKwo7AZTpytbDBi3MqmOjm9nSoVrelXyKhujC5tAcYAyo0tn8t_un6erMYFrPP7eQaL_l-CGbSMb9K6iN2lXOY2H1sC694UHZxC/s1920/20210704202934_IMG_0326.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSccTNOPoJS6YfR_OnB-Uyr4fn48iYJTw53wpF3OHTMIKwo7AZTpytbDBi3MqmOjm9nSoVrelXyKhujC5tAcYAyo0tn8t_un6erMYFrPP7eQaL_l-CGbSMb9K6iN2lXOY2H1sC694UHZxC/w640-h360/20210704202934_IMG_0326.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Again, getting closer.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDKS5wTVF1Kfq8PlstfzVus352PCkqkxV527zpHEm4u6jWiHS5GGMEBU2u2I05fUuVYzea-c1uhRaqMP9B8lh2PXn6YAenh4Ae8MIevBZHeM-YniECwITs5T6ZmnpiS_iVY-hMaC7mTvoM/s1920/20210704195316_IMG_0273.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDKS5wTVF1Kfq8PlstfzVus352PCkqkxV527zpHEm4u6jWiHS5GGMEBU2u2I05fUuVYzea-c1uhRaqMP9B8lh2PXn6YAenh4Ae8MIevBZHeM-YniECwITs5T6ZmnpiS_iVY-hMaC7mTvoM/w640-h360/20210704195316_IMG_0273.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span font-size:="" large="" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><span>What I love about the above photos is the fact that they already look a bit like water colour paintings. Or, indeed, like they are the product of collage work using different coloured strips of paper. </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><span> </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><span>I just continued working my way around the 360 degree view that you can have at the top. The pallet of blues just extended itself, as one looks in the direction of the Saanich Peninsula <span>(where the important <span style="font-family: inherit; letter-spacing: 1px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://wsanecschoolboard.ca/lts/" target="_blank">ȽÁU, WELṈEW̱ Tribal School</a></span> sits in the shadow of the Mountains). That school is doing the work of <span style="background-color: white;"><span>SENĆOŦEN</span><span style="color: white;"> </span></span>language revitalization with their immersion programs. Impressive. </span></span><span>Standing at the top of the hill, looking out over the water, I am reminded of listening to John Elliott tell the story of PKOLS, and of how the Transformer stood at the top of PKOLS, picking up people and throwing them into the water where they were transformed into Islands. I think I also heard a version of this from Rob Clifford and from Nick Claxton. The<span><span style="background-color: white; color: white;"> </span><span style="background-color: white;">SENĆOŦEN </span></span>word for islands, we were told, is "ancestors of the deep." </span><span> </span></span></div></div></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKAfs0Sx55DdmRo43x-XKAwTD64Ydx6sRMTCuKG3KkgyqwY2iT2idTRDe_axjaryGby8a-Ifgjw_4FYOPy4tTFkoV-e9E1-AIJhyphenhyphen8XyR89VwLFlEej3JvczOka_HEIxj3PPEE1MtCKvP-c/s1920/20210704202615_IMG_0319.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKAfs0Sx55DdmRo43x-XKAwTD64Ydx6sRMTCuKG3KkgyqwY2iT2idTRDe_axjaryGby8a-Ifgjw_4FYOPy4tTFkoV-e9E1-AIJhyphenhyphen8XyR89VwLFlEej3JvczOka_HEIxj3PPEE1MtCKvP-c/w640-h360/20210704202615_IMG_0319.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">In this account, each island has the name of a specific ancestor (and a name that links one to stories/knowledge about that specific island). In this Origin Story account, once some people had been transformed into islands, other people were then picked up and placed on the different islands, and told that they were to take care of their ancestors, and their ancestors would take care of them. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">I find this story quite moving, and it gives me a quite different way of looking at the islands. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><span>If I understand them as ancestors, there are different questions about ways to better understand my obligations with respect to those ancestors (including such things as calling them by their proper names, and understanding different ways of asking about how, when, whether one comes for a visit!) [There are some lovely maps of the islands with their proper names starting on p.20 of Dave Elliott Sr's book, </span><i><a href="https://wsanec.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/saltwater-people-1983-delliot-sr-compressed.pdf" target="_blank">The Saltwater People</a>]</i></span></div><div><i style="font-size: large;"><br /></i></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDFgxnhE2hzCqkndiFiO9rEtIJpThO93VI4t9Dt4Ptlqcv-mCZs_lu09CQtOATEp8n3_jgmlZocXsfZbMTBNxJmcSYWwmuxsS6GjFc7HXz8Ii-eniCn4Um3V_mBq7uaRigFxUMH-8BUdUs/s1920/20210704201354_IMG_0308.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDFgxnhE2hzCqkndiFiO9rEtIJpThO93VI4t9Dt4Ptlqcv-mCZs_lu09CQtOATEp8n3_jgmlZocXsfZbMTBNxJmcSYWwmuxsS6GjFc7HXz8Ii-eniCn4Um3V_mBq7uaRigFxUMH-8BUdUs/w640-h360/20210704201354_IMG_0308.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span><div style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: large;">In this image, I like how the land reaches out to the water in a way that looks like Raven's beak.</span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI1UEbz_FB5A3O2oXe-RfG1jeVY6_ww3xklJdNRCgSoEU0P_ttpSe0Rk5tM7wiPymeJfUY2kWsH3kG-aPJVejaPydGOqeZh-otorLfw1DQclENpWDp3do9VuVbtf_0-Lh0uaaaGOaHc_2i/s1920/20210704200347_IMG_0287.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI1UEbz_FB5A3O2oXe-RfG1jeVY6_ww3xklJdNRCgSoEU0P_ttpSe0Rk5tM7wiPymeJfUY2kWsH3kG-aPJVejaPydGOqeZh-otorLfw1DQclENpWDp3do9VuVbtf_0-Lh0uaaaGOaHc_2i/w640-h360/20210704200347_IMG_0287.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: large;">Returning to the moment at the top of PKOLS, since my focus was on watercolour, I also found myself looking up to the sky for inspiration. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">At that time of early evening, the blue of the sky was also tinged by swathes of golden shaded clouds. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcHA3kyAPd81F0_1oh06SgsuEshyUIOzvCTUhHJbOUckOyi4ca1C09OfeRE06wAnQ3tMxNd3zNT4-vc4ycCPnWHIUK6z15wZYEFwePQtqaJcv4bth4F69mdQDC_uSMaWMmiTeepqFEte-X/s1920/20210704201508_IMG_0313.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcHA3kyAPd81F0_1oh06SgsuEshyUIOzvCTUhHJbOUckOyi4ca1C09OfeRE06wAnQ3tMxNd3zNT4-vc4ycCPnWHIUK6z15wZYEFwePQtqaJcv4bth4F69mdQDC_uSMaWMmiTeepqFEte-X/w640-h360/20210704201508_IMG_0313.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><p><span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">With a change of focus on the camera, it was possible to catch the 'sharp edge' on that particular cloud formation.</span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijYIiy2qzrF2FDQTJy_NqbVxLkjDtKLgLyDszlsRyImZJ8OF7cvpURkNvfwT8OiVtIHr69OAT2MJnPTSZUiISA2bJrPg3XcOQ65f1STNW9I4vcodrLdkuad_vq01ypbuTMxlDdK8JFCRkb/s1920/20210704200624_IMG_0291.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijYIiy2qzrF2FDQTJy_NqbVxLkjDtKLgLyDszlsRyImZJ8OF7cvpURkNvfwT8OiVtIHr69OAT2MJnPTSZUiISA2bJrPg3XcOQ65f1STNW9I4vcodrLdkuad_vq01ypbuTMxlDdK8JFCRkb/w640-h360/20210704200624_IMG_0291.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><p><span style="font-size: large;">Here is another version of the same shot, different zoom, and after the wind and continued blowing, stretching the cloud even further across the sky.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1NAy_9lobnW2cykgheDF1pKWyCeFZgh8gMsG6aEZevh8zdvBEaRS_CzlJAnYMjhc3r_xkjxCD1zfqx68nWwUD4CBWWjCIB9kHBU5knprZx36_dhqrj0ZMAeNbrDXq9p1ow_90AAqWbZlr/s1920/20210704201155_IMG_0304.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1NAy_9lobnW2cykgheDF1pKWyCeFZgh8gMsG6aEZevh8zdvBEaRS_CzlJAnYMjhc3r_xkjxCD1zfqx68nWwUD4CBWWjCIB9kHBU5knprZx36_dhqrj0ZMAeNbrDXq9p1ow_90AAqWbZlr/w640-h360/20210704201155_IMG_0304.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">The question now is what these moments of beauty might look like once I have had some time to sit in front of a piece of paper with water and paint. I am looking forward to the exploration (or even just an extended period of time staring at the images).</span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">-------------------</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">ADDENDUM - July 7, 2021</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcEBOQY0cmF3fbBBe2QS4oNEQ_tIeTYWsRij3yhiDm3u9wpVofypyYFnaUaCaziYNUtxnTVBzgzIvP-3lyPfrZQoOIbvlYY48g6l6Z1neDOIWMlCFqMJdtqlbIiBGljDmumCqEG7mCYJhT/s1920/20210704202817_IMG_0325.JPG" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcEBOQY0cmF3fbBBe2QS4oNEQ_tIeTYWsRij3yhiDm3u9wpVofypyYFnaUaCaziYNUtxnTVBzgzIvP-3lyPfrZQoOIbvlYY48g6l6Z1neDOIWMlCFqMJdtqlbIiBGljDmumCqEG7mCYJhT/w400-h225/20210704202817_IMG_0325.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">photo from top of PKOLS</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;">Wyona came for a visit, so I got to have another lesson. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Here is the photo we chose to copy.</div></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Here is my version of the photo:</span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyKNwKAR_c0aXhgoW1rR6QAq7FfgmeOhO7lBhvb8A9ystCm17PhkcIF6kXbeUk69Iv3wbZ_kc9cyTdQEW_9NIp1zHRGYntUq3e8ICa-meosLYROoBe1WMGy55YhXVdgaUH7puwCNUjroPz/s4000/20210708_125956.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyKNwKAR_c0aXhgoW1rR6QAq7FfgmeOhO7lBhvb8A9ystCm17PhkcIF6kXbeUk69Iv3wbZ_kc9cyTdQEW_9NIp1zHRGYntUq3e8ICa-meosLYROoBe1WMGy55YhXVdgaUH7puwCNUjroPz/w640-h480/20210708_125956.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rebecca's interpretation</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">And here is Wyona's interpretation of the same scene (which she managed to do in between all the work of walking me through the steps). </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1Fc8C3arHC__dv7H6XTVGLt9juePDzHxEME1Bk85dDrYvfl2RdZBRsXPTv8__xbpyIP7JKNGVB6fxYDsJ1G6aAtyEm7zZYMGIvU7L2GYmPrCeL5dhHC5wyYElFrYXSoUruOImFRTEtPCM/s4000/20210708_130024.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1Fc8C3arHC__dv7H6XTVGLt9juePDzHxEME1Bk85dDrYvfl2RdZBRsXPTv8__xbpyIP7JKNGVB6fxYDsJ1G6aAtyEm7zZYMGIvU7L2GYmPrCeL5dhHC5wyYElFrYXSoUruOImFRTEtPCM/w640-h480/20210708_130024.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wyona's interpretation<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">I love it that she added in the boats as a detail (and then coached me through doing one). No, they are not in the original photo, but I think they anchor (forgive the pun) the image. I do have some work to do on colour-mixing (I was in fact TRYING to use the same colours as in the photo), but Wyona keeps telling me it is fine for the colours to be 'ideas' and not simply 'copies'. Well there you go. I love looking at both versions together, and thinking of the fun of painting alongside her.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinMKzS6FRvbNeiy_sTf87bNihP_EDfTnZ1eWl7sWxWIzctXTSE1DPIqz075IUF6xk4HPl5mzOzuJJgwuGI43yiMUtWh1Vm5Zp68CactXlrbY2rSEnrk1yeHBUNJ3OmMo0LSX6RkWMES6x9/s4000/20210708_130211.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinMKzS6FRvbNeiy_sTf87bNihP_EDfTnZ1eWl7sWxWIzctXTSE1DPIqz075IUF6xk4HPl5mzOzuJJgwuGI43yiMUtWh1Vm5Zp68CactXlrbY2rSEnrk1yeHBUNJ3OmMo0LSX6RkWMES6x9/s320/20210708_130211.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A table of delights!<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: large;">The table is still covered with paints today, so we can use the same pallet for another painting (I only have her here for another day or so). </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Funny that this photo does not look 'messy' to me; it looks like a landscape of possibility and adventure!<br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>Rebecca Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07835541074766008269noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2058534352772590412.post-20929450582803713002021-07-02T18:04:00.008-07:002021-07-03T13:53:10.791-07:00An afternoon by the water with crows<div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>It has been just over two weeks since Arta passed away, and about one week in a house without at least one of my siblings or aunts here.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span> <br /></span><span>Feeling both a bit lonely, and like it is time to get my body moving again, I decided to head down to Arbutus Cove, a place Arta loved, and that I introduced the sibs to last months [they did a great photoessay of their visit on Arta's blog <a href="https://larchhaven.blogspot.com/2021/06/arbutus-cover-walking-where-arta-walked.html" target="_blank">here</a>].</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span> <br /></span><span>Arbutus Cove is not that far, maybe only an 18 minute walk from my house, but it is downhill all the way. That, of course, means uphill all the way on the return trip. </span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>I have no one to blame but myself, but exercise has completely been off the radar for the past 6 months. During that time, if folks came to visit, I drove them there, </span><span>and then walked the 65 steps down to the beach with them (and sucking oxygen like crazy on the way back up the stairs).</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><br /></span><span>So, today I "screwed my courage to the sticking place" [nod in the direction of Lady Macbeth], and decided to walk there. </span><span>To get me motivated, I decided to take the new camera with me. Doral picked it out for me, and it has a fancy-pants zoom lens. I am still learning how to use it, so thought this would be a good excuse to distract me from the 'exercise-pain' ahead. </span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>So... here is my "photo-essay-while-wishing-excersize-came-naturally-to-me."</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><br /></span><span>I begin with two shots taken of the view approaching the stairs down to the beach. I do like how this first shot hints at the view ahead, while still holding out some mystery.</span></span></div><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdthosxe3aj2ZrZva6E3tRCZNcQvvmWvb_A5vooeJcwb-a868JlXHnEKggdvSG4nNKTBzvbqPs6CDeyChxGEZO2xcaqfJjq5IeJk0BTtg8a0vh-YiLSBTQMQTyoH0YLCZ9Eb41fdCdW-9h/s1920/20210702133046_IMG_0263.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdthosxe3aj2ZrZva6E3tRCZNcQvvmWvb_A5vooeJcwb-a868JlXHnEKggdvSG4nNKTBzvbqPs6CDeyChxGEZO2xcaqfJjq5IeJk0BTtg8a0vh-YiLSBTQMQTyoH0YLCZ9Eb41fdCdW-9h/w640-h360/20210702133046_IMG_0263.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><span style="font-size: medium;">Standing in the same spot, the zoom lens pushed through the trees to capture something of the beauty of the water's edge.</span><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipSFNXo4c41lqeXlVFFzsuVWu-HmM5ycpXHgOiaGsdKOCmVTmPXvg4UlYpfNkxvBLnXASfAn9PTDLq_DFkQxvrSCqhyagTEyMUp7k92YwAtCtAC7HbJwLwZtwlkZSZPJ_VSFJQBqPl5laB/s1920/20210702133103_IMG_0264.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipSFNXo4c41lqeXlVFFzsuVWu-HmM5ycpXHgOiaGsdKOCmVTmPXvg4UlYpfNkxvBLnXASfAn9PTDLq_DFkQxvrSCqhyagTEyMUp7k92YwAtCtAC7HbJwLwZtwlkZSZPJ_VSFJQBqPl5laB/w640-h360/20210702133103_IMG_0264.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><span style="font-size: medium;">Next, I walked past a big patch of Oceanspray to get to the top of the stairs. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuRU8KZR5hczcwA4APanR_tve7v7H7s_f3qYge2Bya-WNNKADnLA7RyrfwqH7kBIwrumfZaAAJ7oHyL32YEZDGecZU0GLhmSc1doa9o-n81MDUmUNOhZqHftSppE_9UryyUniepL-Ks03x/s1920/20210702133241_IMG_0269.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuRU8KZR5hczcwA4APanR_tve7v7H7s_f3qYge2Bya-WNNKADnLA7RyrfwqH7kBIwrumfZaAAJ7oHyL32YEZDGecZU0GLhmSc1doa9o-n81MDUmUNOhZqHftSppE_9UryyUniepL-Ks03x/w640-h360/20210702133241_IMG_0269.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7xTXaKsc999QptF6lYSMyDHDxEfstx6IgBZKew-p3T394eZlHGiPDrytuHI0Vo3zmHQJ-egwQko04LRvAzjEL_Paf5_RT6fUIHElSz0Y688XjD2KQ4luklDGkNo2eJpdb1ByKIaMYLUcJ/s4000/20210702_151448.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7xTXaKsc999QptF6lYSMyDHDxEfstx6IgBZKew-p3T394eZlHGiPDrytuHI0Vo3zmHQJ-egwQko04LRvAzjEL_Paf5_RT6fUIHElSz0Y688XjD2KQ4luklDGkNo2eJpdb1ByKIaMYLUcJ/w300-h400/20210702_151448.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the flip side of the card</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>A brief meditation on oceanspray is in order. </span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>A few years ago, I went on a guided walk up PKOLS with Earl Claxton Jr, and Nick Claxton, and learned that in Salish communities, it often goes by another name, Ironwood. </span><span>On that walk, standing by that shrub, we heard a story about the Wild Woman in the Woods (origin of the mosquito). I never see the plant anymore without thinking about that story, and how many times I have found myself reflecting on some of its teachings. I got a set of Pacific Northwest Plant Knowledge Cards last year, and I love all the info it has on the plants [you can find them at </span><a href="https://www.strongnations.com/store/item_display.php?i=7484" target="_blank">Strong Nations</a><span> if you want your own set]</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">So, passing the Oceanspray, one arrives at the stairs. There is something magical in pathway through the forest down to the beach. You can catch small glimpses of the Cove below, but the predominant feeling for me is of being wrapped in a blanket of green and dappled forest light.</span></div><div><div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeL5DGZFDppCqKFTBS6m1fLb7X2K3v-ypLSff03DN2yZvCayiL0j_8MNwyme7B7hMBa6GSi0qdAKtv4UDYZAuabAJhiwbhoF3kSfEEuKP1QnAfnaxjeAr_8WqtlmuVsCTw0-8IM1d4r82Q/s1920/20210702132847_IMG_0260.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeL5DGZFDppCqKFTBS6m1fLb7X2K3v-ypLSff03DN2yZvCayiL0j_8MNwyme7B7hMBa6GSi0qdAKtv4UDYZAuabAJhiwbhoF3kSfEEuKP1QnAfnaxjeAr_8WqtlmuVsCTw0-8IM1d4r82Q/w640-h360/20210702132847_IMG_0260.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">65 stairs is not so bad....on the way down!</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">And then the stairs end, and the colour palette switches from green to blue.</span></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRsD0kiTK2rBfrzK_Tw_192J3L2vf21z7Xao1C2tytOB3UwhQTC54E9-0hx8I8BxzTbymk2aDHCJFFlE5h1i6KeOOG0LKlJr5oTuOyuYvfRpySn6IcB1ElCxC_EWP2S6WbNnQgrvMZb_-J/s1920/20210702132219_IMG_0253.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRsD0kiTK2rBfrzK_Tw_192J3L2vf21z7Xao1C2tytOB3UwhQTC54E9-0hx8I8BxzTbymk2aDHCJFFlE5h1i6KeOOG0LKlJr5oTuOyuYvfRpySn6IcB1ElCxC_EWP2S6WbNnQgrvMZb_-J/w640-h360/20210702132219_IMG_0253.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The tide is out</td></tr></tbody></table><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">From there, and easy stroll along the beach to find some Beachwood to perch on, and take in the scene.</span></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_8TNi2LH2ispB2SCgccaKF5z9sauYeVnSDIKEeynUlRIqhjIctddWv7A3gG0SMPRbkURWfUPBgb4Xk5mY67wslLSXPptz-pbw9SlwTe9YBbnx-OrHOqGKPi-tc_UGLNqBEIyAleaynhol/s1920/20210702132102_IMG_0249.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_8TNi2LH2ispB2SCgccaKF5z9sauYeVnSDIKEeynUlRIqhjIctddWv7A3gG0SMPRbkURWfUPBgb4Xk5mY67wslLSXPptz-pbw9SlwTe9YBbnx-OrHOqGKPi-tc_UGLNqBEIyAleaynhol/w360-h640/20210702132102_IMG_0249.JPG" width="360" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The driftwood is bleached from years in the sun</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><span style="font-size: medium;">For those who enjoy video [or just a bit of time for meditation], here is a short sweep of the cove from one side to the other (did I mention that groovy new camera pivots easily from photo to video?)</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/fgUaSMSLJ0w" width="320" youtube-src-id="fgUaSMSLJ0w"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://youtu.be/fgUaSMSLJ0w">https://youtu.be/fgUaSMSLJ0w</a> (1:30 minutes)</div><p><span style="font-size: medium;">The crows were very busy (and talkative) today at the beach. So here are three offerings, each a doubling: that is, first a <u>photo</u> then a <u>video</u> of crows doing what crows do.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">1. Crow walking in the sand</span><br /><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgirqL3CQFs810unAK8PMJ0I1q1jmmbAeRMnt-dAOmJUp9fxXfYR92BNhB0_ZWJRuPlD0aSB99XI3O-ibyKdqRZPS_4BZOyH0d22-Vo96RMFR-7gVsHTByZMt8C5rgXlipFsSLordOp1Gw7/s1920/20210702131151_IMG_0241.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgirqL3CQFs810unAK8PMJ0I1q1jmmbAeRMnt-dAOmJUp9fxXfYR92BNhB0_ZWJRuPlD0aSB99XI3O-ibyKdqRZPS_4BZOyH0d22-Vo96RMFR-7gVsHTByZMt8C5rgXlipFsSLordOp1Gw7/w640-h360/20210702131151_IMG_0241.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I love the sparkle on the water.... and a crow who knows where she is headed!<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/K4vWlz_lJa4" width="320" youtube-src-id="K4vWlz_lJa4"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://youtu.be/K4vWlz_lJa4">https://youtu.be/K4vWlz_lJa4</a> (2:54 minutes)</div><p><span style="font-size: medium;">2. Crows walking in the seaweed</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2b6BvD-RRW4mHS3FlQygIhEXXeYCcjZIPp5-54k9VQAJnu5h_ZnVzyGULG655DxVgqCuKehASX5hjmDcPtOHKoEgORmcO3uxJ4eEPveu8b3mikuhXPfQhyphenhyphenFwxjfckW5t5bZtSogpIUcfm/s1920/20210702132512_IMG_0257.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2b6BvD-RRW4mHS3FlQygIhEXXeYCcjZIPp5-54k9VQAJnu5h_ZnVzyGULG655DxVgqCuKehASX5hjmDcPtOHKoEgORmcO3uxJ4eEPveu8b3mikuhXPfQhyphenhyphenFwxjfckW5t5bZtSogpIUcfm/w640-h360/20210702132512_IMG_0257.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">What is hiding in this pile of leafy greens? Bugs? Little crabs?</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/P0HwHFfEOpE" width="320" youtube-src-id="P0HwHFfEOpE"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://youtu.be/P0HwHFfEOpE">https://youtu.be/P0HwHFfEOpE</a> (44 seconds)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: medium;">3. Crow party in a tree</span><div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6EuegrVMpMOYvVW_951RoBkLushBnYJxg6zPTJTpFH0fLkKIkU7_q_lT-jis6BT9-dE-zBU-JkiNJsbcRnZDLoIVdzStY-BsWdh_Eg5YzjeMtJL_kKAtVgz6NgHoYVruyoKzlDekX4j61/s1920/20210702132343_IMG_0255.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6EuegrVMpMOYvVW_951RoBkLushBnYJxg6zPTJTpFH0fLkKIkU7_q_lT-jis6BT9-dE-zBU-JkiNJsbcRnZDLoIVdzStY-BsWdh_Eg5YzjeMtJL_kKAtVgz6NgHoYVruyoKzlDekX4j61/w640-h360/20210702132343_IMG_0255.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">So many places to perch in the branches of this dead arbutus tree</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Y5SZcvblGtM" width="320" youtube-src-id="Y5SZcvblGtM"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://youtu.be/Y5SZcvblGtM">https://youtu.be/Y5SZcvblGtM</a> (55 seconds)</div><br /><div><span style="font-size: medium;">That was it. Twenty contemplative minutes on the beach, and then it was 'uphill all the way'. It is only 65 steps back up, but I was grateful for the bench at the top, which gave me a chance to catch my breath (for the rest of the walk home) while watching the Oceanspray sway in the gentle breeze coming in. It was sweet (and yes, I can see there is going to be plenty of room for learning how to hold the camera still while filming!) [and yes, the rest of the walk home was torture! I will try it again tomorrow]</span></div></div></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/cjmr4zD80tM" width="320" youtube-src-id="cjmr4zD80tM"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://youtu.be/cjmr4zD80tM">https://youtu.be/cjmr4zD80tM</a> (6 seconds)</div><br /><div><br /></div>Rebecca Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07835541074766008269noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2058534352772590412.post-23654678187729736912021-06-04T19:20:00.004-07:002021-06-05T15:27:11.043-07:00A drive to Sidney by the Sea with Arta, Wyona and Bonnie<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrXxNxaoaAerchOhU4vyEhrQQ_ArXPsdGVuLHxSGZuA0CfQ4Ka_R2eQnX76v08YflN8QAw1fejBum0P0PETFipN6WdRi2g1e8qvsw52OW4XxPpBM8TAztoXhDZMwouZDNN411srV6BWZLF/s1920/20210603105646_IMG_0033.JPG" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrXxNxaoaAerchOhU4vyEhrQQ_ArXPsdGVuLHxSGZuA0CfQ4Ka_R2eQnX76v08YflN8QAw1fejBum0P0PETFipN6WdRi2g1e8qvsw52OW4XxPpBM8TAztoXhDZMwouZDNN411srV6BWZLF/w400-h225/20210603105646_IMG_0033.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wyona and Arta (a scarf to keep off the breeze)</td></tr></tbody></table></div><span style="font-size: medium;">On Thursday, the forecast was a for a beautiful day, with showers ahead for the weekend. </span><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Given that both Bonnie and Wyona were here, it seemed the perfect day to try out the new wheelchair (thanks, Red Cross!) and take the crew out to Sidney by the Sea. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">We drove the slow way out, taking West Saanich Road all the way out to Lands End, and then doubling back to downtown Sidney. That road is just glorious...like taking a bath in forest green. I wish in hindsight that I had stopped to take photos along the way, but you will just have to trust me that it was so beautiful. </span></div><div><div><br /></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjve6SMaII36rMpgXjwO1tCyFImMo77ne7t7_VJATSOYP6XmAxl4JIUPAd2qzeS9vOxSaeFWMKpXZj0t_0QGOwecdjbMcOec5Gf-0ejRVraixCIplS2x8l7MkMrK7Tpr4tMyDd9mS0W7XMe/s1920/20210603112747_IMG_0048.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjve6SMaII36rMpgXjwO1tCyFImMo77ne7t7_VJATSOYP6XmAxl4JIUPAd2qzeS9vOxSaeFWMKpXZj0t_0QGOwecdjbMcOec5Gf-0ejRVraixCIplS2x8l7MkMrK7Tpr4tMyDd9mS0W7XMe/w640-h360/20210603112747_IMG_0048.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One bird per perch!<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: medium;">And after an adventure in green, it was time for an adventure in blue. Here are some shots of our adventures (which really involved me taking photos of the water, Wyona taking photos of seagulls, and Bonnie taking photos of Arta and Art (the waterfront is marvellously populated with public art). So... in no particular order, her are some photos from our trip.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">I note here that I have a new camera, with an actually zoom lens, and so it was possible to get a better picture of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Baker">Mount Baker </a>looming in the background (yes, it is a stratovolcano, which last erupted in 1880).</span> <div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghRophP5qPkVlJEchiIXsyWt4FzBeL_LtqNzY7cfItNy6MtzbdW1vW3Putq0PgS5ln0u_Rz_7wyL08afUF240wvFAZhyJmhT-Ln_W6UI1-tKH0SdL_Vs_23MVCvX7jAngC8uca4hGSY-zg/s1920/20210603112734_IMG_0047.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghRophP5qPkVlJEchiIXsyWt4FzBeL_LtqNzY7cfItNy6MtzbdW1vW3Putq0PgS5ln0u_Rz_7wyL08afUF240wvFAZhyJmhT-Ln_W6UI1-tKH0SdL_Vs_23MVCvX7jAngC8uca4hGSY-zg/w640-h360/20210603112734_IMG_0047.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Can you see Mount Baker in the background?</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv6SNKr1TRXMrIoYQysLGi63eMdexTMgEUa6YxkVPCFz7G2eUwus4p0tNcWPyy4S0oIna9zDz00aORUjyDGNp4b_b7c5ii-LCy3mFuLRPpTfcY_Sj0phhDEdQKQ4MzxJgljJhjB0NI0P11/s1920/20210603112334_IMG_0044_1.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv6SNKr1TRXMrIoYQysLGi63eMdexTMgEUa6YxkVPCFz7G2eUwus4p0tNcWPyy4S0oIna9zDz00aORUjyDGNp4b_b7c5ii-LCy3mFuLRPpTfcY_Sj0phhDEdQKQ4MzxJgljJhjB0NI0P11/w640-h360/20210603112334_IMG_0044_1.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I like the bird checking out the mountain<br /><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfuYSioSU5TJKT2JyphttpCYMnhvL1SPr8wPdQ6AkxhGXod2lV1JkDHPFQawxpW12nW3OG_lXh4xYN_Xp_vtvlkFFoWmNZgKiddibYZYxR3DjHb0OPqToRLSxR5knBgeNDf0wrxnWllrwU/s1920/20210603105608_IMG_0031.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfuYSioSU5TJKT2JyphttpCYMnhvL1SPr8wPdQ6AkxhGXod2lV1JkDHPFQawxpW12nW3OG_lXh4xYN_Xp_vtvlkFFoWmNZgKiddibYZYxR3DjHb0OPqToRLSxR5knBgeNDf0wrxnWllrwU/w640-h360/20210603105608_IMG_0031.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Even if the mountain is huge, it was also somewhat misty against the skyline</td></tr></tbody></table><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrXxNxaoaAerchOhU4vyEhrQQ_ArXPsdGVuLHxSGZuA0CfQ4Ka_R2eQnX76v08YflN8QAw1fejBum0P0PETFipN6WdRi2g1e8qvsw52OW4XxPpBM8TAztoXhDZMwouZDNN411srV6BWZLF/s1920/20210603105646_IMG_0033.JPG" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><br /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Now the next photos were taken by Wyona, as we were walking along the pier. She was busy sneaking up on the seagulls, to get some action shots.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyK-S1xj3uLhILkp4o5tlFLHp7ktbkgoRhURE7zSk76o8KsVVUmnCMFlwhzPFF1_SWlamDRoL4Q6gyXlAFvOamNwV5_y85rAnLMjXAn4VMiE0W2KGQY1Nd4HNFs7mjKSF4hK0UFw4PLLOm/s640/IMG_1051.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyK-S1xj3uLhILkp4o5tlFLHp7ktbkgoRhURE7zSk76o8KsVVUmnCMFlwhzPFF1_SWlamDRoL4Q6gyXlAFvOamNwV5_y85rAnLMjXAn4VMiE0W2KGQY1Nd4HNFs7mjKSF4hK0UFw4PLLOm/w640-h480/IMG_1051.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">As always, one of us is always taking a photo of someone taking a photo!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY6NCANGIzzYdbs4y5i1WCEtFAxOAn8spCUeQ48GrC4OZ8LH2DejISW8D8chdiQwFs0EnTEGLZFXmCJDIYR6-rBMRXIinat5Z5GjZuwrwZky5AiZP5PvwoBUa2JHlUxwsdY7Co5Hbp3f-Q/s2016/IMG_1070.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY6NCANGIzzYdbs4y5i1WCEtFAxOAn8spCUeQ48GrC4OZ8LH2DejISW8D8chdiQwFs0EnTEGLZFXmCJDIYR6-rBMRXIinat5Z5GjZuwrwZky5AiZP5PvwoBUa2JHlUxwsdY7Co5Hbp3f-Q/w640-h480/IMG_1070.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I wondered what the two birds were both looking at. something tasty?</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Wyona got some great action shots.... mostly because she was busy sneaking up on the birds.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4DBmZdqDXc9llumGElRdBJnyfWsI7lNKbgR0WpidynTvj4vnGxFHj52XL87HpVzmAy1lg9sjQfSn4Qr_R0tX7IfTpVgATN3-q1b6i4OiZH7ASSoR_04Ky_ENkdpzqzkQt-gXZfNsozDxE/s640/IMG_1059.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4DBmZdqDXc9llumGElRdBJnyfWsI7lNKbgR0WpidynTvj4vnGxFHj52XL87HpVzmAy1lg9sjQfSn4Qr_R0tX7IfTpVgATN3-q1b6i4OiZH7ASSoR_04Ky_ENkdpzqzkQt-gXZfNsozDxE/w640-h480/IMG_1059.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7MP2r60SwddWtYdKaC6fNIEPjnjaW341aYH-0GIUVozQwSwvUR7mvMDtR1gLgO2F8QhGdD631C1D2mFWFonHu0sFaqfL5HNE9ST0l9lOb4ZvlUcWXbjFkMmaI_AcnaQz0YybqJr395ic-/s2016/IMG_1056.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7MP2r60SwddWtYdKaC6fNIEPjnjaW341aYH-0GIUVozQwSwvUR7mvMDtR1gLgO2F8QhGdD631C1D2mFWFonHu0sFaqfL5HNE9ST0l9lOb4ZvlUcWXbjFkMmaI_AcnaQz0YybqJr395ic-/w640-h480/IMG_1056.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bonnie and Rebecca are missing the action going on behind them</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoQqGUvXyDSK0dUMVoLzwizN3vl3m7KjZi2gr-cQph7hN0MqKj5UJ3gjJU13pIESFMne16lSz3eFzKyKwektC_jGPJ5J195NEIBwax23cRRxpVl5Kqn_fhefpLywDqnLrcrakIGR_m627C/s640/IMG_1055.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoQqGUvXyDSK0dUMVoLzwizN3vl3m7KjZi2gr-cQph7hN0MqKj5UJ3gjJU13pIESFMne16lSz3eFzKyKwektC_jGPJ5J195NEIBwax23cRRxpVl5Kqn_fhefpLywDqnLrcrakIGR_m627C/w640-h480/IMG_1055.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Both Bonnie and the bird turning their backs on Wyona's shenanigans</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div></div></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">One highlight of our trip came at the very end.... when our next door neighbour pointed out that there was a rainbow 'splatter' in the sky above our house. He was right! I am sure there is a name for this phenomenon, but this is the first time I have seen something like this in a sky with no hint of a raincloud.</span></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDKVJM3HKFPhRDEcFAKTikNcRRRp9ImKi2oB1Sbnnz4TMatd_ncuYSIIhRyzeS_MmlD-hbAHw5VIVH58nYtYmD8m6R1tdAi34n9ZHMuhoijtpIiDmZc3dbVgAsfeJ25CrOHoi5Cfdjx_st/s1920/20210603130835_IMG_0056.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDKVJM3HKFPhRDEcFAKTikNcRRRp9ImKi2oB1Sbnnz4TMatd_ncuYSIIhRyzeS_MmlD-hbAHw5VIVH58nYtYmD8m6R1tdAi34n9ZHMuhoijtpIiDmZc3dbVgAsfeJ25CrOHoi5Cfdjx_st/w640-h360/20210603130835_IMG_0056.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the rainbow seems to have almost emerged from our chimney</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_bL7jI6-YXzJfFof67bCgqTFthoMsVaEdMZvELUzcoNW9z1V-xluUhXaGwyA-LRebk76MAaAMCh6iMxPUTK_0Gf4InF5gs-mkGwG3IJ5NYG5rzg1EUGC9hZ1n9Bv71AWmrr94lQX4fi8z/s1920/20210603130939_IMG_0059.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_bL7jI6-YXzJfFof67bCgqTFthoMsVaEdMZvELUzcoNW9z1V-xluUhXaGwyA-LRebk76MAaAMCh6iMxPUTK_0Gf4InF5gs-mkGwG3IJ5NYG5rzg1EUGC9hZ1n9Bv71AWmrr94lQX4fi8z/w640-h360/20210603130939_IMG_0059.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I also like the while cloud 'combed' overtop of the rainbow splatter</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Rebecca Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07835541074766008269noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2058534352772590412.post-36433847416384752682021-04-26T19:28:00.004-07:002021-04-27T14:39:12.955-07:00Perimeters and Parameters - thinking about words and ideas with Arta on April 24<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxvl6rCj3EhqiscneC1PmaFELB50xZr2bK6JPheYOJHH4wzcFFCIQ09mMRqcMPNBIebaw-FSO6wzTeIUeyPJws8mrvrEmzdjo4InQAcMPOBGNPsSvDnHLzA6l6RD9BMH8QhVXqpGKSYaTp/s4000/20210425_224704.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxvl6rCj3EhqiscneC1PmaFELB50xZr2bK6JPheYOJHH4wzcFFCIQ09mMRqcMPNBIebaw-FSO6wzTeIUeyPJws8mrvrEmzdjo4InQAcMPOBGNPsSvDnHLzA6l6RD9BMH8QhVXqpGKSYaTp/s320/20210425_224704.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p>In the evenings, sitting in the hospital, Arta has been engaging in concerted acts of.... poetry!</p><p>Yep. </p><p>Sitting there, thinking about words, wordplay, and the ideas and possibilities embedded in these words. </p><p>The other day, in the context of a conversation about some great TikTok videos created by a student in the Inuit film class, videos reflecting on questions of nation and identity, Arta started talking to me about her latest poetic meditations, meditations circling around (forgive the pun) the terms PERIMETER and PARAMETER.</p><p>I told her that she had to tell me again, but that I would record to share with others in the family, simply because...</p><p>Thus, a little bit of video to share.</p><p>I decided NOT to edit it. This is raw footage (i just did not have the energy to edit out the first few minutes) For those who want to get to the substance of her thoughts, skip forward to minute 2:50.</p><p>If you are in no rush, then you will get to see a bit of preliminary ramblings, incuding Rebecca's attempt to close the blinds, Rebecca's bad handling of an exact-o-knife, more of Arta's room at the hospital, including all of her scarves hanging off the gantry, the flowers delivered to our house by Deb Curran, Arta's lunch tray, and even Arta brushing her eyebrows before we start. Such treasures! :-) Enjoy.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/rQaHCpdC40k" width="320" youtube-src-id="rQaHCpdC40k"></iframe></div><br /><p><br /></p>Rebecca Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07835541074766008269noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2058534352772590412.post-56992442237199062162021-04-23T00:55:00.007-07:002021-04-23T12:26:30.415-07:00 A Day in the Palliative Care Ward with Arta - April 21<p><br /></p><span style="font-size: large;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwl3qOXxz7JFbooEpNxtP9Lv7ZinbRue9yZUbM0EtOenOiZtBdQI3lL4ubXAdQBr0vVKAzUfYFnOZqoabYWCXlEx9oOUWC7zwgpLaFLxrMLe6Oph4l_MdecR5j2jq7RjkwCR0sM02UgJDr/s4000/20210420_170032_HDR.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwl3qOXxz7JFbooEpNxtP9Lv7ZinbRue9yZUbM0EtOenOiZtBdQI3lL4ubXAdQBr0vVKAzUfYFnOZqoabYWCXlEx9oOUWC7zwgpLaFLxrMLe6Oph4l_MdecR5j2jq7RjkwCR0sM02UgJDr/w300-h400/20210420_170032_HDR.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Arta about to be taken down to the operating room</td></tr></tbody></table></span><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">April 20, Dr Svorkdal the anesthesiologist did a nerve block procedure for Arta! Exciting. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">There is an entire post to be written about Arta's adventures during that procedure. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">It includes her asking to be told stories to distract her from the pain of the surgery, specifically, stories about bees, and having Don the Nurse let her hold his hand while he told her that he was also a beekeeper, and had been stung 5 times just the day before! </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">Now that was unexpected.</span></p><div><div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha1_4qnEzE1-YeXI65rYwlrCbDaOTnQFJtqsFj24pGnp-0T5fEv-Kf6XKx6BsYsROJ5JXkGk2KEVtwMixq5PU5hchA3q1hIPJDsGjtF2QOs8fjIN9JRM5wKHiMeI60xZuoPTNDO0mD-zXl/s4000/20210421_171121.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha1_4qnEzE1-YeXI65rYwlrCbDaOTnQFJtqsFj24pGnp-0T5fEv-Kf6XKx6BsYsROJ5JXkGk2KEVtwMixq5PU5hchA3q1hIPJDsGjtF2QOs8fjIN9JRM5wKHiMeI60xZuoPTNDO0mD-zXl/w400-h300/20210421_171121.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Making lists of things to do</td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">But to continue with THIS story, April 21 was 'Day 1 Post Nerve Block' for Arta. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><span>We are all crossing our fingers for the best-case outcome (a 60% reduction in pain).</span><span> </span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Dr. Saiger reminded us that we would need to wait a couple of days before assessing how things had gone. </span><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm1p7qfa97C_8WOfigw0xgJGXuJ6FqTayDzVck3Jr-gLeT_jIBcTfxVNDt2Ec8PzwfYvzSFR1JorR42J4twwF_ZnkKr8WMbYKxLGccS4ypSuSHvLRPKv_XaH4rsHmCq36A-2IVuTbW4w41/s4000/20210421_184707_HDR.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm1p7qfa97C_8WOfigw0xgJGXuJ6FqTayDzVck3Jr-gLeT_jIBcTfxVNDt2Ec8PzwfYvzSFR1JorR42J4twwF_ZnkKr8WMbYKxLGccS4ypSuSHvLRPKv_XaH4rsHmCq36A-2IVuTbW4w41/s320/20210421_184707_HDR.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gantry transformed to a scarf holder</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span>So this was Day 1. Mary did the night shift before me. I had some some appointments scheduled for the morning, so I arrived back at the hospital a bit later in the afternoon (and perhaps a bit tired already). </span><span> </span></span></p></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">By that time, Mary (who had been there the previous 18 hours) had phoned me to say, "Come save me! Mom is being manic!"</span></p></div><div><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">I took her to mean that the block must have been working, and that the Arta we know and love (and sort of fear) was re-emerging from the deep fog of pain and nausea that had marked the last 2-3 weeks.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span></span></span></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh11O7uVydrxjGogXh-6gdmTLs-BBsS5iYpTCyWRv5ZajwqwwZf4FbmxZX9s67jNtcZNFnGYeF1Uzb0eC5kI6HGjrb-Gn3hqe0l-AwzJmf4wBDaFTTuS7mYonpjyMqMO_1r9yJRpo3P30u_/s4000/20210421_171816_HDR.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh11O7uVydrxjGogXh-6gdmTLs-BBsS5iYpTCyWRv5ZajwqwwZf4FbmxZX9s67jNtcZNFnGYeF1Uzb0eC5kI6HGjrb-Gn3hqe0l-AwzJmf4wBDaFTTuS7mYonpjyMqMO_1r9yJRpo3P30u_/s320/20210421_171816_HDR.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Arta looking to find the double-decker bus</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: large;"><span>I arrived to discover that Mary was right: in the euphoria of some combination of drugs and pain reduction, weeks of suppressed activity re-emerged. </span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span>Arta was making list after list of tasks that needed doing, stories that needed telling, conversations that needed to happen, emails that needed writing, </span><span>surfaces that needed tidying, silver that needed polishing.</span><span> And each activity needed doing immediately! </span><span> </span></span></p><span style="font-size: large;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIxBF4DbtRggANyU1ZUSiWxQ7vy0nbcGpCjClU-GfsiahinBXZCbasdKhveow_IvsXL4lfDni0Iocgp6BhPdin8KyyMqOXk0PDAgWDVsokLLzOhPQDenT2wjqejO4Ci0WYrdb71cUT_bwS/s4000/20210418_104914_HDR.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIxBF4DbtRggANyU1ZUSiWxQ7vy0nbcGpCjClU-GfsiahinBXZCbasdKhveow_IvsXL4lfDni0Iocgp6BhPdin8KyyMqOXk0PDAgWDVsokLLzOhPQDenT2wjqejO4Ci0WYrdb71cUT_bwS/w400-h300/20210418_104914_HDR.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">one way to get her face and braids in one shot!</td></tr></tbody></table>In some ways, no big deal. Sort of like business as usual for her. </span></div><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">But if you take all Arta's energy, and lay it overtop of some extreme drug-related confusion, you do get something of an ADD energizer-bunny on drugs.</span></p><div><p></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">In some ways, so much fun! </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">In other ways, a terrifying nightmare. </span></p><p></p><span style="font-size: large;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj-UAWJ9F5TNd5dV3qklNy_5QnJPcDzAAwdXMRmPkI0BT4wjsQHaFaufnKwIZApIb_QrD4hy6EZhjZtxeHtu_TET4qMHCHk5QPNOpfN6kOw3fc5GCqpDY5CH0jbl_4_kmchti891s3G9V4/s4000/20210421_165949.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj-UAWJ9F5TNd5dV3qklNy_5QnJPcDzAAwdXMRmPkI0BT4wjsQHaFaufnKwIZApIb_QrD4hy6EZhjZtxeHtu_TET4qMHCHk5QPNOpfN6kOw3fc5GCqpDY5CH0jbl_4_kmchti891s3G9V4/w400-h300/20210421_165949.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Her new Klimt scarf goes well with the hallway art!</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: large;"></span>Recall that she is still attached by tubes to a subcutaneous fentanyl pump. </span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">So, imagine Arta racing off in all directions (as she is wont to do), but forgetting that she is attached to tubes. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">You can well imagine Mary and I trying to keep up to her, and encourage her to NOT suddenly head over to the couch to look out the window. </span></p><p></p><span style="font-size: large;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNLl9JX2yAB8yMjHCOpIMzVxGQ2rsQhtE0_Bi13FJlbRImjpX-LIhJh4KrojT9yYYbrGsFewStDT-CWah_epWZrN6FmQbboZkk0f6XSr8g44eYU9Ftjq9BxI4ivYKpzcSJFKfCoSDsediD/s4000/20210421_170234.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNLl9JX2yAB8yMjHCOpIMzVxGQ2rsQhtE0_Bi13FJlbRImjpX-LIhJh4KrojT9yYYbrGsFewStDT-CWah_epWZrN6FmQbboZkk0f6XSr8g44eYU9Ftjq9BxI4ivYKpzcSJFKfCoSDsediD/w640-h480/20210421_170234.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Arta points out that if we stage the photo right, you can't see her mask and it looks like she is a patron at an art gallery opening, rather than a patient in the hospital.</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: large;"></span>Of course there is nothing wrong with looking out the window. But a person needs to remember that the pump needs to come with! :-)</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoQWP8LYPuQLwp6QaiAL0RZi-mH816Xtop8aw3mANCPrctuqfqF8Ft7JF0ppfY6oorjdjOWrI6rgTWG-RYgSnaA7EPDB1IUzE61L6LvNjP_qJ0MtDHFG2GolEsmFC1tujNw2yDQGSNTp0b/s4000/20210421_172759.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoQWP8LYPuQLwp6QaiAL0RZi-mH816Xtop8aw3mANCPrctuqfqF8Ft7JF0ppfY6oorjdjOWrI6rgTWG-RYgSnaA7EPDB1IUzE61L6LvNjP_qJ0MtDHFG2GolEsmFC1tujNw2yDQGSNTp0b/w400-h300/20210421_172759.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">So many colours in the sky</td></tr></tbody></table><p style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: large;">She also needed to put on a new scarf for her walk around the ward, leaning on her walker. </span></p><p style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: large;">It is important to look good when you go out (aka 'leave your room')!</span></p><p style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: large;">It probably is a 1 minute circle at regular walking speed around the ward, but much slower with a walker and a subcutaneous pump! </span></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzRNc43Rur7ZROSsUFj2jq9v0V4tNZm2lnj_zNbvc7D7SP-7GkK_EAgVPx50yNGhiG-Rll3k5OXgqsTNoiyoTjkVxI46v2lgk8dhqcSjexloUuXMKe6GviXhAHNY_OdMnKpiEFt6bYTcdE/s4000/20210421_182036.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzRNc43Rur7ZROSsUFj2jq9v0V4tNZm2lnj_zNbvc7D7SP-7GkK_EAgVPx50yNGhiG-Rll3k5OXgqsTNoiyoTjkVxI46v2lgk8dhqcSjexloUuXMKe6GviXhAHNY_OdMnKpiEFt6bYTcdE/s320/20210421_182036.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I love how the horizon blurs away.</td></tr></tbody></table><p style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: large;">Of course, the return to the room is also wonderful. The room is lovely and spacious, with its own bathroom, shower, sink, cupboards, foldout couch and more. </span></p><p style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Palliative Ward (which has a truly exceptional team of people) is on the 8th floor of the Patient Care Centre at the Royal Jubilee Hospital, and the view from the window itself a work of art.</span></p><p style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: large;">There is always a beautiful scene worthy of contemplation. </span></p></span></div><div><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixvq8w6UzOHbJSw27LcJGtl3nKVsB1nv1Pe764LejsHYmEvnJn4x7dqUtZtFmQHirIzDvEsA041DbMTw0SGDlml4wywxEZIYPNWPO5gR5dEmFfIVxoVK4rgdH-ZEMEUK9AV1ju15sTCjdf/s4000/20210421_182052_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixvq8w6UzOHbJSw27LcJGtl3nKVsB1nv1Pe764LejsHYmEvnJn4x7dqUtZtFmQHirIzDvEsA041DbMTw0SGDlml4wywxEZIYPNWPO5gR5dEmFfIVxoVK4rgdH-ZEMEUK9AV1ju15sTCjdf/w640-h480/20210421_182052_HDR.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We kept wondering if those clouds would bring us rain. They didn't.</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>AND NOW, FOR SOME 'FACE-TO-FACE TIME'</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">For those who have made it this far, here are some video clips from the last day. They are uncut, and a bit raw, but you can at least get some sense of what a gift it is for Mary and I to be able to stay here with Arta during this strange mixed up period. Yes, the drugs do create some word loss, jumble and enthusiasm, but they have kicked back some of the pain, so we get to enjoy some of the deliciousness that is our mom. We are still keeping our hopes up that she might be able to come back to my place sometime next week.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Video 1: </b><span>In which Arta reflects on what should be done with her books.</span></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/OpDVm-m_XGY" width="320" youtube-src-id="OpDVm-m_XGY"></iframe></div><br /><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><b>Video 2:</b> In which Arta and I try to give an update as the sun sets. </span><span>It is in two parts:</span></span></p></div><div><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nczdP3Vpys4" width="320" youtube-src-id="nczdP3Vpys4"></iframe></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div></span><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">This first part is interrupted by a break for Taryn to give Arta her evening shot of Nozinan (another item in the toolkit of medications to address the pain and nausea). Our video exploration then continues for another 12 minutes, with much disjointed jumping from thought to thought (thank you fentanyl). As you will see, Arta stays entertaining even as she rides the tide of opiates! :-) [and it is clear that we both really need some sleep]</span></p></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/AVMVYL91sIs" width="320" youtube-src-id="AVMVYL91sIs"></iframe></div><div><br /></div><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Video 3: </b>In which an exhausted Rebecca wonders why her mother will not just go to sleep rather than demand a midnight snack of cream of wheat porridge (is this payback for my own behaviour as a young child?!)</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/uyzGrrW28H4" width="320" youtube-src-id="uyzGrrW28H4"></iframe></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p></div></div>Rebecca Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07835541074766008269noreply@blogger.com2