Evening light over Gabriola Island. A piece of paradise right here on earth.

A forest so wet and green that moss will start to grow on wandering dogs if they slow down too much.

Vancouver Island, BC.

#rainforest

“Water does not resist. Water flows. When you plunge your hand into it, all you feel is a caress. Water is not a solid wall, it will not stop you. But water always goes where it wants to go, and nothing in the end can stand against it. Water is patient.”

-Margaret Atwood

#water

Nakusp, BC

There were days when the sun dappling through the old cedars hypnotized us, and we sat by the creek until hunger drove us home.

#Naturephotography

Off trail, and a bit out of my depth, I scrambled up Nanoose Creek to get some moss and water photos last week.

#rainforest

Starry, starry night
Paint your palette blue and grey
Look out on a summer's day
With eyes that know the darkness in my soul
Shadows on the hills
Sketch the trees and the daffodils
Catch the breeze and the winter chills

Don McLean - Vincent

#impressionism

4.

We did! The nose knows. Cheers.

Mexican rescues, but they have become naturals in the west coast rainforests.

Your writing lifts us up. I offer you some pics of my dogs on a recent hike.

Tanner suddenly realizes we have left the map at home, and starts to question his last few hours of this hike.

Myself and my dog in our moss cloaks, Vancouver Island.

“All the roads, all the miles
But hair goes grey, eyes stay wide
Fall into bed, turn off the light
Fall asleep inside”

@cardiffcraig - Dirty Old Town

A scene I love, and a song that is so perfectly written and recorded, and means so much to me.

I was fortunate to have lived my pirate years. It was a window of opportunity, and I took it.

With a coastal rain making rivulets on the car windows
Two travellers gaze into the distance
Both wondering if they have the words to say
Thank you for rescuing me

Many thanks, Nicole!

Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.

Henry Ward Beecher

Wow! Gorgeous!

Thanks so much!

Up above the world so high, like a diamond in the sky. Over the Strait of Georgia.

#aviation

Summer dreams: lake days, lake ways.

#lakelife

A seasonal creek bed on Gabriola Island is a haven for mosses and ferns.

Thanks, Nicole!

If thou of fortune be bereft, and in thy store there be but left two loaves, sell one, and with the dole, buy hyacinths to feed thy soul.

John Greenleaf Whittier

All, in relatively equal measure.

A gorgeous day, and a new-to-us trail, along the banks of the Englishman River. Warm enough to roll up my shirtsleeves.

#spring

Thank you!

Thank YOU!

A wander back in time to the Mesozoic era. The burble of Craig Creek and the occasional raven the only sounds.

#forest

“Sometimes I need only to stand wherever I am to be blessed.” — Mary Oliver, It Was Early