Nymph Falls Nature Park 2018

We've been so busy the last few months.  I've been teaching in Nanaimo and our youngest daughter is beginning University in Victoria.  This autumn on the Island our fall colours haven't faded away but are making our forest especially around Nymph Falls Nature Park attractive.  The weather just recently has been quite mild and the winter solstice is approaching soon.  We leave this beautiful park around late afternoon as the daylight vanishings.

Our Beautiful Last Day of Summer 2018

This fetching moment awaits and lures all to see,
As the sun stood bravely visible,
For not a cloud formed,
Or dreamed all below too go,
And the bold songbirds migrate back and show their beautiful colours,
The delicate air so mild, with just a hint of warmth,
Moves us along these worn down natural trails, yet to be explored,
With lush hills and greens still alive,
One would believe that summer could still survive,
As we observed the fading light of this Friday,
An autumnal equinox will launch us all,
For the new tomorrow day will show us, Fall.

Burns Lake Village 2018

We spent two wonderful weeks with our friends in the rural village of Burns Lake.  We fished and painted and they hunted and what a lovely summer and still the temperatures are becoming warmer.  We flew back down to Victoria to visit our family and will head back home on the ferry to start work tomorrow.

Canada Day along the Fraser River near Chilliwack 2018

We spent a lovely Canada Day with close friends near their home in Chlliwack.  Some of us painted and others fished in the Fraser River.  The sun was warm but the breeze was quite cool and most of the wild roses have turned to rosehips.  My best friends wife picked them and will make jams as their high in vitamin C.  We noticed lots of wildflowers but mainly the pink hollyhocks and the occassional small red poppies, then we drove back to our home in the city.

Happy Summer Solstice 2018!