Evil Utility Companies

June was the month of saying goodbye to one evil utility company (Coast Cable) and saying hello to another (Shaw Direct) so we put a post up in the back yard (with help from mother) and the nice man put a dish on it. Actually, we didn't get rid of Coast Cable completely as we kept internet with them, so what we have is an extra bill every month.

Tinier

They say if you follow them to the end of their rainbow they will give you a pot of gold.

Gospel Rock, June 2012

Tiny

This guy was about 8mm long, smallest grasshopper I've ever seen.

Esplanade

Down on a walk we spotted this Eagle (it was actually on the wall of a shop in Gibsons) but coincidently, down at Ocean Beach Esplanade we saw a full adult trolling around the beach, annoying the crows. (No, I'm not talking about the mother-in-law). Later on in July, on a trip out to Plumper Cove in an OC-6 we saw a mating pair flying close to the water, fifteen feet from our canoe.

Her Outdoors

The mother, mother-in-law, monster-in-law arrived by the big white bird and we picked her up from the airport, took her (she insisted) to the nearest bar for a beer (Steamworks) and then home for a cuppa. The next day, the first walk (Reed Road Right) was a wet one, but brollies are essential on the We(s)t Coast.

Blog at a Standstill

Two months have gone by very fast and this blog has been at a complete standstill, although photographs have been heading towards the hard drive. The pair of us were complaining that we had no summer, no summer and then it arrived and we went outwards. Then mother arrived and beer was drunk (evidence of that coming up) and then it was suddenly July and now suddenly August. So without further procrastination...