Tule Marsh

March 26, 2019.Reading time 3 minutes.

“Have you been to Tule Marsh yet?” our new neighbours ask the moment we tell them we like birds. “The Whistling Ducks are there.” I’ve been wanting to see the Whistling Ducks! The Tule Marsh spans both sides of Highway 35 in Rockport, although apart from some small signs, it is hard to spot, which […]

Photo A Week: Water

September 15, 2018.Reading time 1 minute.

Water, I confess, holds me in its spell – I would follow it across the land from the Oregon coast, and ocean swell to the Arizona rivers, oh so grand: Set me by a waterfall and I will swoon, mesmerized by such awesome power, even deafened by its thunderous boom, I could watch the motion […]

CFFC: Seaplanes

August 16, 2018.Reading time less than 1 minute.

It rained for days on end, the April we spent on Vancouver Island, so when the sun came out, we headed for the water. Nanaimo Harbour is a hive of activity, with walking paths, a children’s playground, ferry docks, and seaplane tours. There is something about planes landing on water that fascinates. (Thanks to Cee’s […]

CB&W: Fountains

July 15, 2018.Reading time less than 1 minute.

One fountain to keep the fish happy, and one to charm the tourists: (Photos submitted for Cee’s Black & White Challenge: Fountains)

Sun Certainty

Clouds bundleshift and foldcotton strata Trees huddleconfidence incommunity Emotions stackone on anotherco-mingling hues Beneath layersan eternal glowsun certainty. (First published April 2021. Image my own)

Peachy Keen

Not Everything Is Defined by Age

As a child, I knew no limits, setting out on adventures with never a fear for how I’d find my way back home. Now, nestled in my home, I limit myself to certainties, fearful of risks. Some days, I wonder about that child, and how it would feel to wander freely, and it makes me […]