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Hello Everyone and thank you for visiting! My name is MO and I live on Vancouver Island, BC Canada. This blog is to share with others my love of nature and homemade life like crochet, gardening, decorating, flowers, art, crafts, photos and perhaps the occasional recipe as well. Please drop by frequently and feel free to share. If you would like to send me an email, my address is murmursdfa@gmail.com
Showing posts with label seawalk. Show all posts
Showing posts with label seawalk. Show all posts

Friday, October 18, 2013

Foggy Days

Hello Folks
Quite a difference in scenery today on my morning walk.  Fog stayed all day and it totally wiped out the idea of life anywhere else.  There is no life beyond our shores! :) 
 
The sea was absolutely calm and everything was 'quiet'.
 
  
 
Small trace of someone's beach fire.
 
Pebbly beach and one lone bird...
 
Logs sleeping...
 
 
Bit of green for color, but otherwise everything is monochromatic. 
 
A small look-out has been built for wheelchair access, which is a good thing.
 
It was a relaxing walk...a calm peacefulness...a hushed world... and a meditative atmosphere.
 
 
I think that people must dump yard refuse on the beach area...this plant is domestic, perhaps artemisia or a dusty miller variety.
 
A tiny little mitt...perhaps the Mom will notice it the next time she walks by. 
 
A heron...a still figure in the foggy shore...
 
  
 
   
When I first saw him paddling out of the fog towards the shore I wasn't sure what type of bird it was.  It turned out to be one huge seagull...fat like a turkey!
 
Few ducks on the water...the ocean is so calm that the only ripple is caused by the wildlife.
 
So it was a 'hushed' morning walk that I took this morning. What a difference from a few days ago.  Not too many people on the Seawalk either today.  Met a young boy about 11 yrs of age, biking on the pathway and he stopped to chat about the weather.  Made me laugh...I guess that is what us adults talk about when we meet up...the weather.  Hoping the fogs lift so we can see the sunshine that I know is there by the overhead glow in the sky.  Until next time, MO

Saturday, October 12, 2013

Morning Stroll

We are in the beginnings of autumn and the fall colors are starting to happen.  Took myself for a walk this morning and breathed deep of the sea air and enjoyed the clear blue skies.


 
 





They all look fat and well fed this morning.

Robinson Crusoe perhaps...
 
 



Someone had made a cross and garlanded it with berries.

There's a little coffee hut that popped up about a year ago and it's grown in popularity.  They sometimes have a small camp fire burning outside where you can just sit and warm yourself with a cup of coffee.  I really like the atmosphere of the little place and the coffee is great.





Rosehips...
 
Blackberries... 
  

Leaves are changing color and the breezes are swirling them around.

This wall of color is wonderful!

Beautiful beautiful colors...

 
My eyes could not get enough of the color...makes me want to do an autumnal painting or something.


Love the color blue mixed in with the riot of color!

 
 
 
 
 
 
The mountains are in hiding today behind low cloud cover. 




 
Some bright little petunias hanging in there... 

It's called a Monkey Tree...not sure where it got it's name, but it's an amazing specimen this one is!
 
On the way back....
Oh I see it, it smells divine...fresh ground coffee beans, c-o-f-f-e-e...


I'm a coffee zombie!!! Awhhhhh!


Too late, I'm walking in!!!!
 
 But hey, it's a made with skim milk so I don't feel bad about the bit of indulgence.

Hope you enjoyed my wee stroll this morning...I never tire of the view.
Until next time, MO