From time to time we actually leave our property and explore Sointula and Malcolm Island. Here are a few of our best shots and memories of life around Sointula in 2022.
In addition to the sights around our island, I've been taking lots of shots of our new garden, sans deer! What a difference the deer fence makes. Our clover is taking off, the newly planted berry and apple guilds and garden beds give me great joy and I'm thrilled to share our macro garden space pics with you too.
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| I feel like I have the beach all to myself all the time. This was an extra low tide. |
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| Junior Crow, our lofty neighbour |
Junior hatched a couple of weeks ago in one of our trees, a few feet above our head. We never saw the nest but we sure knew of its existence. It's been fun watching them explore our zen pond and teaching Junior how to bath and drink for the first time. Let's just say he wasn't exactly elegant! We watched Mom (or Pop) swoop down to the pond area carrying a piece of dry bread, dip it a few times to soften it, peck at it to break it up and then stuff it all back in its beak for Junior to feast. Meanwhile Junior is sitting in the tree, like yesterday, waiting not so patiently for parents to come with food. So far we're enjoying the space together, in harmony. They'll be around til the cherries ripen then they'll all feast together.
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| Mother Nature is an amazing artist....who knew she etched kelp. |
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| This is red clover flower. Red clover is often huge, compared to white clover. We call them mutants. |
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| Just another day at the office |
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| I wonder what day this was....... |
We had three Easter egg hunts, split by age groups. Volunteers from the fire department were on hand, along with the Easter Bunny of course. Kids, pets, grandparents, aunts, uncles and those who just wanted to be around kids at Easter all converged at Harmony Campground for the wonderful afternoon occasion.
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| It takes a brave teen to be the Easter Bunny. Thanks, Wyatt! |
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| Our three-sided plastic greenhouse, along with a little cold frame on top, gave us a few early blooms. |
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| Perfection in nature. |
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Have you met Spot? Spot's our watchdog...but he's not very fast and his vision's shot.
Other than that...
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| NO We're not opening a hair salon! We picked up 9 glass panels through Craig's List for our future greenhouse. We expect to build it in the next couple of years, and replace our current tomato plastic greenhouse. We know that having a greenhouse will increase our food production hugely. |
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| Future chimney, currently...holding reflections of the spring sun. |
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| OMG I'm so excited! Mom would be thrilled that I have two fuschias. They were her favourites. |
We call our patio our outdoor living room. We spend time every day outside taking in the sounds of our feathered friends while watching summer's warmth transform our outdoor space into a lush paradise.
It's June 21 today. Enjoy summer.
Tricia and Jim Bowen
tandjbowen13@gmail.com
