It is this hot

Now it's lillies

each of these flowers is 8-10" across.
It was a free bulb from a local garden store.

Saturday

Seafair is happening here-parade, carnival, you know.
So a few boats went out this afternoon to provide a bit of colour-not much wind, Gerard went with Ken and I stayed back to take pictures.
That's us with the spinnaker

Hank Heron

Our friend Mike was at it again and caught our heron on the mast of our boat at sunset
. He looks like he's in fishing stance, but it's a bit of a reach.

Eagle in trouble

I thought this picture deserved special mention.

We spotted this eagle swimming while we were on the way home-didn't want to get too close, but he was swimming like mad and about 100 feet from shore.
I looked up the following-

Eagles can open and close their talons at will. If an eagle is dragged into the water by a fish too large for the eagle to lift, it is because the eagle refuses to release it. In some cases this is due to hunger. An eagle might drown during the encounter with the fish or if it's unable to swim far enough to reach shore. The eagle can not fly again until it's out of the water, so it uses its large wings to swim. The eagle is a strong swimmer, but if the water is very cold, it may be overcome by hypothermia.

We hope this guy made it.

Pender Harbour cruise

This is an amazing place.

The harbour is actually 2.4 km long, but with all the twists and turns the coastline adds up to 165 km. It's made up of Irvine's Landing, Garden Bay, Madeira Park, and a few other places I can't recall.

A little shuttle takes people from place to place.

We towed our dinghy and took a couple cruises in the evening to see the sights.
We'll go back there for sure.

No wind

Out for a cruise one late afternoon. No wind-hence no sails.
We didn't know it but our friend Mike was working on the boiler at the mill,
saw us and took these pics.
I told you that there are nice people in Powell River.....

What I now know about winches

this is a 1970's Lewmar winch

these are the ratchet gears that make it work

these are the springs and pawls which won't stay in their pockets, and slide out jamming the gears.
No parts available anymore, re-machining impossible. Lewmar says to buy a new winch.

BOAT= A hole in the water in which to pour money.

Herons on the breakwater

we haven't seen many in the past couple of years.
Usually more eagles=fewer herons.
They seem to like to sit on our upside down dinghy and they think the dock is a biffy.
Oh well.....

Today on the water

a pirate ship went sailing by

Espaliered apple tree

No laughing now.
This is what it looks like now, and what it's going to look like in a couple years.

Tonight in the garden

Begonias in the corner

I just finished watering and everything is glistening

Ken's garden-there is a shed behind all those beans, tomatoes in the middle and garlic on the front edge. Garlic is almost ready to be bent over so it doesn't grow any more-my Italian neighbour is telling me what to do.

Last night on the water

3 sailboats, 12 people on calm water
We went out there, tied up together, and passed food from boat to boat.
What better way to enjoy the sunset?