So it comes to an end. It’s been kind of fun sorting through almost a summer’s worth of photos to create the “Summer Update” series. While many of them fit into some clear and obvious categories, I suspected there would be a bunch that didn’t really fit. And so we come to the last post in the collection. This will be pretty random, so consider yourselves warned…
This was our first swim of the year. Morning BEach is at the south end of the island, and is arguably the best beach for swimming. At high tide the water is a perfect depth, and there is a lot of sand. We’ve had very warm water here over the years, but sadly this day it was cold!
Mackenzie made us this amazing bag, and we use it for carrying our towels when we go to the beach.
Late last year we bought this amazing 2-person hammock. We set it up early this year, and it is excellent for afternoon naps, not that we ever have time for that.
We’ve always had quite nice sunsets, but some get downright amazing!
These are probably the most photographed trees on our property.
The sunrises are equally nice. Generally we prefer not to be up for them, but when you are it is so worth it.
A view out and over the Trincomali Channel from the Bodega Ridge hike. We’ve done this hike a few times over the summer, and the view is always amazing.
Another view of the most photographed sunset on Galiano.
We didn’t spend the whole summer on Galiano. As things started to open up a bit, we even went to restaurants (and breweries!). This is an amazing mural on the patio at Parallel 49 Brewery - one of our favs.
The patio where we enjoyed an early dinner one glorious afternoon.
Now this is a species of thistle that I can handle.
I thought the colour in this poppy was outstanding, and needed a photograph.
The “pop-up” restaurant at Bodega Ridge has many amazing things, not the least are the colorful chicken eggs for sale.
Every year, they do “garden visits” on Galiano, where different people open their (usually) homes to allow visits to see what they have done with their gardens. This year, Mount Sutil Farm opened their gates. It was a long, fairly tough hike up but well worth it. We got so many ideas, say that our pears were at the same stage their are, and even saw how they grow things in their very homemade greenhouse!
A view over the farm, with many of the fruit trees.
Back in Vancouver, the sunflowers were still doing very well…
It’s hard to tell, but this was the smallest sunflower grown on the roof this year. Barely a foot tall, but very pretty.
On one of our triops to the island, we saw that they had set-up a mobile vaccination clinic - so smart. We saw a few people do it - every person helps. If you haven’t done it yet, please go do so.
Earlier this summer we had bought some trees from the Conservancy, including this tiny arbutus tree. It was maybe 3-4 inches tall. Safely enclosed in deer fencing, it’s already over a foot tall!
After the deer knocked over the weak fencing job we did, we re-fenced the maple. Hopefully it will now survive a little better.