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There’s an interesting dichotomy on the bluff. At this time of year, the two most common birds flying around the property are the Bald Eagles and the Anna’s Hummingbirds. In appearance, behaviour and attitude, I don’t think you could find two birds who are more different. About the only thing they have in common is […]

For several months, Mitch has been designing a ramp that would start at the top of the Bluff and go down to the beach without any turns. Since we have about 435 feet of ocean front, a ramp like this was feasible, although the terrain was rough and it would have to be built carefully.

Sometimes, the best thing to do on a cold wet day is turn to comfort food. We had a tempest blow up the strait last night and it was round after round of rain and wind all night long and well into the morning. By the time I got dressed, it wasn’t pelting rain but

Although I’ve been doing a dip in the Pacific each month for the last year, this usually involves me wading in, quickly submerging and then immediately heading for shore. The whole thing lasts less than a minute. However, now that we’re into June, there are the occasional hot days where a swim in the ocean

It’s been a few weeks since I’ve taken the time to write a blog post. The month of May quickly slid into a pit of projects. We’ve been busy adding to the Love Shack, clearing dead wood and brush off the slope of the bluff and burning it in bon-fires, planting trees, bushes and grasses

The other afternoon, I came upon yet another breed of geese that were migrating North for the summer. They were hanging about the shoreline foraging in the sea grass. There was a large rock in front of them, so I was able to sneak up and get a fairly good photo before they all flew

Three days ago, I was introduced to the Spring migration of the Canadian Goose. I’m familiar with the Fall migration. It was common, growing up in Alberta, to watch them flying South at a high altitude every Fall; forming that nearly perfect V. What I didn’t realize is that the Salish Sea is right on

It was a perfect day to test out Mitch’s new drone. There was no discernible wind and our resident Eagles didn’t pay any attention to the drone. Sometimes Eagles mistake drones for either threats or prey and will attack them. Drones always come out the losers in those battles, so we keep an eye out

We’re coming to the end of the burn pile season (usually mid-April) and today the venting index was good, so Mitch and I decided it was a perfect day to get rid of some of the scrub alder that was piling up at the foot of the bluff. The wind was coming in strong from