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Twitcher on Easthom Road

The annual bird count was last week but the numbers were on the low side due to high winds. Our team heard way more birds than we actually saw and most of the other twitchers reported the same.

Sunday Signage > Earl's Dahlia Garden

In season, he has tomatoes too!

Global Theme Day > Best of 2010

Wishing everyone everywhere a happy and peaceful new year. Today, photo bloggers around the world are asked to select their best picture from last year for a one-off repost. I don't know about "best" but here is my favourite image from 2010, originally posted on September 1st. I guess what I like most about this one is that it has a bit of a timeless quality. It might easily have been taken in the 1930s. And of course, the little girl is very beautiful but not all smiley and posing for the camera as kids often do these days. The image was taken in the allotment gardens at The Commons.

If you click on the link below, you can surf through other's greatest hits of last year.

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Slow

Thanks to all who have visited GDP this year.

Sun

Enjoying a break from the rain

Redwood

Man At Work

Bruce Somers quietly goes about building some of the coolest structures on Gabriola, like this one down at the south end.

Post

I meant to go to the post office today, I really did. But the rain was too relentless and the woodstove was too warm so maybe tomorrow.

Hawk Owl's Workbench

My neighbour Hawk Owl gave me a wonderful old Pentax film camera awhile back so I used it to photograph the workbench in her studio.

Angel By The Ocean

Peace on Earth

Treats On Aisle Three

Not A Reindeer

ABC Wednesday > W is for Wool

My wife and I get our eggs from Taylor at Paradise Island Farm. And lately we've been getting some of the woolen goods as well, including a pair of handmade felted alpaca wool slippers that are without a doubt, the warmest thing I've ever put on my perpetually cold feet. Like wearing a sleeping bag.

Every tourist that comes to Gabriola snaps a pic or two of these beautiful animals (the farm is right on a main road) but probably not with black and white film in a 50-year-old camera.

Global ABC

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Hank Rides On

Gabriola said farewell to Hank Sirlin today and the Celebration Of Life took place in the same room where he left us, at his home overlooking the sea. The house overflowed with friends, neighbours and relatives who shared great stories about our pal. Hank founded the Green Bikes Program which is how I came to know him and for me, those public bicycles will be his legacy.

Sunday Signage - The Post and Beam

Chair in the Woods

Skywatch Friday #62

Approaching the ferry terminal after a run to Nanaimo. If the sky looks a little grainy, it's because I had some ISO 800 colour film in the Leica.

Global Skywatch

Village Lights

ABC Wednesday - V is for Virtuoso

There are so many great musicians on Gabriola and today we have one not previously featured: Leah Hokanson has chops for days on classical piano but she also plays, sings and writes in the jazz idiom. When not at the keyboard, she runs Lulu, a wide-reaching local performing arts organization. The woman on the left is Deb Vitek, an in-demand oboeist doing page-turning duty for Leah during this concert.

Global ABC

Walking The Dog

Play Station

Sunday Signage > No Swimming

Shauna and Nathan

Shauna McAllister and Nathan Tinkham during a recent show at The Roxy. Their version of Hank Williams I`m So Lonesome I Could Cry was as good as it gets. The girl can sing!

Command Center

Controls of a working man's boat

A Hummingbird And A Turkey

Woodbox

The fine art of staying warm

A Boat Face

Access Diving