Island Travels

My one week trip to visit friends and relatives on Vancouver Island was all I could have hoped for and more. We wandered through Beacon Hill Park and enjoyed the brilliant colors of the flowers there.
We stopped on Gonzales hill to capture the view.
We visited Elk Lake where we had learned to swim.

A Willows Beach walk is always lovely.
The fog lifted as we walked down to the beach
at Point No Point.
French Beach is a perfect place for a long walk.

Whiffen Spit is a place of family memories.
The view of Clover Point from Dallas Road is always breathtaking...
by the sea - by the sea - by the beautiful sea...
I had a wonderful time in the sunshine and salt air!

If you'd like to see some beautiful mosaics visit Mary at her Little Red House when you have time.

Going Home...

Unexpectedly, I'll be going "home" next weekend. I am looking forward so much to seeing my family and to visiting good friends. I'll be spending a week on Vancouver Island and until I'm back on the farm, I'll be taking a break from blogging. Enjoy the last weeks of summer wherever you are. I will be linking this mosaic to all the other creative people who gather at Mary's Little Red House.

Our Farm Garden

Just a look at our garden today. We're picking raspberries, potatoes, onions, swiss chard, peas, rhubarb and lettuce but we're waiting patiently for the corn,beets, beans, tomatoes, zucchini and squash. Time will tell as there's always a chance of frost in late August. Wish us luck!






Just an update through pictures...hope your garden is growing well!

Evidence of an Ancient Sea - 5 Minutes From Home

The farmer and I made an amazing discovery while walking along a trail near Athabasca University (15 minutes from home). We discovered this fossil which was fascinating in and of itself. The sphere is perhaps 5 feet across and it has broken sections which have been randomly placed on top of the main half sphere.

Evidence of an Ancient Sea
"This sandstone bedrock was found about 15 km south of Athabasca on the farm of Bertram and Blanche Watson. It contains fossilized clams and snails that lived 100 to 166 million years ago during the Upper Cretaceous Period. Over the years the movement of water formed this bedrock into a sphere, now broken in half."
The farm it was found on is just about a mile from our farm, and the Watsons were good family friends. If they found this just down the road, it follows that our farmland might contain some of these sandstone fossils as well. I suppose the next time the farmer is going to pick rocks for the afternoon I might now be convinced to help him!
Look back to my last post to find what's just 15 minutes from home.