A collection of photos from our most recent stay on Quadra. August/September 2012
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| Coming and going the large snag watches, often, as is the case here, an eagle sits in the branches. |
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| Derek, Aine and Saoirse Walsh |
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| Saoirse and Mia |
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| Sarah and Derek |
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| Sunset from Gary Falck's beach |
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| We start them early on Quadra |
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| Someone irritated the seagull |
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| Buck's treasures found in our stream |
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| Sweet Tilly who lives with Dominic in our cabin. Dom has an art gallery in the Cove and Tilly sits on the roof of the balcony area. She is a great customer draw. |
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| Tilly looks over the action in the Cove. |
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| Ariana, our neighbor Linda's grand daughter. |
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| Neighbor Wally picking some of our apples. |
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| Sign showing the way to our ferry. |
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| View from the end of a hike Doni took with a group of friends. |
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| Enjoying the view |
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| More scenery |
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| Something we don't see very often in Drew Harbor; a float plane which is headed right towards a sailboat. |
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| It missed the boat |
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| Nice reflections |
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| Sunrise..it has not been Photo shopped. |
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| Friend Betty Gilbert and her son, Robert |
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| Doni and Betty |
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| Smiling Saoirse |
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| Giggles |
Flora and Fauna
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| Purple flowers and lavender |
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| Japanese maple |
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| Apples |
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| Neighbor's sunflowers |
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| Neighbor's chickens |
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| Grapes from the vineyard across the street |
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| Black gold! |
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| Neighbor's tomatoes |
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| Miniature horse from down the road |
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| Baby goats |
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| Lamb with horns developing |
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| Our house |
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| Look closely it's orcas! |
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| Loons |
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| Quadra's second annual fall fair has it all... |
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| Marimba band music |
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| Food booths |
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| Animals |
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| Zucchini racers |
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| A prize winning cabbage |
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| Other prize wining vegetables |
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| Blue ribbon apple pie |
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| Golf cart for the elders and VIPs..see John in the cart... |
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| Fire department brought a house |
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| Clowns |
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| Ruby does the hula hoop |
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| And so does Anna |
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| Quadra rainbow |
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| Ghost boat comes out of the mist. |
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| Memorial for our friend Rod Clarke at the Quadra Open, the opening golf tournament at our new, wonderful golf course. The tree and bench in the background were planted in Rod's honor. His friend and his wife Marcia are pouring Scotch beside the tree for Rod. Marcia also added some of his ashes so he is always there on the first tee. |
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| Rod's daughter Calio, grandson, Gabrielle, and Marcia. |
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| Drew Harbor and Rebecca Spit on a beautiful calm September morning |
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| Kayaking in the evening |
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| Interesting watercraft going by |
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| Sunset |
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| Sunrise |
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| Floating cabin? We never did find out what it was. |
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| Jill from the vineyard hours before having her second child..another cute daughter |
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| Art at the opening of Dom's Discovery Island Gallery |
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| Gloria and Mickey Smith with Dom, in front of one of Mickey's paintings |
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| Sarah and sleeping Aine |
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| Huge hornet nest in our oak tree |
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| Buck, John and Mia worried about what Doni is going to do with the hornet nest. |
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| Cortez ferry |
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| Two clowns on the way to Cortez for John Sprugman's birthday party. |
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| Hazy mountains |
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| Small islands |
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| John, his cake and granddaughters |
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| It was so hot we had electric fans outdoors |
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| Heading home late in the day |
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| Heriot Bay Inn from the water |
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| Ready to take Wally and Linda's boat home |
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| Our sun mask carved by famous carver Robert Scow JR |
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| Sun mask above bedroom windows so we have sun no matter how overcast or gray it is. |
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| Garden flowers...gladiola |
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| Hydrangea |
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| one more hydrangea |
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| and still another hydrangea |
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