Wishing everyone a happy and healthy New Year and thank you for your encouragement through the year.

While out on a country drive looking for Swans I came upon these beauties.

Shelter from the storm.

Comox Harbour and Fisherman's Wharf.

On the look out.

Santa needed a little help from the Knights on Knight road in the Comox Valley.

Wishing every one a Merry Christmas, thank you to all my friends for your encouragement to keep the blog going through the year.

Canadian Tire, a Canadian tradition for 97 years.

The magic of Christmas in Comox this is my favorite house it keeps getting more spectacular each year not an easy task, thanks for spreading the joy.

I hope these aren't on the menu.

Showing a sense of scale as both Kingfisher photos are of the same one had to really zoom in for this one.
Taken at the Comox Marina today.

Sandpipers saw these in Royston.

Beautiful light display, thanks to the Kingfisher Oceanside Resort and Spa.

Trumpeter Swans. Thanks to Alison for your help and encouragement to use different settings instead of staying on auto, much appreciated and I found the twitter account awesome !!!

No this isen't Christmas music it's the sound of Trumpeter Swans and Traffic, I wanted to cover the lens and just tape the sound but my hand slipped so your looking at frosty grass and my red shoes.

Migratory Trumpeter Swans in the Comox Valley.

Early morning mist rising not something I see very often as I'm not a morning person.

Coopers Hawk it's harder to find one of these than an Eagle in the Comox Valley.

Early morning the last full moon of the decade, just let the dog out and ran back inside to get my camera, we are both going back to bed.

LET THERE BE LIGHT.




Taken moments later at the Comox Marina.

Seaweed the first one appeared to be as tough as leather love the colours and texture, found these between Kye Bay and Point Holmes.

Gifts from the sea I love the variety of colour and texture when I'm beach combing.

Driftwood taken at Oyster River.

< A walk in the woods at MackLaing nature park in Comox.

Red Breasted Merganser.

Rainy Day.

Dark-eyed Junco and Spotted Towhee taken at Lazo Marsh in the Comox Valley.

Bookends too these Eagles at the Airforce beach in Comox.

Riding the waves at Point Holmes in the Comox Valley.

Buckley Bay Ferry Terminal on Vancouver Island catching the Ferry to Denman Island.




My friends and I had a lovely time on Denman Island visiting the Christmas Craft Fair a yearly tradition.

These last two dogs were so much fun they let me know they did not want their picture taken.
Part two of the Dogs of November.