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No: 113 Peeling Off. Athol Peninsula, Salt Spring Island.
By the edge of the seawith all this salt airwe long to be freebut first mend…
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No: 119 Garden Gate, Cedar Lane, Salt Spring Island.
A garden stands dormantso the gate is closed any new growth nowwould be much to exposed.…
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No: 172 Beginnings, Botanical Beach, Jun 2007
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No: 145 Athol Peninsula, Apr 2006
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No: 140 Wave Swept, Pachena Bay, Jul 2006
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No: 135 Winter Birds, Botanical Beach, Jun 2005
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No: 134 Purple and Orange, Botanical Beach, Jun 2005
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No: 133 Anemone, Botanical Beach, Jun 2005
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No: 127 Tideline, Pachena Bay, Jul 2005
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No: 120 Anemones, Gulf Islands B.C.
Dancing in the watersenjoying the feel of flowcatching what we need before the tide gets too…
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No: 116 Stars. Mogli Island, Gulf Islands.
Out on the spitin the noon day sunthe stars set outto have some fun. Colours so…
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No: 114 Lace Cave. Botanical Beach, Vancouver Island.
Above the high linethrust in a stormwhite with exhaustionour fronds all torn. Like eels we once…
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No: 12 Eel Grass. Botanical Beach, Vancouver Island. B.C.
Can’t run for coverhere comes another just like the other. No time to behaveas tide’s next…
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No: 115 Beach Balls. Botanical Beach, Vancouver Island.
Stoned concretions from swirling sandsbuilt with effortbut not by our hands. Now as ballsupon the beachwe…
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No: 9 Chimera. Galiano Island. B.C.
With folded wings I watchfor longer than you have been.Silent vigil, a progression like nothing ever…
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No: 3 Sandstone Shoreline. Athol Peninsula, Salt Spring Island. B.C.
Caught in caves of sand,the oak leaves lingerin their array, As if arranged by another hand,now…
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No: 191 Lines of Time, Gulf Islands, 2009
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No: 177 Amber Ball, Mount Maxwell Park, Jun 2009
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No: 176 Golden Tears, Athol Peninsula, Mar 2005
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No: 163 Forest Lava, Kootenay Lake, Oct 2006
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No: 162 Earth’s Blood, Kootenay Lake, Oct 2006
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No: 161 Catching Amber, Kootenay Lake, Oct 2006
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No: 128 Avebury. England
For many thousand yearswe’ve been standing in this placelooking at one anotherin a solid state of…
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No: 107 Bison’s Head . Athol Peninsula, Salt Spring Island.
Their secret passagesnow revealedfrom ages long ago,a sculpture of natureit’s the antsthat made me so,though not…
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No: 10 Ballingall Islets. Galiano Island. B.C.
Once there was some water,enough for all these trees.Skeletons of grandeur,trunks without their leaves.Perches now for…
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No: 6 Pathway. Athol Peninsula, Salt Spring Island. B.C.
Our first road, a path through the treeswe are going somewhere!somewhere that will please. Worn by…
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No: 1 Web: from the sea. Ruckle Park, Salt Spring Island. B.C.
For a long time I have looked for you.after rains,in the early morning,before winter comes. But…
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No: 175 Salty Stars Botanical Beach June 2005
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No: 174 Spiral Galaxy Botanical Beach June 2005
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No:139 Going with the Flow Botanical Beach July 2006
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129. Mussel Aurora Botanical Beach June 2005
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No: 123 Time Warp Sombria Beach June 2005
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No: 122 Salal Sworl, Sombrio Beach, Jun 2005
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No: 121 Spider’s World, Sombrio Beach, June 2005
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No: 117 Yellow Dots. Ruckle Park, Salt Spring Island.
Upon the log the yellow dots ragecontemplating the universebut hardly as sage. There is no reason…
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No: 103 Magic. Athol Peninsula, Salt Spring Island.
The cedar log returnsfrom where it once grewbut out of the mass it starts something new…
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No: 102 Our time. Mount Maxwell Park, Salt Spring Island.
Here on the mountainwhere people seldom comeI ‘m returning into naturenow my course is run. It’s…
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No: 101 Centre of the Universe. Keeha Bay, Vancouver Island.
A big cedar rootout here in the bay once was a hostto life’s being. But now…
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No: 100 Seal Skin. Ruckle Park, Salt Spring Island.
I used to see you oftenamongst rock and in oceanthere to frolic and playyour way through…
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No: 80 Oak Puzzle. Ruckle Park, Salt Spring Island.
Like waves on the beachour lines tell the talefirst how we livedthen how we failedthese patterns…
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No : 76 Empty Circle Gulf Islands. B.C.
It’s not my substancethat makes me real,a bit more likethe hub of a wheel. But none…
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No: 24 Pacific Rim Sunset, Tofino, Vancouver Island. B.C.
Out on the rimas sea meets the skywe stand in reliefwhere eagles fly by. The sun…
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No: 20 Making Amber. French Beach, Vancouver Island. B.C.
Like lava liquidthe resin flowsas it hardensso it slows. With many turnsand much time pastchange is…
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No: 19 Ice Stem. Oakanagan Valley. B.C.
The golden stems of life now past, give anchor to icethat will not last. But put…
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No: 15 Teredo. Oregon Coast. USA.
Crushed in the waves swirled by the tides,at mercy of shorelineexposed on all sides. Pebbles forced…
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No: 8 Scarab. Tent Island, B.C.
Cast in stonewith time to lingerbut am I scarab or broken finger. Categories Tags
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No:4 Fir and Ice
Giant of the future,breaking through,in the sun. Colour melting,reflection,of life just begun. Categories Tags
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No: 3 Sandstone Shoreline. Athol Peninsula, Salt Spring Island. B.C.
Caught in caves of sand,the oak leaves lingerin their array, As if arranged by another hand,now…
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No: 194 Pelican 2 (Manzanita)
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No: 192 Pelican 1
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No: 188 Ghost
From deep in the oceanA thought swells, sendsPressure to the directionsGathers momentum, becomes a waveThat breaks…
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No: 187 Guardian
Meanwhile sits the watcherGuarding the ways whence we came,Ayers Rock of comfort,Ark of treasures feeding sustenanceFrom…
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No: 186 Fourth Walker
He walked so farHe went through himselfAnd became a sheDeep outline of breastWith mound of pubisPushed…
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No 185 Third walker
Tenacious his stepsThrough the muck of the worldEach landfall a rootKnuckled immovable.This grip on the bedrock…
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No: 184 Second Walker
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No: 183 First Walker
Finding himself in the worldIt’s only natural to learn to walk,Conjure solids out of empty space,Mold…
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No: 182 Shaman
Intermediary between worldsHe seems to smileDapper, almost foppishIn tight waistcoatLike a fox or badger.By magic, peelings…
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No: 181 Spokesman
Somebody had to speak up,All those twigs and lichenBrazen in their silences,Smirking at the passage of…
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No: 156 Sierra Skeleton, Sierra Nevada
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No: 153 Patio de los Arrayanes, Granada, Spain
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No: 152 Moors Paradise, Granada, Spain
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No: 151 Alhambra Reflections, Granada, Spain
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No: 190 Between a Rock…
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No: 178 Camas and Sedum, Gulf Islands
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No: 169 Chocolate, Mount Tzouhalem
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No: 168 Camas Flower, Athol Peninsula
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No: 167 Death Camas, Gulf Islands
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No: 166 Monkey, Gulf Islands
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No: 165 Harvest Time, Mount Maxwell Park, Salt Spring Island
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No: 164 Calypso Dance, Athol Peninsula
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No: 160 Juniper Root, Gulf Islands
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No: 159 Juniper Snake, Gulf Islands
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No: 158 Red Sedum, Athol Peninsula
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No: 157 Flying Apple, Athol Peninsula
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No: 155 Cactus Fruit, Sierra Nevada
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No: 154 Opuntia Shell, Sierra Nevada
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No: 150 Water Lily, Cusheon Lake, Salt Spring Island
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No 126: Delphinium, Athol Peninsula
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No: 125 Larkspur Dance, Athol Peninsula
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No: 124 Spring Meadow, Athol Peninsula
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No: 108 Lady Slipper. Mount Maxwell Park, Salt Spring Island.
How long do I waitwith petals open and invitinghoping the colourswill attract the right attention. Here…
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No: 5 Sedum on Cedar. Athol Peninsula, Salt Spring Island. B.C.
From the spiralsof past lifenow floweringsomething new. For who knows whomay pass byto carry meon my…
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No: 193 Tree Frog, Cedar Lane, Salt Spring Island
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No: 171 Sculpin, Baker Road
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No: 170 Tentacle City, Botanical Beach
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No: 149 Garter Snake, Botanical Beach
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No: 138 Protection, Botanical Beach
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No: 137 Yellow Barnacles, Botanical Beach
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No: 136 Wood Ducks, Cusheon Lake, Salt Spring Island
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No: 132 Ducklings, Cusheon Lake, Salt Spring Island
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No: 131 Wood Duck, Cusheon Lake, Salt Spring Island
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No: 70 Eft. Cedar Lane, Salt Spring Island. B.C.
A small movement hidden in colour of needles and leaf returning to motherearth changed by the…
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No: 52 Great Grey Owl, Canmore, Alberta.
Think you can starewith this kind of flarewell don’t even thinkyou’ll be making me blink so…
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No: 29 Sheep. Salt Spring Island. B.C.
Escaping confinement in our own home,it’s in our nature to be free and to roam. So…
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No: 25 Baleen. Ganges, Salt Spring Island. B.C.
Into the harbourfor I’m so short of breath,rest in the shallowstrying to avoid death.But all is…
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No: 18 Pacific Tree Frog. Cedar Lane, Salt Spring Island. B.C.
So what can you doI’m hiding from youmy life may be briefbut matching the leafas if…
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No: 16 Elk. Northern California. USA.
Still brothers without quarrelswe rest on our laurels.But time yet to comewill see this undone.As we…
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No: 13 Lambs. Beddis Road, Salt Spring Island. B.C.
Get those last raysthe warmth of the sunkeeping spring nightsa little more fun.We’re famous on Salt…
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No: 10 Ballingall Islets. Galiano Island. B.C.
Once there was some water,enough for all these trees.Skeletons of grandeur,trunks without their leaves.Perches now for…
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No: 7 Tree Frog. Cedar lane, Salt Spring Island. B.C.
Now on the rock,as cool as you like,proclaiming againand throughout the night,the earth is alive and…