Expedition Canada

And Clouds Wed Jul 7th Clouds have been something of a rarity over the last few weeks and it remains relatively cool.  A short lull in Sunshine Coast proceedings as it's back to blue skies again come the weekend.   It was another early start to drop the van back in Sechelt, which needed to be returned with a full tank.  I managed to choose a pump that delivered fuel at an amazingly slow rate.  Twelve minutes to fill 40L of fuel.  Worse, the fuel cut-out didn't work spraying me and the forecourt with fuel.  'Yes," said the attendant in the shop, "we're waiting for the engineer to come and fix it'.  Perhaps you should take it out of service in the meantime I politely suggested!  Grrrrr While Fred went to buy the last of the house items  from Gibsons   (to be able to set up a second bedroom for when Nick and Lizzie or family or friends come to visit)  and herbs for the garden, I put the new old bed together, re...

The New Norm   Sun May 30th It's amazing to think we have already been here for eight weeks.  The time has flown by and it already feels like the new norm.   Cedar Waxwing This morning I took my camera with me and was rewarded by the Cedar Waxwing pictured here.  The light was right, the capture worked and enlarged it's possible to see the feathery detail. The day started with spits of rain, once cleared I set up in the yard to see if I could capture some video footage of the Hummingbirds. Mrs Hummingbird pitched up and put on a display.  Mr popped by, but mostly to the rear of the feeder, so no decent footage.  This was using the 4k video record function on the Nikon D850.  It sounds as though a drone has pitched up every time they fly by, such is the noise from the beat of their wings some 52-62 beats per second! Quite pleased with the result, edited down from 4k off the Nikon D850.  No sound, as the as-yet-unused hot-tub provided too much ...