- Cold and clear days with no wind
- Snow that falls in some places but rains in others
- Southeasterly winds with rain.
- Calm and cold everywhere except in the Queen Charlotte Channel where a Squamish wind one mile storm force wind is blowing with freezing spray.
- Foogy to 100 meters above sea level with an inversion making it 10 degrees on top of the mountains.
- Damp evenings that produce heavy hoarfrosts in the morning.
- Nights when the owls call for joy.
- Sunny and warm mornings when the winter wrens take a stab at their spring calls.
- Heavy snow that falls and stick on the Douglas-firs and cedars and brings down the alders and rotten maples.
- Quiet mornings when the towhees explore the underbrush.
- Days when it rains so hard that the deer just stand in it looking miserable.
- Calm days where the ocean is like glass and you can here ravens calling from miles away.
It makes more sense around here to follow the old Celtic calendar which has just ticked over Imbolc on February 1, the beginning of spring. It feels like that today, with southeasterly winds blowing and rain showers coming and going with patches of bright sky over the Sound.
Nice write up Chris about Deep Bay. I am so glad that you addressed that alot of the old cottages need their septic systems brought up to code. The live aboards are very aware of this too. I agree that many boaters and past live aboards have trashed the Bay. I used to swim there but not now even though the water is clear. I hope the community can resolve this issue without turfing out the live aboard that I know. Plus tons of people like to see Lonn's boat progress throughout the summer with his plants and nesting geese. At current his boat sunk in a wind but he is dealing with it to get it back up and floating. I like it myself.
ReplyDeleteMe too Cindy. I fear that the live aboards, who are doing the best they can, are being targeted by the local homeowners, whose septic systems are far bigger trashers of the Bay. Lonn has a right to live on the bay. I don't like the idea of changing the law to evict him.
ReplyDeleteThe problems are with the abandonned boats, and people using the bay as a dump. The septic problems are huge, and I think underreported. After all that, the two or three live aboards in the Bay are the least of the problems.
I wish the best for Lonn.