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June | 2015 | seafireblog
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A journal of the vessel Seafire including mishaps and musings of the crew. Monthly Archives: June 2015. June 22, 2015. Guardian totem of Bella Bella Islet, sacred burial ground of the Heiltsuk Nation. Denny Island was once the site of the original native community, Old Bella Bella. In front of that abandoned village lies Bella Bella Island, a sacred burial islet guarded by a fierce totem. Murphy, Shearwater greeter, dog-and child sitter, and guardian of the Hodge Podge store. A tribute to Murphy. After t...
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Thin Ice | seafireblog
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A journal of the vessel Seafire including mishaps and musings of the crew. Defeat Point and Beyond →. July 3, 2015. Treaty Celebration Day celebrations included a potlatch and canoe races. Blew a paddle on the big bend. The water’s never too cold for kids on a hot summer day. 8220;I know I’ve got to, but what’s holding me back? McLoughlin Bay Big House. The way we were. Abandoned net loft, Old Bella Bella. I saw it move. The main office and boardwalk which were the center of the cannery. Here is some exc...
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July | 2015 | seafireblog
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A journal of the vessel Seafire including mishaps and musings of the crew. Monthly Archives: July 2015. July 24, 2015. Shearwater morning at the ‘Hobo’ dock. A fleet of gillnet boats waits for the sockeye opening. Survival mechanism. We all tend to assimilate our environment. The Idol Point Light with Mount Gowlland in the background. (The logged-off hill looks like an elephant’s head to me! Yself I’m lonely and depressed after a string of disappointments and shattered hopes. I. To cheer myself up. From ...
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May | 2015 | seafireblog
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A journal of the vessel Seafire including mishaps and musings of the crew. Monthly Archives: May 2015. The Barefoot Yacht Tinker, Wyatt In The Culvert And The Womanist. May 13, 2015. An early morning birdbath. Any place with a downtown roundabout like this has something going for it. The anchor was salvaged from the harbour bottom. A dog’s breakfast. Beginning of the project to tidy and rewire engine room looms and refinish the cabin sole. How old is this matchbook? As I write this somewhere in the India...
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“That’s The Way The Pickle Squirts” | seafireblog
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A journal of the vessel Seafire including mishaps and musings of the crew. Invisible Rocks And Hard Butter →. 8220;That’s The Way The Pickle Squirts”. August 6, 2015. A tiny shell from a tiny beach with tiny barnacles for stars and planets. The following hand-held video is intended to leave you with the sense of wonder I hold for the mid-coast of British Columbia. Note the stream running down the beach, the distance surf and the call of an eagle. If you can’t open it, the still photo below ...It was one ...
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Mysterious Forest | seafireblog
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A journal of the vessel Seafire including mishaps and musings of the crew. Slap Therapy →. July 17, 2015. Click on each photo to enlarge independently ). Where there are trees and true wilderness there are eagles. In a recent post I considered dedicating one blog entirely to the forest in this region. Here it is. I am intrigued with the. That grows here. With thin soil, often bare rock, long months of gloom and darkness, pounding wind and incessant rain it is a harsh life for a. The stone dodo. With ...
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February | 2015 | seafireblog
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A journal of the vessel Seafire including mishaps and musings of the crew. Monthly Archives: February 2015. February 21, 2015. Escape. A winter sunrise in Ladysmith. I also used to consume several packs of cigarettes daily. An old collision, an abandoned bicycle slowly recycles itself. Modern gadgets have managed to displace even our most primal instinct, fear. Los Cruces Camino, another fatal crashsite on the roadside next to a sugar cane field. That meanders southward along the Pacific Coast. Breakfast...
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Defeat Point and Beyond | seafireblog
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A journal of the vessel Seafire including mishaps and musings of the crew. Raven Cove →. Defeat Point and Beyond. July 13, 2015. Seaforth Channel, Westbound, 9:30 pm. Getting the hell out of Dodge! The Writer’s Buzz. A heap of horseflies begins to pile up with the first morning coffee. I don’t want to leave. Look closely. Jupiter and Venus aligned to make one very bright star just after sundown. Last light, Kynumpt Harbour. Bambi on the beach, my partner for breakfast. The last rose of Kynumpt. This harb...
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August | 2015 | seafireblog
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A journal of the vessel Seafire including mishaps and musings of the crew. Monthly Archives: August 2015. Ain’t Complaining, Just Explaining. August 30, 2015. The wonder of this coast is the magic moments that pass as if they never happened. It is August twenty-second. I have been planning to attend a barbeque party tonight which was intended to be the christening of a new sun deck at the house of my supervisor. I slogged back from the. Showers in a driving rain. Meanwhile I’m starting this new blo...