Sitting & waiting to sign some documents & then can get out of this place, full of unmasked plague spreaders - at least for a few hours until I can bring my client her new air filtration unit.

As I'm waiting, am reading up more on how to make reef balls out of broken seashells. Getting ahead on some research that will help me to help better with several projects along our coasts to restore Indigenous shellfish gardens & utilize the nature engineering powers of bivalves to restore some ocean ecosystems that were destroyed by acts of greed fueled colonialism.

Gordon Beach, #Tsouke / #Sooke.

Great place to look for nifty rocks or just relax & enjoy the ocean energies. I've found some dallacites there in the past. It's usually really empty on weekdays. You can get a fire license from Sooke FD to have beach fires here too.

#bullkelp afloat by a rocky beach.

Oceanfront #footpaths on Pender Island.

*Flip your phone sideways for full view*

#SilentSunday

Beautiful #textures on a #sandstone & #shale #bedrock cliff.

*flip your phone sideways for full view*

Little #cabin in a little cove.

#MonochromeMonday

A #solitary great blue #heron stands at the tide line, observing its surroundings & looking for fish to catch.

#QualicumBeach #ocean #waves

I love the wild #Westcoast on the island. Once you pass Sooke township area, there are tons of wilderness access trails into/through forests & access to several isolated beaches. This is a few kms past French Beach area.

*Flip phone sideways for full view*

#ThrowbackThursday
2020.

#Laichwiltach Nation’s Hereditary Chief Tsahaukuse's (aka George Quocksister Jr.) traditional, #handwoven Chief's #hat. Made from yellow #cedar bark with beading & an #EagleFeather attached.
Sitting in front of the woven hat is a row of some #handcarved miniature canoe #paddles, carved from red & yellow cedar. Chief Darren Blaney of the #Xwémalhkwu aka #Homalco #FirstNation #carved over 100 of these paddles. They were carved in #honour of the many young Homalco lives lost.

#FlashbackFriday
2020.

Cruising back to Campbell River from #FishFarmsOut flotilla protest & no restocking patrol.

Always put #WildFirst ️

#FlashbackFriday
2020.

I was invited to go on a #flotilla #protest led by #IndigenousChiefs & leaders from the North Island in late 2019 - we went in March of 2020. To stop 2 open net fish farms, in the #DiscoveryIslands archipelago, from restocking their pens. These fish farms are remote & they don't want public to access them. No restocking was able to happen on day we went on flotilla protest & patrol.

I've been a part of the battle here to get #FishFarmsOut for over a decade. There's finally some progress but we need to still keep up the pressure on federal & provincial governments.
#SaveWildSalmon because they're a #KeystoneSpecies & if we lose them, it sets off chain reactions in both #ocean & #OldGrowthForest #ecosystems. Wild salmon are extremely important to the Indigenous peoples of BC & the fight to protect them goes back decades.

Always put #WildFirst ️

Past direct action with Sea Shepard Conservation Society ️

https://seashepherd.org/

#PacificOcean peekaboo.

#SilentSunday

After the rainstorms, calm waters.

#PacificOcean waves rolling onto #Pacheedaht beach. Soothing.

#WildlifeWednesday

1 oystercatcher & 3 harbour seals(one is sleeping & not as visible) - on a giant kelp & seaweeds covered, blue mussels encrusted, rocky islet, located near Discovery Island.

#ThrowbackThursday
2021.
Jordan River surfboard sign - Respect the locals.

#Mosstodon I love mossy trees

#Fungi & #waterfalls seen & admired

Golden fairy spindle.
Waterfalls.
Some sort of russula.