A Pictoral View of where I live......

Gene Bach from Turning the Pages of Life is hosting this "getting to know you" event on Saturday. He has asked that we post 10 pictures of where we live(surrounding area) to help other bloggers get to know us better.....I thought that was a great idea. But I am finding it hard to stick to just 10, I went over by two plus a little video....ooops....sorry......

Most of my regular visitors have a pretty good idea of where I live. I tend to post lots of pictures. I live on Vancouver Island. It is 35 nautical miles from the mainland and Vancouver British Columbia, the only way to get to the island is by boat or plane. You can catch a harbour float plane and be here in 20 mins, or take the ferry which is a 1.5 hour ferry ride. I have done both. But I usually take the ferry.

I moved to the Island almost 3 years ago and married the love of my life. I have been in awe of the beauty that surrounds me everyday. It is so very different from where I came from(growing up in the city). The wildlife is amazing, the shorelines and sea life are active and bountiful. The herring fishery happens almost on my door step. If I am lucky I might see an Orca or grey making it's way south. Eagles are abundant. So here is my home from my cameras point of view......

Most of the people around us have horses...this horse lives across the street from us...the people next to us train horses and do equestrain shows with them.......

This is our view as we go down our driveway....in the foreground is Lesquiti Island, behind that is Texada, and in the back is the coastal mountain range....they are part of the mainland

This is taken just down the road from me at a place we call Sunny beach. That brown building in the back is the local native Indian Long House where they hold their potlatch and gatherings.

This is Chrome Island...it is the last human managed lighthouse on the Westcoast, it was established in 1891. This Lighthouse can been seen from many vantage points from where I live. The area in which I live is also known as the Lighthouse District...hence Chrome Island Lighthouse.

Just off of Chrome island is this rock where the seals like to hang out ...the fishing is fantastic around here.....

See what I mean...this is hubbies catch of the day...just off of that island....not far from home at all.....

To the west of where I live is Mount Arrowsmith....when I drive up the road to the highway this is what I see....you can 4x4 up there and bring your quad or snowmobile and have a really good time.....this mountain is also backdrop for a golf course just up the road from me....guess what it is called.....you got it....Arrowsmith Golf Course......

This is down the road from a place called Rosewall Creek(which is one of my favorite swimming holes) you are looking at Denman Island. This is about 15 mins. from my house.

This is Rosewall Creek....the water here is mountain fed...very cold but refreshing....love to get on our tubes in the summer and travel down the creek to the open waters....

Eagles are bountiful where I live...this particular day we say 16 of them in this tree...it was amazing.....

Along with the eagles many birds frequent our property....here is a woodpecker, we often have our provincial bird the Stellar jay, a family of quail, hummingbirds when the season is right, spotted thatchers, Japanese starlings....all kinds of birds...it's just wonderful.....last but certainly not least...in the spring there is what a they call the herring run....it lasts for about a week...it's really a site to behold.....
The herring fisheries in action