The chard forest

This is rainbow chard from my friend Heather's garden.  I feel like I could walk through the rainbow forest when I see this photo.  Like something from a children's poem.

Summer poppies

We haven't had much sun here so I'm compensating by taking photographs of the brilliant yellow and orange California Poppies that grow so well in this area.  Most of them are that rich golden orange that lifts your heart.


But in my opinion they're best of all when there are a few other colours mixed in--cream, soft yellow and even pink and bronze.

And I also love the two-tone ones. These photos are from a mixed clump just down the hill from us.  I'm going to try to gather some seeds from these over the summer and plant them in front of my house.  Then I can see summer out my window even when it's cloudy.

Header woes

So I like the new simple design from Blogger.  I've always wanted to simplify my blog's look but I can't seem to find a way to make the photograph in my header wider.  I can't even see how to edit the blog title and subtitle.  I'd like to expand the photo over to the extreme right to eliminate the burnt orange colour.  Can anybody help?

Snowbirds over the breakwater

Last Saturday the Snowbirds came to town to help celebrate 100 years of the Canadian Navy in Victoria.  Here are a few photos of their amazing aerobatics and the people that crowded the breakwater at Ogden Point to enjoy the show.

These divers were enjoying an underwater show just off the breakwater earlier , but climbed out in time to see the air show.

Getting back to normal

I cannot believe how tired I am after organizing and participating in Friday's big event.  My friend from Vancouver was over on Friday and Saturday to attend and we had a little dinner party on Saturday with Jane and her husband and a few friends.  Kath left on Sunday and I just collapsed.  Today I begged off of going to pilates and just stayed home and rested.  I'm hoping that by tomorrow I'll have recovered enough to cope with some scheduled things I have to do.

It seems that everyone involved is experiencing the same need for a few days of recovery.  It's been a huge exertion of energy and focus for many people.  That's what it takes to pull something like this off. 

A big surprise this morning was a very even-handed article by the movie writer in our local newspaper. 

After such a nice article we'll have to work extra hard to get back to normal.  But I think we're all looking forward to it.  That pace cannot be sustained.   Sunny days ahead and maybe some relaxation.

An interesting evening

Jane and I are still recovering from our Friday night Dialogue with Spirit Guides event.  It was well attended and well received, although we had some difficulties with the sound equipment.  We thought because we were holding it at a theatre with professional sound equipment and lighting and sound technicians that all would be good.  However it seems that the sensitive equipment was adversely affected by the energy of the spirit guides speaking through Jane.  The sound checked out fine but once she began to channel, the microphone started to act up and produced pops and knocks that were extremely distracting.  We ended up changing it all around half way through the evening, which was quite disruptive to all involved.  In spite of that it was successful and many people received loving and insightful responses to their questions.

The top photo is of Jane and me doing our introductions at the beginning.  This one is of me talking to one of the guides brought through by Jane.  

The backdrop for this was a slowly shifting scene of leaves and trees.  It looks quite dramatic doesn’t it?
Now our work is done on this and it’s up to the filmmaker, Krista, to pull it together.  For Jane and me it’s nice to think about getting back to our regular life.   I don’t think I could ever be a full-time performer.  From this small taste of it, I know that it’s just too exhausting.