Heriot Bay

Tuesday is seafood night at the Heriot Bay Inn and Pub.  We went.  Big plates of scallops, mussels and clams, in their shells, garlic toast to sop up the savory broths, and washed down with a jug of Keith's.  So very good.

The 'we' is my sis Carol and bro-in-law Gene and me

I'll throw in a pix of the big starfish we saw from the dock.

Sunrise on Quadra

Quadra is beautiful.  I believe I could live there, no problem....except that I need a lot more sunshine than the BC coast gets.  I tried living in Vancouver in the 70s and begged to be transferred - anywhere - during a Winter of continual drizzle and gloom.

On The Beach

Seriously, this is On The Beach, Linda McCluskey's B&B situated, yes, on the beach below their house.

I'm not staying the B&B; I'm up top in the McCluskey's beautiful house.  My sis & bro-in-law are house and cat sitting for their friends.

Native Carvings

Quadra is absolutely crawling with artists, creating all kinds of lovely things using every type of medium.  Roads are littered with Artist Studios.  Love places like this.  Every June there is the Quadra Island Studio Tour.  

On a drive around the populated part of the island, I took some photos of whatever native carving art we came across.  Some of it was at the  Wei Wai Kai Nation at the Cape Mudge Band village.

Totem pole being carved

A war canoe

 A gathering place for story-telling

A very ancient totem pole

Quadra Island

The weather has been much less than perfect - in fact, yesterday was gale force winds; it was a nasty November storm in September. 

This was the view out the windows (rain-streaked windows)

And, the local forecast is for strong to gale force winds tonight and tomorrow.