Wet Weather

Lots of rain lately. Here's what the strait looked like this afternoon from Saxe Point.

Saxe Point Itself

The bays on both sides of Saxe Point are favorite scenes for me - so much so that I seldom photograph the point itself. This is remedied above. Like most of the "points" that mark our local coastline it reminds us that Vancouver Island is fundamentally a very large rock.

Saxe Point - The Western Side

Last week we looked at a few views of Saxe Point's eastern side. Here is a view of the western side of the point, another of my favorite views. The hills in the distance are the Metchosin Hills.

Saxe Point 3

This view looks different every time I photograph it.

Saxe Point Park in Black and White

Here's the photo I wanted to take yesterday. Or, at least it's close to the photo I wanted to take yesterday. I wanted to get away from all the rich, west coast colors for a change because sometimes, let it be known, the days here are bleak and gray and horizon disappears in the mist.

The Best Laid Plans....

I have some local views that I am particularly fond of and I had planned for today's photo to post a view of Saxe Point taken using a different technique. However, when I got to Saxe Point the rain was just a little too heavy for me to feel comfortable taking my camera out of its bag. So, above is an archival photo of Saxe Point, taken in 2009. Tomorrow, with any luck, we may see a different one.

Thunderstorm

Victoria's distinctive weather does not generally include storms with thunder and lightning and most years we will have only one or two. This year's was welcomed yesterday afternoon. First a bit of thunder, a few deep growls, then a real downpour for a couple of hours. We've been having a bit of a drought for the last few months so this was very welcome. The skies blew clear after the storm and I went out to Saxe Point and took this photo of the tail end of the big clouds that brought the storm. I'm very fond of this view because it is for me so completely characteristic of the Pacific Northwest coast. You can see by all the brown and yellow how dry it has been.

Points

I took this photo standing on Saxe Point looking east. The next point in view is Macaulay Point. On the upper right of this photo you can see some green meadows - those meadows are on Macaulay Point. Out of sight beyond Macaulay Point is the next point, Work Point, which marks one side of the entrance to the Inner Harbour.