Saxe Point Reprise

Here's a favourite scene, photographed yesterday morning. Compare with below, taken a couple of years ago.

New Book - Free Review Copies

Above is the cover of my latest book, Long Legs Boy. It has just been published by Oolichan Books here in Canada and I have a limited number of copies to distribute free to readers who will undertake to write a brief review of the book and publish it on their blog or other website. All you have to do is to send me an e-mail with your name and postal address and the URL of the blog or website where you will publish your review. You can read the book blurb more easily by clicking on the above scan of the cover. The book is an easy read and at 220 pages the complaint of most readers so far has been that "it ends too soon" or that "it is too short".
E-mail me (Benjamin Madison) for your free review copy:

Long Legs Boy is also available at bookstores here in Canada and locally in Victoria as well as internationally through online booksellers such as Amazon and Barnes & Noble.

Guard Rails

The Ogden Point Breakwater is getting a new look - guard rails. When they have finished installing these I suspect they will look very nice and encourage more people to walk out on the breakwater. Click the Ogden Point Breakwater label below to see how it looked without the rails.

Sanderling (Calidris alba)

I joined causeway artist Dean Lewis for a walk along the Ogden Point Breakwater this morning and we were happy to spy these two little shorebirds having breakfast amongst the barnacles and limpets on the lower edges of the breakwater. I have identified these as Sanderling (Calidris alba) though I'm not 100% certain since there are many small sandpiper-like birds that are very similar. Any birders out there who can confirm or correct this identification are invited to make a comment. After we watched these birds a bit Dean and I took the hint and went and had breakfast ourselves at the nearby Ogden Point Cafe. Dean had the barnacles on toast and I satisfied myself with some fried kelp and a side of limpets.

Best Beach Fort EVER

On a drive along Dallas Road today we came upon this monumental structure built on the beach in front of Ross Bay Cemetery. I don't know how long it's been there or how long it will last but hats off to the builder of this incredible driftwood creation. - Fern