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Anne @anne.onbowen.ca · 11/09/2026

I had the whole beach to myself today and the water was not too cold for a short swim.

Blue sky with white whispy clouds and a green tree top.

Late summer day at the beach with boats further out on the water.

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Anne @anne.onbowen.ca · 10/08/2026

Morning sun and blue skies. A lively spot to wait for the ferry.

A grass and gravel path, looking out over the water of Mannion Bay and mountains, with the morning sun behind the branches of a willow tree.

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Anne @anne.onbowen.ca · 25/07/2026

Finally, I am back to swimming again. It was glorious today.

Pebbly seashore with small boats and some hills across the water, and children playing in the shallow water.

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Anne @anne.onbowen.ca · 28/06/2026

Perfect sunny summer day with fresh air after the rain and a light breeze. Happy to be here and feeling sorry for those who suffer extreme heat now.

Arbutus tree on bluff with ocean below and blue sky and white clouds above.

Bluffs with dry grass and ocean below and blue sky above.

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Anne @anne.onbowen.ca · 22/06/2026

Finally, beach siesta and a swim at my old swimming spot.

Rocky shoreline of Mannion Bay, with a sailboat anchored and with a tall, leaning fir tree in front and hills in the background. Blue sky with whispy clouds.

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Anne @anne.onbowen.ca · 03/06/2026

My summer has started! I went for my first swim in unbelievably warm water.

Pebbly Shore with boats and mountains in background.

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Anne @anne.onbowen.ca · 22/05/2026

This year’s first blossom of the rose bush I grew from a twig. It has a wonderful discreet scent.

Pink rose blossom on background of green foliage.

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Anne @anne.onbowen.ca · 10/05/2026

Another shore walk treasure, this appears to be a fossil imprint of a trilobite or fish.

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Anne @anne.onbowen.ca · 10/05/2026

On my low tide shore walk I encountered this geese family with 17 goslings that used the weir to rest and find some food.

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Anne @anne.onbowen.ca · 29/04/2026

I did my first short paddle in the Bay this year. Found my old kayak among the dinghies stacked at the edge of the beach and even found the paddle. It was soooo nice!!

Pebbly beach in front, a few small boats on the water and coastal mountains in the distance.

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Anne @anne.onbowen.ca · 11/04/2026

Space to have our coffee and sit at TYFC as it‘s an ordinary weekend and not too warm.

View from Tell Your Friends Cafe on the Bowen Marina Pier.

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Anne @anne.onbowen.ca · 08/04/2026

Grateful for this peaceful and tranquil place. My heart goes out to those who face turmoil with no refuge.

Pebbly waterfront with a few boats in the water and treed hills and mountains across the water.

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Anne @anne.onbowen.ca · 05/04/2026

Watching tourists flock to our island today, visiting the park and lakes and the seashore and keeping our restaurants busy. Kingfishers are noisily dive bombing.The sunshine makes everyone smile. My first time this spring that the sun is high enough to have my afternoon coffee on the front porch. ☀️

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Anne @anne.onbowen.ca · 22/03/2026

You picked a beautiful day. Even in the rain, Crippen Park is beautiful, with all the brilliant green moss. My favourite part is Dorman Point, a short, steep hike ending in an expansive view over the water.

View south over the water from Dorman Point.

Big tree trunk with moss covered base in Crippen Park.

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Anne @anne.onbowen.ca · 27/02/2026

Listening to the barking of California sea lions. Best thing about living on an island is to never being far from the water.

Pebbly shore at low tide. Coast mountains in the background with evening sun illuminating part of the mountain. Blue sky with white and grey clouds.

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Anne @anne.onbowen.ca · 08/02/2026

Perfect sunny day for a hike to the new section of Dorman Point.

A small wooden bench looking over an expanse of water from Bowen Island towards Lighthouse Park in West Vancouver with blue sky and sunshine.

Arbutus trees with some dry branches on the ground, ocean with mountains in the background and a white ferry crossing.

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Anne @anne.onbowen.ca · 08/02/2026

Me on my father‘s lap with my sister and one of my brothers. 76 years ago, photo obviously taken on a Sunday.

My father, seated outside with me as a baby on his lap flanked by one brother and my sister.

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Anne @anne.onbowen.ca · 06/02/2026

On my daily walk. Cat encounter in my neighbourhood and the lush greens and old trees in the woods.

A very old, mossy maple tree with double trunk with ferns covering the forest floor.

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Anne @anne.onbowen.ca · 25/01/2026

There is always something to stop and see on my walks.

Killarney Lake reflecting blue sky with wooded shore in the background.

Mossy tree trunk along a trail in Crippen Park.

Green moss with tiny white mushrooms and brown leaves.

Alder tree branch on the ground with hair ice and a beside it a couple of green holly leaves.

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Anne @anne.onbowen.ca · 18/01/2026

Sunday hike to Dorman Point. Fog is far in the distance.

Looking down to the ocean with sun in the blue sky reflecting off the water along the shore, with a band of fog on the water in the distance.

A person sits on a bluff, looking down to the ocean with sun in the blue sky and a band of fog on the water in the distance.

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Anne @anne.onbowen.ca · 09/01/2026

Going up on that trail in the fog which then lifted further up. One of my favourite snow hike memories.

Sun breaking through snow covered trees.

Sun in blue sky, making snowy landscape with trees glisten.

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Anne @anne.onbowen.ca · 04/01/2026

Same route, a couple of days later, beautiful views, while providing cardio exercise while getting up there.

Dorman Point Lookout south over the water with clouds above and blue sky in the distance.

Dorman Point Lookout south over the water with clouds above and blue sky in the distance. Fallen Arbutus tree branch in foreground.

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Anne @anne.onbowen.ca · 02/01/2026

New Year’s Day hike to a favourite spot, Dorman Point. Sounds were muffled by the fog. Close by, the mosses were incredibly vibrant. I need to do that hike more often, for the views but also great cardio exercise.

View from Dorman Point Lookout, over the ocean to Passage Island and UBC beyond.

Arbutus tree branches against the grey sky.

Patch of thick, green moss with a couple of small orange arbutus berries.

Me pointing to the top of a fir tree, illustrating its height after remembering it as a cute little tree, that was waist high.

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Anne @anne.onbowen.ca · 26/12/2025

Christmas Day feeding frenzy of gulls and sea lions taking advantage of herring or anchovies. After many video clips over half an hour, I left the spectacle, wondering how many “bait balls” of these small fish were there to keep sea lions and gulls engaged for so long.

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Anne @anne.onbowen.ca · 16/12/2025

Thinking of my father today. He was born on December 15, 1912. I was the youngest of four children when he died at age 45. This family portrait was taken at a photographer’s studio ca. 1955.

Family portrait of my parents and kids ca. 1955

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Anne @anne.onbowen.ca · 08/12/2025

Visiting the Christmas craft fair at our local school, I found the youth crafters are the sweetest! I bought a little Christmas tree, cut and folded from paper. The paper bag offered to transport my treasure had a riddle hand written on it, with the answer on the bottom of the bag!

Paper bag with hand written text: what is it called when a snowman has a temper tantrum?

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Anne @anne.onbowen.ca · 22/11/2025

Ignore the grey sky - there is neat stuff to see on the forest floor.

Two little orange mushrooms surrounded by green moss and grass.

Turkey tail (?) mushrooms on a fallen alder branch.

Four light brown mushrooms on the forest floor.

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Anne @anne.onbowen.ca · 18/11/2025

November beach panorama. Some floats and docks are wrapped in orange or green fencing, preventing sea lions from taking up residence and keeping people awake with their incessant barking.

Panorama photo of Deep Bay / Mannion Bay with blue sky and sunshine.

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Anne @anne.onbowen.ca · 16/11/2025

Mushroom time! Dank, dark November has its perks.

Cluster of light brown mushrooms on mossy alder tree trunk.

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Anne @anne.onbowen.ca · 30/10/2025

Remembering my mother who died this day 38 years ago. In this photo she was wearing her Sunday dress, which was still her Sunday dress after I was born more than ten years later. It had a yellow pattern with velvet purple shoulder patches. I still remember the feeling of that dress.

Black and white photo of my mother as a young woman.

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Anne @anne.onbowen.ca · 25/10/2025

A walk in the forest after the rain makes everything glisten.

Yellow mushrooms surrounded by green moss.

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Anne @anne.onbowen.ca · 24/10/2025

My very last dahlia blossom of this year. I brought it in before the forecast rainstorm arrives. No choice now but to start on my indoor tasks that I’ve neglected during the summer. At least, that last dahlia will keep me company for a few days.

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Anne @anne.onbowen.ca · 15/10/2025

I did enjoy another unexpected short ocean swim today at Bowen Bay Beach, in an unconventional swim suit. Hoping to have a few more chances like that before the heavy rains set in.

Bowen Bay Beach - sandy pebbles with a log and sun glistening on the water.

Bowen Bay Beach. I an standing at the water’s edge.

I am in the cold water at Bowen Bay Beach, going for a short swim.

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Anne @anne.onbowen.ca · 06/10/2025

Wistfully sitting at the shore, wishing swimming season would just last a little longer.

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Anne @anne.onbowen.ca · 28/09/2025

Wonderful article. I have 190 photos of moss, taken on my walks through the woods. This one is an especially brilliant green, taken at the end of November, during our rainy season.

A small orange mushroom, growing on a bed of green moss.

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Anne @anne.onbowen.ca · 27/09/2025

Horseshoe Bay, on a warm day after the end of the summer, can be a relaxing place while waiting for the ferry.

View from the ferry towards passage island.

Horseshoe Bay Playground with ferry and mountains in the background.

View into Howe Sound from the ferry leaving Horseshoe Bay.

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Anne @anne.onbowen.ca · 19/09/2025

And … another day for a swim. I am grateful for every opportunity to swim before the water gets cold.

My foot on the rocky shoreline, ready to go for a swim.

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Anne @anne.onbowen.ca · 13/09/2025

Nothing beats a late summer swim in crystal clear water at the now almost deserted beach. For me, this beats a tropical, sandy beach any day.

A panorama photo of Pebbly Beach in Dee Bay on Bowen Island. Blue sky and white clouds with coast mountains in the background.

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Anne @anne.onbowen.ca · 04/09/2025

Smoky air continues. Another day to stay indoors with doors and windows closed, air purifiers and air conditioning running. Our new community centre is offering a safe refuge for those not having relief at home, including free N95 masks. - Photo by Karen Baker Mooder.

Queen of Capilano Ferry on route to Bowen Island, surrounded by grey, smoky air.

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Anne @anne.onbowen.ca · 03/09/2025

Heading home now. Air is still very bad. West Vancouver is in the “unhealthy” range and my home on Bowen is situated between two IQAir stations, one “hazardous” and the other “very unhealthy”. I bought a replacement filter for the air purifier to be prepared for more days of bad air.

Me sitting in the bus with my bike helmet on and wearing an N95 mask.

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Anne @anne.onbowen.ca · 03/09/2025

Poor air quality gets me back to wearing my mask outside.

Hazy, smoky air over Snug Cove harbour on Bowen Island.

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Anne @anne.onbowen.ca · 04/08/2025

The joy of my balcony garden in the summer.

My view up to the blue sky with colourful zinnia and dahlia in the foreground.

A bee sitting inside a maroon zinnia blossom.

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Anne @anne.onbowen.ca · 24/07/2025

Today’s challenge: Finding the safest and least steep bike routes to various spots around the North Shore. Google made some good suggestions but there was no mention of several long staircases in parks. I exercised my body as well as my brain with various detours.

Stopped my bike to look down on cars from the Jones Ave. Overpass, crossing the upper levels highway.

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Anne @anne.onbowen.ca · 05/07/2025

Your grandmother’s attempts to teach you sewing were unsuccessful 😄. It’s never too late to learn.

Little boy sitting on grandmother’s lap at a Singer sewing machine.

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Anne @anne.onbowen.ca · 04/07/2025

Beach Siesta. I love interpreting cloud shapes. I think the one above the tree branches looks like the head and neck of a horse.

Blue sky with a few clouds, driftwood logs at the shore and boats anchored in Mannion Bay.

Blue sky with a couple of wispy white clouds and the sun obscured by leaves on high up tree branches.

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Anne @anne.onbowen.ca · 02/07/2025

This morning, waiting for the ferry.

The causeway in Snug Cove. Looking towards the coast mountains.

Sun in blue sky, streaked with white clouds. Foreground of water and background mountains.

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Anne @anne.onbowen.ca · 20/06/2025

This year’s balcony gardening surprise: The rosebush I propagated three years ago from a little branch has finally grown up and is producing beautiful, fragrant blossoms for the first time!

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Anne @anne.onbowen.ca · 05/06/2025

Homeward bound. Always nice to see those sights heading home after a day in the city.

Looking through an opening on the ferry car deck over the water towards Bowen Island.

Looking through an opening on the ferry car deck over the water towards Passage Island and UBC.

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Anne @anne.onbowen.ca · 31/05/2025

Thinking of my mother on her birthdate today. Seen here in 1977, letting little @bmann.ca “help” her with a sewing project.

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