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S’dayes (Pender Island) Dock Life

These photos primarily focus on the life that exists on a private dock on S’dayes (Pender Island).  This is hopefully a plea to all dock owners — scraping your docks and freeing them of those […]

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Boat Nook, Pender Island (S’dayes) Dec 1 2024

A beautiful morning snorkeling in Boat Nook, S’dayes (Pender Island) with some of the Pender Penguins. Highlights were the first recorded sighting (for me and inaturalist) of a Pacific Sea Nettle and a “new to […]

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Random Photos of Pender

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Kevin Lee’s Placida, Placida kevinleei

These tiny little sacoglossans are easily mistaken for the Placida Barackobamai.  The difference between them is slight.   Primarily the white on the Barack Obama extend the length of the rhinophores.  Unfortunately, these photos do […]

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The Spring Crisp With Adam Dobres, Unfaithful Servants and Some Pender Folks.

Thanks so much to the Crisp Festival Organizers, to all the volunteers and musicians, poets and audience for making this another very special evening on Pender Island! Related Images:

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Lilies and Lily Pads, Buck Lake, Pender Island, July 2022 III

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Lilies and Lily Pads II, Buck Lake, July 2022

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Lilies and Lily Pads, Buck Lake July 2022

A fun photo shoot with somewhat cooperative subjects and ever-present antagonists: leeches, newts and giant water snails. Some acrobatics were required but it was such a joy to play in the warm(wish) water with colour and […]

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Maui December 2021 & 1st Half January 2022

On December 5th Maui was hit by a strong Kona Storm that wiped out a number of my favourite snorkel spots, not to mention a number of beaches, roads, parks, homes and cars.  Six weeks […]

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Week II & III, Maui 2021

The last 2 1/2 weeks have unveiled an incredible array of sea creaturea —  some entirely new to me, some “new to Hawaii” and some unidentified, new species.  The highlights?  Swimming with a graceful manta,seeing […]

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