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Prof. Sam Lawler
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It's so pretty and so nice to have so much water!

But I am really starting to miss the sky... Better odds of seeing it because we're closer to the ocean the next couple of nights, but it's cloudy always and forever...

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Looking down a hillside covered with tall, mossy pines and low ferns, toward the Cowichan River, which is flowing fast

Looking up a fairly big tributary to the Cowichan river, which has lots of mossy trees bowing over it. The sun is lighting up a few small patches of moss on some of the trees and it's quite pretty looking. The sky above is a little cloudy

A view of a swampy area full of live and dead ferns, and tall mossy trees all around the edges. All the trees have moss on them, and some of them are lit up by the sun peeking through the clouds.

Prof. Sam Lawler
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Further up-island today, playing on driftwood, seeing friends I haven't seen for years.

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Looking across a beach totally covered with driftwood mostly of very large logs, with tall pines in the background. The sky is cloudy.

Looking up a river, with tall trees on either side. A couple of people are fishing in the river in the distance. The sky is cloudy.

A view of a small, tidy farm in BC winter, so most of the beds are sleeping. There are a couple of small farm buildings, a large dome, and a lovely undulating cobb wall. There are some tall trees here and there, and everything is green. The sky is misty and its hard to see the most distant trees.

Prof. Sam Lawler
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Some more lovely walks near Comox today.

Our farm-sitter called and asked about what to do with a power outage and -15C temperatures, and we talked him through the various steps to keep the well, the animal waterer, and the house from freezing. It was a wild disconnect to be super stressed out about very cold temps and damage back home, while standing on a beach on the very calm Straight of Georgia full of awesome birds.

The power came back after 2 hours! No damage.

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Looking down a long beach, with tiny waves crashing on one side, and a line of vertical driftwood built into a cool wall just above the high tide line. There's a hill in the distance with trees and houses, and the sky is cloudy.

Looking out from a rocky beach, with a line of small black oystercatchers busily eating stuff along the shorline. The ocean is very, very calm, and you can just see the Sunshine Coast across the Straight of Georgia in the distance. The sky is cloudy.

Looking upstream in a wide river, flowing fast over many rocks and logs. On each side of the river are pine-covered hills. The sky is cloudy.