Kathryn and I recently went to Vancouver to visit her sister and family, the same folks we shared the cabin with on Gabriola Island. It had been many years since I’d been to Vancouver though every year I’ve promised myself that I’d get over there to look around. I’ve been reading about the changes in that city for some time: the reputedly great transit system, the bicycle infrastructure, the new architecture, things that I’m interested in and wanted to see for myself.
Kathryn’s sister Marie and family live in North Vancouver right at the foot of Grouse Mt so and going to downtown Vancouver requires some travel. So from their house we drove down the steep hills of North Van to where we caught the sea bus to cross the harbour to Vancouver where we got off and walked along the harbour, battling the cruise ship crowds and enjoying the views.
At Granville Island – water side and land side
A heart full of feathers
I realized that I haven’t posted anything about my garden so far this year and now the seasons are changing. Here are some recent photos as the veggies are reaching the end of their season.
Poblano peppers
Leek flowers, strawberries at their base, tomatillo and swiss chard behind, lettuce on the left.
A wildly prolific yellow zucchini plant. I can’t keep up with this thing. Want some zucchini?
First ever success with field cucumbers
In the background are my pea vines at the end of their lives. My first ever real success at growing them. Another big basil crop in the foreground. It got several starts this year. The first seeds I planted didn’t germinate so I reseeded. In the meantime, I got some basil starts and planted them after which the seeded basil began to sprout and, as a result of this erratic planting style, I now have basil in three different stages of development. In any case, there’s a lot of basil and the number of batches of pesto in my freezer continues to grow.
This what I came home to after the Vancouver trip. The fruits of a zucchini plant that keeps on giving. These yellow squash might be a bitter bottle gourd because it’s not really a zucchini. In any case, they’re very tasty. And there are some very sweet peas. I like them raw in salad.
Here it is September and this was my first real paddle of the summer. I went out early on in the summer and after I’d gone a short distance, the fog rolled in. So I rolled out. And for much of the summer that’s the way it’s been: bad conditions or my own busyness or something. This day presented itself last weekend and I went around Discovery Island with my two paddling friends, Bill and Bill. It was perfect. Not too hot, not too cold. Little wind. I hope there will be other such days before the onset of winter conditions.
Wanderings Onward 