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| Xeranthemum |
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| Artichoke |
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| Butterfly in the pole beans. |
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| Pole beans continue to flower. |
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| Tomatoes are ripening in the summer sunshine. |
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| The sweet peas are continuing to share their flowers. |
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| The new gate has been installed. In the background you can see the siding on the end of the house. |
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| HK relaxing in the canoe. |
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| Lots of frogs live among the water lillies and irises. |
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| Bare feet in the bright sunshine. |
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| A perfect day on the lake. |
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| We stopped at Marion Creek on the way to Tofino. After a scramble down the rocks we found a chilly mountain stream. |
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| HK would only put his finger in the water, but that's more than AK and AO did! |
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| Pretty green blue water and grey rocks - the future shades of our new bathroom :) |
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| A nice spot out of the wind for a snooze. |
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| Tofino Sky |
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| It was a very windy day, lots of waves were crashing on the beach. |
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| The gulls were sleeping in the sand. They didn't seem interested in moving much. |
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| A year's worth of nastiness was powerwashed off deck. |
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| Up close and personal with the removal of the grey, weathered skin. |
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| How things looked after the second round of power washing and chemical treatment. |
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| Application of the deck sealer. |
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| Work took place in the evening or in the shady portions of the deck first. |
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| Colour contrast between the stained and unstained parts of the cedar. |
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| HK's home made deck boxes are almost ready. |
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| Indian Pipe in the forest. |
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| Our last harvest of peas - 8 gallons were collected this year. |
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| Fabulous stargazer lillies. |
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| Tomatoes are starting to get some colour!. Fortunately the deer left the fruit behind when they attacked the plants. |
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| This year's baby swallows are about to fledge. They've been very demanding and their parents have been diligent in bug hunting for their supper. |
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| HK and CK offload horse manure compost to keep the garden happy! |
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| Lemon gems and bachelor buttons in the afternoon sunshine. |
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| Swallowtail on the Sweetwilliams |
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| We hope that this year we will actually get some tomatoes! |
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| The last brick on the driveway side is put in place. Now a bit of a breather for AO before moving around to the Ocean side of the house. |
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| The front steps are in place. This is so much better than the gravel that's been in place for the last 3 years. |
