Thursday, March 31, 2011

Too Fine In Tofino

The drying wet suit seen on the post below this one was hanging out at this beach in Tofino, about a half hour's drive from Ucluelet.

Can anybody spot the little bird in this picture?




Let's zoom in on that rock out there:  seems the wind is whipping up quite a cloud of sea spray.  The clouds, the light, the weather can change quickly, blowing in off the Pacific Ocean.  Earlier in the day it had been dark with clouds and pouring rain, blustering with high winds, and even hailing.




But now the sun is out and it feels good to stretch our legs.  Let's turn around and walk in the opposite direction down the beach.  I mean, in the opposite direction together, not in the opposite direction from each other! The beaches in this area are very popular with surfers.  Can anybody spot the surfers in this picture?
(you have to squint and look really hard, and use your imagination)




So much beach, so little time.
Let's just sit here on a log and admire the view awhile, shall we?



Or we could even lie down on the sand and chill, like this mermaid. 
Don't lie too close to her, though--she has a whip!
(unless you like that sort of thing)



All this fresh air and exercise has given me an appetite.  Maybe we should just gather some sea veggies for a nice salad and have a picnic on the beach. 
On second thought...I'll go look for that bakery in Tofino that my good buddy Anonymous was telling me about a few blog comments ago.
Back soon!



28 comments:

  1. The scenery looks very wet but beautiful nevertheless. Yes I spotted the tiny bird in flight. I'd love a walk on that beach.

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  2. - too cold to dip your feet in?

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  3. Fabulous beach, loving the mermaid with her whip (a gal after my own heart if ever there was)...sorry I'm late, someone knicked my wetsuit!

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  4. I like your mermaid. I've always wanted to be a kelped man.

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  5. Lovely images,beautiful atmospheric landscape....all very close to the elements.
    I like the similarity between the sea vegetation and the acrobatic tree!

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  6. http://www.members.shaw.ca/robelphinstone/finearts/images/images/SanJosefBayPillars16x20art.jpg

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  7. Gorgeous! I miss the ocean.

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  8. What a wonderful sight, what a wonderful escape this must be !

    Thank you.

    Please have a good start into the new month you all.

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  9. I'm game for being a kelped man too...

    I could hear the mermaids singing there, could we dare to eat a peach ???

    And do mermaids ever send postcards to taxidermists in distant places ? The stuffing of tired old flea bitten carcasses is such a dreary business, postcards are like rays of light from distant stars, yes, as Hesse said, bearing strange news from distant stars...

    Watch out for the whip ! Unless it's for making whipped cream ?
    Crème de Chantilly, they call it in France...
    :-)

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  10. You have such an imagination, Lynne! That mermaid seems to be writhing on the sand, her head thrown back, her mouth wide open... One flip of her tail and a flick of the whip... I love her shell outfit. Thanks for pointing out the bird in the foreground of photo 1! And to the right on the mossy island, is that a cross on top? The white, billowing clouds are as huge as the clear blue sky at the end. Don't you love that feeling of being relatively alone in the wild? Where you can see for miles and miles? So free!

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  11. Nathalie,
    You really do have an eagle eye, to spot that tiny speck in the sky. Even I missed it! The bird I was referring to see can be seen just under the stick pointing into the center.

    And yes--definitely too cold to dip one's toes!

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  12. Saj,
    A wet suit and a whip? Now that's an outfit people might be willing to pay to see you in!

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  13. DCW,
    And would your kelper speak to you in "dulset" tones?

    Lovely painting you pointed me to. Made me think Van Gogh visits Vancouver Island.

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  14. Forest Dream Weaver,
    Oh, I hadn't noticed that similarity between twisting trees and entwined seaweed! Nature imitating nature?

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  15. c,
    and the ocean misses you!

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  16. Robert,
    Happy April to you, too! You're right, this was a great escape from the ordinary, from the cobwebby, from the stuffy, everyday sort of existence. Quite exhilarating. A real treat.

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  17. BrOwen,
    Mermaids' postcards arrive from distant star fish and are written in squid ink so that it doesn't smear in the ocean. Italian mermaids also make a wonderful pasta sauce with squid ink, and then giggle when their guests' mouths turn purple from eating the seaghetti. For dessert they like to whip up a seafoam mousse (Crème de Mer). These sea-girls wreathed with seaweed red and brown do what they can to ease a taxidermist's worried frown!

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  18. Margaret,
    We came quite unexpectedly upon that mermaid lying on the sand. I think she may have had an itch on her back that she was trying to ease, hence the writhing. We gave her a wide berth, due to the whip but I risked sneaking a picture of her for my blog friends. The figure on the mossy island is a person, not a cross. I have other photos where there is no one standing on the island.
    You know, Margaret, I am not one who would really enjoy being alone in the wild, but on a relatively unpopulated beach, it is definitely a slice of heaven!

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  19. So lovely!!! The sea veggies look like some wonderful spaghetti dish. I can smell the air...

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  20. Driftwood,
    Size isn't everything: you'd have no trouble fitting in, I'm sure.

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  21. jann,
    Yes, my thought exactly:
    seaghetti! Served up with sepia sauce. Yum!

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  22. Smiling a purple smile...
    :-)

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  23. Saj,
    Say no more!
    ;-)
    ;-)
    (in case it may be used against you in a court of law!)

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  24. ooooh i am so in love with this mermaid!!! you should really make her part of one of your surreal vision in painting...

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  25. Roxanna,
    I used to make mermaid dolls, large and small, of fabric. I haven't yet painted one, though. Perhaps I will...

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