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From Salish Sea to Salish Skies

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“Faeries, come take me out of this dull world,
For I would ride with you upon the wind,
Run on the top of the dishevelled tide,
And dance upon the mountains like a flame.” 
― William Butler Yeats
  • Snowy Peaks behind Island taken by Salish photographer TS Ni hUiginn
  • Snowy Peaks taken by Salish photographer TS Ni hUiginn
  • Snowy Peaks taken by Salish photographer TS Ni hUiginn
  • Snowy Peaks behind Island taken by Salish photographer TS Ni hUiginn
  • Snowy Peaks behind Island taken by Salish photographer TS Ni hUiginn

Although I could never do the mountains justice or capture their full beauty, I would like to share these images of some sites that never fail to take my breath away and humble me all at once. To see the land from the sea is an incredible experience, and when I do I cannot help to feel that everyone she be able to take in these breathtaking sites.

Being Erased

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This is for the people who are suffering in the DTES and beyond, for the homeless, the vulnerable, the sick, the elderly, the veterans, the workers, the used and abused whose suffering and hardship has too long been ignored.

Erased on Hastings Street, British Columbia, a photo illustration by TS Ni hUiginn
This image of the DTES is from my archive
 Being Erased,

Being Ignored,

Being vulnerable and ill and violated and abused by those who are responsible for your protection and care.
Erased in Vancouver, British Columbia, a photo illustration by TS Ni hUiginn
This image of the DTES is from my archive
We know how it began,

the question is

Why doesn’t it end?
Erased at Vancouver Art Gallery, British Columbia, a photo illustration by TS Ni hUiginn
We are all in the same boat,
don't feel left out,
 your turn will soon come.
Erased in Victoria British Columbia, a photo illustration by TS Ni hUiginn

With protectors like these who needs enemies.

Betwixt and Between

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Betwixt and Between
Inclemently Obscene.
Sun, Sleet or Snow,
Who is to know?
  • Melting snow taken by Salish photographer TS Ni hUiginn!
  • Melting snow taken by Salish photographer TS Ni hUiginn!
  • Hail taken by Salish photographer TS Ni hUiginn!
  • Hail taken by Salish photographer TS Ni hUiginn!
  • Melting snow taken by Salish photographer TS Ni hUiginn!
  • Melting snow taken by Salish photographer TS Ni hUiginn!
  • Fresh falling hail taken by Salish photographer TS Ni hUiginn!

Spring is the most diverse of season’s, as winter battles to hold on the new buds fight back with their instinctive longing to survive. They will persevere and survive, that is natural and we all have these strengths during times of great adversity.

Saltwater Snowstorm

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“Despite all I have seen and experienced, I still get the same simple thrill out of glimpsing a tiny patch of snow.”

Edmund Hillary
  • Snow and Saltwater taken by Salish photographer TS Ni hUiginn!
  • Snow and Saltwater taken by Salish photographer TS Ni hUiginn!
  • Snow and Saltwater taken by Salish photographer TS Ni hUiginn!
  • Snow and Saltwater taken by Salish photographer TS Ni hUiginn!
  • Snow and Saltwater taken by Salish photographer TS Ni hUiginn!
  • Snow and Saltwater taken by Salish photographer TS Ni hUiginn!
  • Mountains, Snow and Saltwater taken by Salish photographer TS Ni hUiginn!
  • Mountains, Snow and Saltwater taken by Salish photographer TS Ni hUiginn!
  • Mountains, Snow and Saltwater taken by Salish photographer TS Ni hUiginn!

Freshly failing snow, winter waves and mountain peaks are an irresistible and breathtaking combination. Nature is a humbling, exquisite and generous, and a far greater artist than I could ever hope to be.

Stormy Salish Sea

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“Whenever I find myself growing grim about the mouth; whenever it is a damp, drizzly November in my soul; whenever I find myself involuntarily pausing before coffin warehouses, and bringing up the rear of every funeral I meet; and especially whenever my hypos get such an upper hand of me, that it requires a strong moral principle to prevent me from deliberately stepping into the street, and methodically knocking people’s hats off – then, I account it high time to get to sea as soon as I can.”

Herman Melville
  • West Coast Winter storm waves taken with Olympus Evolt E-300 by Coastal Salish Photographer TS Ni hUiginn
  • West Coast Winter storm waves taken with Olympus Evolt E-300 by Coastal Salish Photographer TS Ni hUiginn
  • West Coast Winter storm waves taken with Olympus Evolt E-300 by Coastal Salish Photographer TS Ni hUiginn
  • Crashing West Coast Winter storm waves taken with Olympus Evolt E-300 by Coastal Salish Photographer TS Ni hUiginn
  • West Coast Winter storm waves taken with Olympus Evolt E-300 by Coastal Salish Photographer TS Ni hUiginn

There is something magical and calming about the rhythmic, undulating salty sea which never fails to summon me down to the shoreline to groove with the motion of the ocean. The challenge of timing my shots to capture the crash of the wave exploding on the surface is always good fun and like Melville did I believe doing this helps keep me healthy. And when you know something is good for people it is traditional, in many cultures, to share it so they can feel better as well.

“There is, one knows not what sweet mystery about this sea, whose gently awful stirrings seem to speak of some hidden soul beneath.”

Herman Melville
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6SpJiKovhY

For those of you who cannot physically get to the seashore to enjoy a minutes peace and relaxation by without being soaked through by salt water and rain while being blasted by frigid wind gusts this video is for you.

Be good to each other!

Filmed during a storm in Sechelt (shíshálh) BC, Canada with a Campark trail camera, video edited with kdenlive.

Ground Feeding Songbirds in the Snow

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"Resourceful, powerful and tougher than me, 
 Tiny birds foraging is an incredible sight to see."

It was the dishevelled state of the ground and needles on the walkway during a recent snowfall alerted me to this being an excellent area to monitor for ground feeding birds.

  • Two Varied Trush Birds perched in alder trees taken by TS Ni hUiginn
  • Black eyed junco foraging taken by Coastal Salish Artist TS Ni hUiginn
  • A varied trush taken by coastal salish photographer TS Ni hUiggin
  • Spotted Towhee on fence taken by Salish photographer TS Ni hUiginn
  • Black eyed junco perched on a branch taken by Coastal Salish Artist TS Ni hUiginn
  • Song sparrow on snowy branch taken by Coastal Salish Artist TS Ni hUiginn
  • Black eyed junco perched on a branch taken by Coastal Salish Artist TS Ni hUiginn
  • A Varied Trush perched in alder tree taken by TS Ni hUiginn

The birds who visited this site to forage were the varied thrush, black eyed juncos, sparrows and spotted towhees. You will see that these ground foragers are very aggressive with each other, preferring not to share even with their own kind. We are pretty pleased to be able to share this for those who love birds and nature to be able to enjoy. Moments like this are medicine, they help strengthen our spirits and our souls which we all need a steady supply of.

Be good to each other!