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@dani negreanu Beautiful, happy photo of you all ❤️

I actually walked straight past it…then DS called me back & pointed out the “eye” to me and I still didn’t see it 🤦‍♀️. Once I finally “got it” I thought it was cool.

Good evening. Photos from Tofino. Weather is ideal & we are enjoying every minute of our roadtrip of Vancouver Island.

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How wonderful that you & your family share your memories of your beautiful mom on this special day.

Thanks. The whale watching photos yesterday are from a canon camera that has what I call a long lense but it’s not long compared to the actual long lenses all the other passengers had on the zodiac! I brought it over from Australia for DS to use. Dad bought it a couple of years ago but never used it so offered it to me for this trip for Alaska. All other photos are from my usual “old” iPhone that I post my Sydney pictures from. Thanks for the compliment Planning this trip did my head in at times. It was hard. So much research but it is absolutely paying off.

Me too. Loved the book Scarlett too.

Today, the excitement ramped up even further. We dressed in four layers then headed to our Whale watch tour out of Nanaimo, where we were provided with a head to toe expedition suit and goggles. Boarded our zodiac with 7 others + naturalist + crew/photographer and Captain. Then spent the most wonderful 4 hours on the water. After seeing stellar sea lions, harbour seals, humpback whale, we continued on all the way up near to Squamish in the water. In this absolutely beautiful water, surrounded by snow capped mountains and we saw ORCAS!!! We spent about an hour just drifting as this family of four orcas (mum & 3 sons - one only 1 year old) swam nearby. Our Zodiac was the only one there. We had this magic to ourselves. I was almost in tears. Took a solid 1hr high speed ride back to Nanaimo but it was so worth it and in all the gear, ours & theirs, we were toasty warm despite the cold temps on the open zodiac.

Good evening, our wonderful Vancouver roadtrip continues. Yesterday, we visited The Raptors in Duncan and saw a Bald Eagle up close and in flight up close then a Barn Owl up close and in flight up close. Very exciting for us Aussies.

@h20skibum 🙋‍♀️HP fan here. Love the floating letters. Your grand daughter’s face in the video. Thanks for sharing her fab party. @bobmacliberty Micheline’s Halloween decoration - wow. @Lionesss Congratulations to your son in his new position.

Here are the other two I took photos of.

Good evening. After 4 lovely days in Victoria BC, we hit the road. First stop, The Malahat Skywalk. Horrendously overpriced but we are glad we did it. DS was the only one of us to do the quick return via the slide. I also liked the driftwood sculptures that were displayed as you walked along the elevated timber walkway to reach the skywalk structure.

I don’t knit but I admire your creative skills and that sounds like a perfect weekend

Mid-April in Butchart Gardens - lovely to visit on a quiet Friday morning. We self drove.

Had a lovely time in Victoria BC. Last morning spent at Butchart Gardens. Photos courtesy of DS.