This is what I found waiting for me on the beach at Parksville. It was so beautiful.....someone had decorated this driftwood pole with a fine gauze ribbon that softly shimmered in the evening breeze.....and then when I turned and looked the other way there is the sunset!
Posting these shots for
Sky Watch Friday and also for
Weekend Reflections. Thanks to these memes for gathering us random bloggers together for a moment or two to share our journey.
We rolled up here at Parksville late one night. This is the beach where we plopped down our little trailer and spent the night. This actually is taken right outside the door of the trailer. I did not think I would have enough light to get any shots of this sunset but ran out along the beach to get what shots I could.
We had so much unexpected fun here as we sat out at our picnic table late into the dark night visiting with other travellers who we met on this beach, all of us on a journey somewhere...all of us from far off places......all of us taking the time to enjoy the moment of the summer sky painting....
Years ago, around 1877, there was a little cabin here and the owner Nelson Parks would distribute all the mail to the locals so of course they soon came to call the area Parksville! Isn't that brilliant!
Parksville is on Vancouver Island and is 37 kilometres north west of Nanaimo. Originally it was a logging area and now it is a tourist area with long sandy beaches. Hope everyone at
Sky Watch and
Weekend Reflections has a great weekend.
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Interesting picture on the wooden tree branches..
Really beautiful shots.
Sydney - City and Suburbs
Gorgeous pictures. Those beautiful sunset colours are even better over the water.
beautiful photos! the driftwood is a great element...the water so serene, the skies, magnificent.
Beauti shots of the sunset over the water! So calm and peaceful.
Saw your thumbnail and thought we must be looking at the same sky :) Lovely shots!!!
Really beautiful photos and skies!
Wow, these are just stunning. The scenery and the colors are gorgeous. Thanks for sharing your skies, happy skywatching!
Your pictures today are so beautiful. What a wonderful way to start my Friday. I like the way you vary the sizes, That is a fine idea.Thanks so much for your response to my anti word verification post. I have done exactly like you and moderated all comments before allowing them to post. It is so simple. It may take a bit longer for the notes to post, but this approach is far better than the jumbled mess that Blogger is forcing upon us. I am ticked I have had such a positive response, and if only a couple change their blogs to NO word verification I will be a happy camper. genie
Simply stunning sunset! Looks like a fabulous place to spent the night!!
Stunning sequence!! Boom & Gary of the Vermilon River, Canada.
You are really good at this! Love all the shots...clarity, composition...the whole thing. Wow!
Breathtaking shots. You have a good eye.
Beautiful shots.
Regards and best wishes
thanks so much for your wonderful comments for me to read with my coffee...it is such a kind and amazing group that visits me.
You are really good at this, indeed!
Thank you!
Oh my, what stunning sunsets you captured. Lovely!!!
Wonderful colours and silhouette shapes -especially the driftwood which makes a wonderful sculpture!
What superb captures and what a glorious way to end a day -- any day! Absolutely breathtaking, such incredible colors! Thank you so much for sharing these with us today!!
Sylvia
I wrote a reply to your comment on my blog. See what you think. Boom & Gary of the Vermilon River, Canada.
magnificent!
..magnificent photographs; I wish I was there!
What a gorgeous scenic shot..
Thank you for sharing the pictures. They are beautiful. Some day we may go to Vancouver.
Spectacular sunset and reflections! Really beautiful, the sky canvas.
of all the stunning fotos here, i can't decide which one is my favorite! ^0^
interesting that you took these shots just outside your trailer,
the stay must've been a gr8 retreat.
Interesting how Parksville got its name. - Margy
Absolutely beautiful as usual. Wonderful photos!
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Amazing! ALL of them!
thanks EG Wow.
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