polymer ponderings. . .

i have arrived in oak bay. . .

several days have passed, so i am going to have to do a catch up here...

this is gera's lovely home in oak bay, victoria. my room, ahem, is the one with that darling balcony on the left. . .

we went downtown and saw a lovely gallery, GoA, and had an absolutely divine lunch at an irish pub. i have never tasted such a wonderful clam chowder. . . and even got the recipe from the chef!

we went shopping, we learned some new things about computers, we ate wonderful meals that gera and chuck prepared, oooooooo a wonderful shellfish dinner of crab and oysters, and i had fun with gen and brendan too. of course, i must also mention shadow.....

and here am i with gera and kristine. we had a wonderful meeting and lunch at the marina, see below. . .



and here are liz, wanda and gen. it is so wonderful to meet those names i have been chatting with for several years on our great canadian online clay guild! with our amazing website done by liz!!! how much fun we had, and talked and talked and talked. . .





here is the marina, it used to be sea world, until a tragic accident closed it down. i don't really like to see animals confined, though, so perhaps it was all for the best. now it is a lovely restaurant and park and marina.

and so, i am off to sooke.... the name just intrigued me, and i had a few days to wander, so i decided to come here and see what the coast of southwestern vancouver island had to offer...


i am staying at a lovely bed and breakfast, a huge room with a kitchenette and a spectacular view of the juan de fuca strait and tonight there is a beautiful sunset. i am very happy to say, since there is usually rain here i am told. but today was a dry and blue sky day, with lots of big puffy clouds. it is also warm and i walked on the beach. however, those photos are on the camera and i don't have the attachment to download them onto the computer... tomorrow i will go back to the beach, and then you will have some great new photos to see... but here is the sunset looking over to the us of a and the olympic range which is somewhat obscured by the clouds...