It has been a lovely Christmas on Bowen again this year, with snow and fog and rain and a colder start to winter than we normally get. I have upgraded my camera and now am the proud owner of a Cannon Sure Shot 720 with which I have resumed documenting life around here. And so here is a recent set of photos from today and yesterday, walking around the island. The highlights:

• Moss on an alder
• Sword ferns
• Snow on the mountains across the channel in the afternoon sun
• The trail from Deep Bay to the Lagoon, slipping away
• A logged, blasted and cleared lot down the hil for us. This wasteland can be yours for $300,000.