Sunday, October 25, 2009
The Body Language of Whales
One of the great frustrations of our 5 weeks on the island was that the orcas never came in close to us when we could see them well. It has been observed in other times and places not distant from our island--therefore involving the same whales, same pods of whales--that the orcas do not tend to come close when people are agitated, upset, emotionally out-of-true; they come close when observers are calm and centered, in quiet emotional trim. Interesting, though circumstantial rather than...
Sign in to see full entry.
Saturday, October 24, 2009
In the country of whales
(TAPS, as you request...) A camera was one of the many pieces of basic equipment I didn't have the summer of the whales. We had some borrowed binoculars, one pair only(which sounds odd, a pair of one binoculars... like a pair of pants. )between us. Pencils and pens and notebook, purchased at Alert Bay. Over the course of the years, sadly, it has been mislaid: I have not seen that notebook in many a day, and it was not, if I say it myself, a bad little book of research notes and sketches. Well,...
Sign in to see full entry.
Friday, October 23, 2009
The Whales
It was orcas that brought me to the Pacific NW, back in 1975. We drove a car that wanted delivering to San Francisco, then hitched north to the farther reaches of Vancouver Island--a tale in itself, that journey--where we found a ride to a small island with a little bay and inlet, and once we got there, a population of two. We watched whales and everything else in that marvelous place for 5 weeks. The rain was nearly incessant that August of 1975, and we were woefully ignorant and ill-prepared....
Sign in to see full entry.
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Something wonderful on the news tonight...
http://www.kirotv.com/video/21397178/index.html
Sign in to see full entry.
Jack'o'lantern 09
http://www.flickr.com/photos/therovingeye/sets/72157622516724945/
Sign in to see full entry.
