'Snowy Coffin Island'

At low tide the Coffin Islands are a small and wondrous

place alive with the quarrelsome sounds of feeding

Wigeon as well as other competing waterfowl.

The islands lie on the north side of the entrance to West Bay

in Victoria's outer harbour. Though they both are probably

each under 100 feet across they rise up like the humps

on a camels back to at least 30 feet.

At below zero tide they seem higher yet when standing

on the exposed flats at their feet.

I made it out for a paint on Friday afternoon with painting pal

Linny D. Vine

We dressed for cold as it was about -10 Celsius in the wind

which in this part of the world is damn cold.

But dressed right, out of the wind and in the sun

quite pleasant. Victoria has just passed through our first

big weather event of this winter. My neighbourhood

got close to 25cm of snow and then the cold winds

gusting at times to over 50 kmh. Our world famous

flower count is slated to begin on Tuesday!

=:-/

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Oil on wood panel 6 x 8.

Your thoughts & comments always appreciated.

Jeffrey