It was a very foggy week. Day after day, the ferries were sounding their way across the waters. The bigger cargo ships also signaled their movements with their horns. Fog is quiet, but it is also noisy…

One day, in the late afternoon, I looked out the window and this is what the sky looked like.

I also noticed a lot of activity on the water surface: seals and birds, looking for food, were rippling the water, leaving temporary tracks…

An hour or so later, the sun was still trying to burn through the thick fog blanket. Nearing sunset time, the colour of the sky started to change completely, going from grey to gold… with the golden results that followed…

And finally, the fog thickened, and blocked the sunset over Pender Island…

Around here, it pays to look out the window on a regular basis.