Minor Heat Wave in Nanaimo

It was the only one I could find that looked somewhat melted.... all others I found were just too fancy and perfect.

Back to our heat wave, we have rain showers today and it looks like we are back into sun and mid to high
twenties tomorrow or monday.

kind of a nice shower, just came in from the yard, very fine misty rain and still warm.
forgot what rain looked like. lol

YAY 30C for the next three days!!!!

You called?

No heat wave down here (on the east side of the peninsula). It got kind of hot before the rain, now is very nice - though we're just up from the water & get the ocean breeze at night which gives us a cool start to the day. Could see a smoggy brown tinge to the sky off to the NE before the rain, but didn't notice any smell of smoke.

Wonder why you'd get the smoke in Nanaimo? When we lived in the Fraser Valley the winds from the interior (which gave us the hottest weather in the summer & the coldest in winter - but was always the cleanest air, would scour out the yucky Vancouver & Bellingham smog) usually seemed to travel through heading SSW towards Bellingham.

Hmmm.... The Turkey Vultures are circling right overhead, really low, I think I'll skip drinking my mug o' tea on the deck.... Crikey! They're big birds! Love the way they soar so effortlessly. Although the Osprey does not appear to appreciate them at all, guess he's missed breakfast or something, looks very cranky.

Now where'd I put my mug of tea....? Sheesh!
Morning all!

yes, we had the smoke in courtenay too, ' been gone for days now', but it was coming right down thru
jarvis inlet from the williams lake general area, many fires up there, just the way the air
currents were travelling at that time I guess, because we haven't experienced that before in
courtenay, and I certainly don't want it again.

we use to see turkey vultures when we lived in the black creek area, they would
clean up all the road kill, and yes, they are big.

God bless sunshine!

Glad to hear the air has returned to the lovely sparkly stuff it is in Courtenay. When we first started thinking about returning to the Island, we took a wonderful trip up through Courtenay, Comox & Campbell River. Loved it! I discovered Roderick Haig-Brown's wonderful books in the sixties (avid fisherperson, me) and it was like coming home. Well, all the Island has always felt that way to me, from the moment I saw it coming into view from the deck of the ferry. We'd have moved up that way when we finally returned - medical reasons made it necessary for us to be in Victoria, which we enjoy too.

We saw one Turkey Vulture in '67 in the Valley. So exciting! Then none to be seen there for about thirty years. Then they suddenly came back. Just a few at first, steadily increasing in numbers until we would be surprised if we didn't see any soaring above us when out walking in the Valley. Lots of wonderful birds here, interesting variations in many of them from their Mainland counterparts. Lots of seabirds to study up on. Beaches are just a five minute walk away so lots to see.

Strange looking birds....we have them here in SK.

You live in Saskatchewan??!!

Finally getting some overnight rain in Vernon after weeks of temperatures in the 30s

We had over eighty degrees in Nanaimo today and it is still warm....I love it
Tomorrow will be a little cooler but according to the weatherman we will be
back in the mid to high twenties in a day or two. Except for today, July has
been a bust as far as Summer weather is concerned.

One day with no rain does not constitute a heat wave even on the wet coast.