Owikazowi
Blog URL http://owikazowi.blogspot.com/
Located Sooke, British Columbia Canada
Tags inns, innkeeping, innkeepers, Sooke, Vancouver Island, Victoria, rural living, travel, resort
The official blog of Ocean Wilderness Inn, the saga of the innkeepers adventure in remaking an inn on the coast of Vancouver Island
Latest Blog Posts
- Blackberry season on Sep 2, 2009 in foraging blackberries garden food
The Stolen Childby WB Yeats1886Where dips the rocky highlandOf Sleuth Wood in the lake,There lies a leafy islandWhere flapping herons wakeThe drowsy water rats;There we've hid our faery vatsFull of berrysAnd of the reddest stolen cherries.Come away,...
- Desmond on Aug 12, 2009 in eagles birds birding marine life
Our recent guest, Duncan K., was on the beach watching this eagle. (Without his camera.) He watched for some time and then decided he would climb the path inn and get the camera. (The path includes over 140 steps.) He returned with the camera to find...
- Slugs on the path on Jul 30, 2009 in slugs garden
Our friend Tom (who is getting married Saturday to Judy - best wished to you both - we wish we could be there) was fascinated with our slugs. It turns out he is not alone. Thanks to recent guest Brent Van Hooft for these photos.
- Eagles in the Sky on Jul 27, 2009 in eagles birds birding marine life bird list
Thank you to Jim Grubbs and Brent Van Hooft for the images of one of the resident eagles.I think we have the makings of an Ocean Wilderness Inn children's story with the last few posts: bear on the beach, seals in the sea and eagles in the sky...
- Seals in the Sea on Jul 27, 2009 in beach marine life
Recent images taken by our guest Brent Van Hooft.
- Bear on the Beach on Jul 14, 2009 in bear
Objects in the photo may be closer than they appear.One of our recent guests, G.A. Palmer from Jackson Mississippi, got a great shot of one of the locals on "our" beach. For those of you in-the-know, it was just a short distance from "the chairs".
- BC's Bird on Jul 13, 2009 in birds birding bird list
One of our recent guests, Glenn Olson, Vice President Executive Director of Audubon California donated his copy of The Sibley Guide to Birds to the inn and encouraged us to start a bird list. Above is one of the first birds we saw at Ocean Wildernes...
