We are only here for December.

Then we are put away for a while.

Visiting Nanaimo BC, beginning of the Christmas season

I took this photo using the night exposure... love it.

BC Ferries terminal at Horseshoe Bay in West Vancouver taking passengers and vehicles to Nanaimo BC in Vancouver Island and Gulf Islands in Howe Sound. [Photo by Ray Van Eng]

@ The & Loan Gallery, Nanaimo, BC

Nanaimo, BC

Waterfront Thanksgiving 2012 - 22/23 - Photographer Russell McNeil PhD (Physics) lives in Nanaimo, British Columbia where he works also as a writer and a personal trainer.

Waterfront Thanksgiving 2012 - 10/23 - Photographer Russell McNeil PhD (Physics) lives in Nanaimo, British Columbia where he works also as a writer and a personal trainer.

Waterfront Thanksgiving 2012 - 14/23 - Photographer Russell McNeil PhD (Physics) lives in Nanaimo, British Columbia where he works also as a writer and a personal trainer.

Waterfront Thanksgiving 2012 - 18/23 - Photographer Russell McNeil PhD (Physics) lives in Nanaimo, British Columbia where he works also as a writer and a personal trainer.

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Waterfront Thanksgiving 2012 - 7/23 - Photographer Russell McNeil PhD (Physics) lives in Nanaimo, British Columbia where he works also as a writer and a personal trainer.

Waterfront Thanksgiving 2012 - 19/23 - Photographer Russell McNeil PhD (Physics) lives in Nanaimo, British Columbia where he works also as a writer and a personal trainer.

favorite plant place in town by faaaaaar

Opening ceremony - singing the National Anthem

"The Doll Show" @ The & Loan Gallery

Saturday, September 29, 2007.

Credit: Coast Bastion Hotel (used with permission)

Nanaimo, B.C. Canada

Waterfront Thanksgiving 2012 - 6/23 - Photographer Russell McNeil PhD (Physics) lives in Nanaimo, British Columbia where he works also as a writer and a personal trainer.