Weather

• Visibility: 15+ miles
• Wind: 10 knots E
• Water: 1′ chop
• Sky: clear

Ecological

• There was a new female elephant seal in front of the house this morning. She appears to be too small to be pregnant. Perhaps she already birthed a pup elsewhere and departed, or maybe she is too young to give birth yet.
• The other four elephant seals remained over by the path all day.
• Chuckles, mum and pup still on Middle Rock.
• Spotted about 12 harbour seals on South Rock/swimming nearby.

Maintenance

• Continued stacking the newly prepared firewood under shelter so it can dry.
• Picked up plastic and styrofoam from the ramp/jetty area.
• Vacuumed up hundreds of fruit flies in the basement near the composting toilet. I think from now on this will be a daily chore, rather than a maintenance action worthy of note.

Boats

• The HMCS Ottawa was out again most of the day.
• Made the appropriate inquiries into yesterday’s pleasure craft fishing and eco-tour boat observations.

Other

• There seemed to be some mild DND blasting around noon.