Welcome to the Sunshine Coast of British Columbia! My husband and I spent a lovely vacation there in September, so I’ll be sharing some of my photos with you over the next few Sundays. This was a new area for me! Although on the mainland, the Sunshine Coast is only accessible by ferry (or air or boat), which we caught in Vancouver. The colors of the trees, water, and even the beach, as shown in this photo, were endlessly fascinating! Sitting by the ocean soothes my soul. What does that for you?
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The moral of this gull’s story is: don’t bite off more than you can chew. He wasn’t about to give up on swallowing this starfish, but the starfish wasn’t about to be swallowed. I wonder if he’s still standing there now?
Last Week on Inspy Romance
On Monday, Ginger Solomon shared a new release and character interview.
On Tuesday, Krista Phillips presented ten tips for a fantastic romance.
On Wednesday, Kimberly Rose Johnson announced: A Christmas to Remember releases!
On Thursday, Julie Arduini shared the inspiration behind Restoring Christmas… plus #giveaway.
On Friday, Jolene Navarro shared fifty, no make that 5 reasons to love a cowboy… plus #giveaway.
On Saturday, Lindi Peterson invited us on the journey, part two… plus #giveaway.
Next Week on Inspy Romance
Monday: Annalisa Daughety
Tuesday: Jan Thompson (Is anything stopping you from succeeding?)
Wednesday: Shannon Taylor Vannatter
Thursday: Autumn Macarthur (On changes of plans)
Friday: Carol Moncado
Saturday: Valerie Comer (Cowboys, Christmas, and Second Chances)
New Releases
October 2018
A Christmas to Remember box set by Kimberly Rose Johnson, Valerie Comer, Elizabeth Maddrey, Ginger Solomon, Lindi Peterson, Julie Arduini, Deb Kastner, and Janet W. Ferguson
September 2018
Flavors of Forever (Urban Farm Fresh Romance 5) by Valerie Comer
Love’s Choice by Liwen Y. Ho (re-release)
Season’s End (Madison Creek Bed & Breakfast 4) by Jackie Castle
The beauty of rainy days is the sunsets! Some days the sun just drowned behind endless drizzle, but we did enjoy several very lovely sunsets. Here’s one of them!
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Valerie Comer is a USA Today bestselling author and a two-time Word Award winner who writes where food meets faith and fiction. She injects experience laced with humor into her green clean romances. Her life on a small farm in western Canada provides the seed for stories of contemporary inspirational romance. Like many of her characters, Valerie and her family grow much of their own food and are active in the local foods movement as well as their church. She only hopes her creations enjoy their happily-ever-afters as much as she does hers, shared with her husband, adult kids, and adorable granddaughters.
Hi Valerie, thanks for sharing your photos. Canada is definitely on my must visit list- it looks like there are loads of beautiful places to explore. We had a beautiful sunny weekend- gives me hope that Spring is finally making itself known.
Blessings:)
Canada is very diverse. We honestly have almost every type of terrain but no jungles. Some areas we were in this trip (and other locations on BC’s SW coast even have palm trees. Probably not naturally occurring, LOL, but they survive just fine.
Happy springtime :)
Beautiful picture. Have a great Sunday.
Thank you! You, too.
Hi Valerie! Thanks for sharing your vacation pictures! Took a weekend trip to Old Mission Peninsula, Michigan. Beautiful vineyards and cherry and apple orchards. Bit of Tuscany. Best wishes.
You’ve made me very interested to see Michigan with your comments on IR! I visited a bit of the north many (many) years ago.
Love seeing your photos! Welcome back to Sundays!
Thank you :)
Thanks for sharing, Valerie! Happy Sunday to all!
You’re welcome, and Happy Sunday right backatcha :)
Thanks for the photos. They’re gorgeous! We just got back from Disney World in Florida followed by a day at the beach. We had gorgeous weather and a great time with the family.
Disney (and other places like it) are too busy for me, but a day at the beach is my kind of day. Happy Sunday!
Have a blessed Sunday everyone! Valerie, thank you sharing! I would love to visit Canada!
Happy Sunday! Hope you get the chance to visit someday :)
I’ve never heard of the Sunshine Coast, looking forward to the pictures!
I hope you enjoy them over the Sundays of October :)
Love the pictures. Blessings
Thank you :)
We’ve been going to BC for vacation to visit my husband’s family for 25 years and each time we go, there’s something new to see. This past August we saw Capilano Suspension bridge. So many beautiful things to see and do. Thanks for sharing with us.
I’ve never seen it! We rarely spend an extra five minutes in the city if we can possibly help it, so we’ve zipped by on the Trans-Canada on our way to Horseshoe Bay any number of times!
Beautiful pics. The beach soothes my soul too. Seashells will do if the beach isn’t around. My office is full of seashells.
We’re redoing our bathroom this winter to a beachy theme, so my buckets of shells and rocks will find a home. Still working on exactly how!