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Monthly Archives: September 2014
Sun Kissed
At least a hundred feet below these dancing leaves, I stood on the shaded trail breathing in and admiring the old growth forest, and how the sun found a way to stroke these leaves which, reaching for Sol, appeared to…
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Truly Grand
… is this canyon, even if you arrive – as did we – barely moments before a serious downpour of rain. The stark tree, which appears petrified but was simply bare at this point in the season, adds an ominous…
Read MoreClosing Time
… at Kits Pool, once all the swimmers have shaken the water from their respective ears, towelled off and headed home for the evening. The pool will close for the season this weekend, sending the regulars back to the Aquatic…
Read MoreHope
Hope is a small town through which many British Columbians have driven, travelling to or from what we call the Lower Mainland to other parts of the province. Minivans, SUVs and carloads of families count on Hope as a pit…
Read MoreEngaged
This is for all the romantics out there. At the beach last night, this young couple was celebrating their engagement with a photographer who had them posing in the water with the glow of a gorgeous sunset highlighting their happiness…
Read MoreSuper Moon Over Palma
With the moon and our planet being generally 328,900 kilometers or 283,000 miles apart, we tend to get excited when it feels so close we might touch it. While apogee is the term used for that period in a given…
Read MoreWild Thing
Don’t let the beauty here fool you; this one was alert to the slightest sound in the early morning light. Am posting this black and white beauty with a nod of appreciation to Melbourne-based Leanne Cole. Leanne hones her art…
Read MoreLiving the Good Life
This is where some of us go after work in Vancouver. Even though I wrote the other day that summer is winding down on the west coast, we’ve rebounded from a few soggy days and are again enjoying gorgeous sunshine….
Read MoreRound and Round
… we go, looking down over a staircase that was, for me, the highlight of the building in which it’s encased. Known as the Snail Staircase, the Spiral Staircase and as the Momo staircase, I think of it simply as…
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