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Category: Nature
Super 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 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…
Read MoreEclipse
Summer in Vancouver is winding down. This is Labour Day weekend, traditionally marking last-chance visits to the Pacific National Exhibition (“Win a house! Win a car!” … and enjoy my favourite, the roller coaster!), back-to-school shopping and excitement about the…
Read MoreWater Garden
When the tide is out on a sunny afternoon, bare feet will thank you for the sensations to be had stepping out on the sand. Step past the waterfront logs, slip through temporary rivulets and splash your way through tidal…
Read MoreAll is Calm
Perched above the lighthouse in West Vancouver’s Lighthouse Park, we have nature’s original infinity pool, with scatterings of sailboats and some motor boats enjoying great boating weather.
Read MoreSquamish Nation
Driving the Sea to Ski Highway between Vancouver and Whistler, there’s splendid scenery every where around you. Here, just west of Lions Bay, you can pull off to the side of the road to take in the views of mountains,…
Read MoreBeach Yoga
Yoga is a daily element of life for many, yet not everyone is able to incorporate a beach into their routine. Here, during early morning at Kelowna’s Sarsons Beach, this woman had secured a quiet spot before flocks of families…
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Hidden Treasures
Perhaps it’s the busy work week that’s drawing me to bring you images today of relative quiet. Here, near a popular Vancouver area beach, it was this bike parked by a colourful clump of wildflowers that pulled some of us…
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