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Category: Nature
Visions in White: Swans
In a recent post, I mentioned that the lovely bride picking up the skirts of her gown reminded me of these swans. See what you think.
Read MoreLet’s to the Woodland Glade
Deep in the forest, and off the trail, what will you find? A graceful ring of verde: ferns, evergreens and trees whose branches are clad solely in moss. All of them are joined in circling and even guarding, it might…
Read MoreTruly Blue
Truly blue waters, that is, which make the twisting road to this view point more than worth it. In addition to their remarkable colour, these waters also serve as inspiration for infinity pools: you have a seemingly unbroken expanse of blue…
Read MoreWalk in the Woods
Do you have an abundance of trees, forests and ferns where you live? We do and, if you grew up reading lore of woodland creatures, you can also likely imagine one or another intriguing character just around the corner.
Read MoreOkanagan Sunshine
Did you know you can find desert country in Canada? Contrary to some perceptions of this country, British Columbia’s Okanagan Valley is home to the northern most sliver of the Sonoran Desert, which stretches across the 49th parallel into the…
Read MoreSun Worshippers
Southeast of Seville in late June, we saw field after field of sunflowers in the sun baked soil. Independent of the sense of flower heads turned in unison and deference, I appreciated the muting of colours to the rear of…
Read MorePines Over Water
We may have different reactions to waters such as these, but I find them magical. Toss in steep cliffs from which sweetly scented pines bow beneath the sun’s rays, as if to shelter the waters below, and the vignette is…
Read MoreRipples
Do you remember being so young that you thought summer vacations would never end? Here we have one of a few young boys who were horsing around in the water toward the close of yet another perfect summer’s eve in…
Read MoreSkookum
Ahem. It occurs to me that the play on words in the title for this post may be lost on those not from the Pacific Northwest – BC, Washington State, Oregon (think Cascadia) and so on. Not everyone living in the…
Read MorePainted Skies
British Columbia’s west coast is a place of beauty; at the risk of bragging, we have it all – the ocean, mountains, gorgeous lakes and rivers … and, in a number of areas, plentiful rain to keep things green. In…
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