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Category: Nature
Are you looking at me?
This is one of a pair of swans who are anything but shy. I’ve visited them a few times lately, and they make their way to the shoreline when I approach – likely hoping for food. I learned, on visiting…
Read MoreSwan Lake
Well, not exactly! I caught these early morning images in a pond. This pair of swans were busily feeding. Bottoms up!
Read MoreVancouver’s Not-So-Smelly Corpse Flower Is Nonetheless Impressive
This is Vancouver’s very own Corpse Flower, aka Titan Arum. As you’ll hear in my video, it’s one of the hottest tickets in town this week. It’s not only the largest flower on this planet; when it first blooms… ……
Read MoreFeeling the Heat?
It’s July, and the long, sunny days have arrived on cue. Feeling the heat? Here’s one creature cooling down nicely.
Read MoreA Bit of Bubbly
A bit of bubbly is a great way close out the year, yes? While we did enjoy some glasses of champagne later on New Year’s Eve, these shots are from a walk down to False Creek on the afternoon of…
Read MoreVancouver in Winter
Vancouver in winter … the skies were blue and clear as this day dawned. Here, as afternoon approached its close, the sun cast a gentle sheen over the snowy North Shore mountaintops.
Read MoreForest in the Fog
Anyone who’s been to Vancouver’s Stanley Park, or even heard of it, will know that this spot is renowned for its majestic evergreens. In the fog earlier this month, you’d be hard pressed to recognise the park at all. I…
Read MoreOn Ice
… ducks on ice, that is. It’s not been cold enough this winter for ponds to freeze over, but these images from Jericho Park last winter always bring a smile to my face. Hopefully they do the same for you…
Read MoreHarbour Lights
As Christmas drew close this year, the skies cleared and we enjoyed some sunny, clear days. This led to a minor dusting of snow, and so I made my way up to another mountain to capture views to the west….
Read MoreInto the Mists
After capturing a number of photos from above the fog earlier this month, I made my way down to West Vancouver’s Ambleside Beach. There, you have Stanley Park directly across the waters. On this particular morning, much of the forested…
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