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Hotel Eldorado: A Lakefront Postcard from Kelowna
If you’ve not yet been to British Columbia’s Okanagan Valley, you’re in for a treat. I popped up to Kelowna yesterday for a Friday night catch up with the gals. Where better to get together than at our old haunt, Hotel…
Read MorePeople Hurtling Themselves Through the Air
… or, to be more accurate, paying to be hurtled through the air by assorted mechanical devices. That’s just what these people, and many more, were doing yesterday at Vancouver’s Pacific National Exhibition, also known as the PNE. We weren’t on any…
Read MoreWindsurfing: Postcard from Vancouver
Here are some more shots from one of my favourite places in Vancouver, Spanish Banks. Technically, we still have just over a couple of weeks left of summer, and so I’m thinking of shots – the end of a full…
Read MoreWestcoast Windsurfing
The winds were up in Vancouver the other night, making for good windsurfing conditions. While the sail may appear compact, even when you see the surfer making for shore … … there’s a considerable amount of sail to manage. Here’s the same…
Read MoreI Won’t Look at You If You Won’t Look at Me
We get to see some interesting traffic in the waters around Spanish Banks and Locarno Beach. This last Spring, friends were awed by the sight of a whale at both Locarno and Kitsilano (Kits) Beaches. I was envious. Envious, but happy…
Read MoreOh, Canada
Today is Canada Day, the 149th anniversary of our confederation. To celebrate, here’s a look at some of my favourite shots from across our massive landscape. We’ll begin with one of my favourite locales, Vancouver’s Spanish Banks, above. The skies aren’t…
Read MoreThe Stuff of Dreams: BC’s Sunshine Coast
Have you been daydreaming of a getaway where you can smell clean, ocean air and enjoy sunsets from the balcony of your spacious room? We found all this and more at Tuwanek Resort, a waterfront property that comes complete with its own…
Read MoreIt’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like …
… winter! Hi, everyone. While I’ve been active on my other website, Twitter, Instagram and Pinterest (to say nothing of work and life), I’ve been chafing at the thought of all the images I’ve captured but not yet published to Shelagh’s Lens. So,…
Read MoreChristmas is a’Comin …
… and the geese are getting fat. Not that we plan on catching or feasting on any of these creatures, though. While there was a great deal of grooming, flapping and fluffing of duck feathers, along with the occasional water bombing of…
Read MoreAutumn in Vancouver
The leaves have turned and are dropping in ever increasing numbers. Enroute to the beach earlier today, I had to stop and nab some shots of the beautiful canopies sheltering a nearby street. These shots give some sense of the maturity of…
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