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When you live in a city as naturally beautiful as Vancouver, it’s easy to lose sight of some its gems. In childhood, we made untold visits to Queen Elizabeth Park, a 130-acre property known for its spectacularly landscaped garden in…

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Summer’s Kiss Farewell

Summer has now officially ended on Canada’s west coast, and what a summer we’ve had. Here are a couple of September shots from one of my favourite spots, Spanish Banks. I love the combination of silhouettes against sand stirred up by…

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The Night Shift

Yesterday, I published the lower image below, of a lifeguard on duty during the early evening hours at Vancouver’s Spanish Banks.   This new image will give you a glimpse of one of the lifeguard’s colleagues later the same evening….

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A Job With A View

How are these for working conditions? Perched above the sands, the life guards at Vancouver’s beaches keep a watchful eye over people splashing and swimming in our waters. Here, in an image captured following our Friday night barbeque at Spanish…

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Wildfire Skies Redux

You may have noticed that I snapped more than a few images of Vancouver’s Spanish Banks and the unusual lighting Thursday evening. Here’s a gallery of some more shots from that night.

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Down by the Water

Down by the water Thursday evening, these boaters and the birds in their wake enjoyed relative solitude in an environment both muted and magnificent.    

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Oh, Canada! Join in the Celebration

In celebration of Canada Day, here’s some of my photography to give you a glimpse of our country and its inhabitants. If you also follow me on Exceptional EA, you’ll find an almost entirely different series of Canadian images there today, as well….

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Sunset on the West Coast

This is Vancouver, arguably at its finest: Spanish Banks on a Friday night. The air smells right, and you’re surrrounded by trees, water and mountains. There are clusters of people settled in by their logs, with barbeques winding down for the night,…

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Seat of Power

Am writing with a nod of thanks here to blogger Shane of  The Weekly Minute, whose recent posts as a new resident of Ottawa prompted memories of some lovely sights I enjoyed in Ottawa earlier this year. Have you visited…

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