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October
Don’t get me wrong. We’re still enjoying mild, sunny days interspersed with injections of the damp drizzles (or downpours) that give BC our glorious greenery. In our area of the province, many of the leaves that have already danced away…
Read MoreNot-so-Rapid Transit
I love the proximity of the heron to kayakers such as this one, who was able to enjoy gliding by this fine feathered fellow while also in the scope of international freighters and able to enjoy the mountains and other…
Read MoreTaking Flight
Today, I’m bringing you another couple of looks at a very fine, feathered friend.
Read MoreSpanish Banks Stroll
It won’t come as a surprise to regulars that I enjoy much about local beaches, including the herons and eagles. In the past, heron have carried on fishing with me as close as 12 feet/just shy of five meters but…
Read MoreFire Sky
Those who have lived in an area in which wild fires have consumed trees and buildings may look at this and recall the thickness of the air, or again taste smoke in their throat. We lived in Kelowna during the…
Read MoreForest Lounge
No, not that kind of lounge. We’re back in the woods again, with ferns circling an old trunk that’s hosting new life. This image is from West Vancouver’s Lighthouse Park, which is home to old growth trees, fresh, clean air…
Read MoreGentle Skies
At day’s end in Sechelt, on British Columbia’s Sunshine Coast, I took this image with admiration for the incredible colours of these soothing, shifting skies.
Read MoreSun Kissed
At least a hundred feet below these dancing leaves, I stood on the shaded trail breathing in and admiring the old growth forest, and how the sun found a way to stroke these leaves which, reaching for Sol, appeared to…
Read MoreTruly Grand
… is this canyon, even if you arrive – as did we – barely moments before a serious downpour of rain. The stark tree, which appears petrified but was simply bare at this point in the season, adds an ominous…
Read MoreClosing Time
… at Kits Pool, once all the swimmers have shaken the water from their respective ears, towelled off and headed home for the evening. The pool will close for the season this weekend, sending the regulars back to the Aquatic…
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