Have another flower. It’s (almost) summer.
Photography
Photos I’ve taken of scenery, interesting objects and other things.
Photo of the Day, June 1, 2021
Purple flower in bloom.
Photo of the Day, May 31, 2021
Today turned out to be summer-like, with the temperature climbing to 24? and the sun doing its thing, so I headed out after work to capture some neighborhood flowers on virtual film. Here’s a yellow rose.
Photo of the Day, May 29, 2021, Part 2
Coastal peak seen from Acadia Beach.
Photo of the Day, May 29, 2021: Holy ship, an illusion
Ship appearing to be landlocked during low tide at Acadia Beach, Vancouver:
Photo of the Day, May 24, 2021
Buttercup in the rain.
Photo of the Day, May 20, 2021
Orange bloom enjoying the spring sun.
Photo of the Day: May flower
A pretty flower to go with the pretty awful wordplay.
Photo of the Day, May 6, 2021: Dandelion
A dandelion out behind the condo, poised to spread itself.
Reifel Bird Sanctuary, May 1, 2021
The sun was out and the birds were in abundance.
Crowd restrictions meant we went surprisingly long stretches without seeing anyone else, so it felt very tranquil at times. Except for the constant honking of geese in the distance.
The gallery:
Wood duck knowing he is pretty
Fluffed-up golden-crowned sparrow
Strangely sinister squirrel
Blackbird hanging out
A lonely rusty pipe in the marshland
Rufous hummingbird
Ring-necked duck cruising along
Coot flapping
Weird coot being true to itself
House sparrow semi-action shot
Northern pintail butt
Song sparrow getting a gust of wind up its butt
Turtles tanning
This mallard walked right up to me so the least I could do was take his picture
Towhee looking crazy in the grass
Swallow action shot
A pair of swallows in an extremely rare moment of repose
A chickadee in a rare moment of repose
Northern pintail having a drink
A goose before it has grown up into a horrible poopmonster
A goose sitting on a giant pile of wood chips, because why not?
A sandhill crane nest in the lagoon
Sandhill crane strutting its stuff
Sparrow sitting pretty
The moon and other night objects
I was out completing my rings tonight when I turned around on Sherbrooke Street and saw a fat full moon hanging low in the sky, just as the sun was going down. I went back to the condo, grabbed my camera…and found the battery was dead. But I had a backup battery and it worked. Yay for planning.
Here are three shots, of the full moon, the upper floors of the new hospital building next door, and the mega-crane that has been installed for the pending construction of the next hospital building, along with other nearby objects.
Flower time
A few flowers along the Brunette River. Technicially one is considered a weed–but an edible weed!
I’m actually kind of considering getting a macro lens for my camera, though I have to admit the iPhone 12 does a pretty nice job on these close-ups.