Brunette River showing more green along its shores, plus a bonus great blue heron in the lower-left corner. Ignore the bit of the new SkyTrain maintenance yard construction also on the left. As the vegetation does it thing over the next few months, most of that should be blotted out, preserving the illusion of untouched nature.
I like these kinds of illusions.
It’s set to repeat daily, endlessly:
You might be thinking, “What kind of hippie malarkey1Malarkey is officially my Word of the Week. is this?” And I would answer, it’s the best kind!
Because what “Touch a tree” really means is go outside for a walk and do it somewhere with nature and junk, not just down the sidewalk to the local Subway. Which I can do as there are areas like that no more than 10–15 minutes walking time from where I live.
And yes, today, I did touch a tree (I kind of cheated, because it was near a sidewalk, though I was not close to a Subway at the time).
And one from October 27, 2023.
Taken while out on an afternoon walk.
I saw this en route to my run earlier this week, but forgot to post the photo. Behold, this cute little snail, chugging along the trail.
A shot taken as I was out and aboot on a walk. River in full tranquil mode.
After today’s run, I spotted a clutch of mushrooms, possibly aided by the showers on Monday and Tuesday. I snapped a few quick photos and here they are in a lovingly handcrafted mini-gallery.
(Shot on my iPhone 12)
This is looking north from the bailey bridge on Braid Street that connects New Westminster to Coquitlam. It offers a rather nice view of the Brunette River.
When Nic and I were at Colony Farm this past Saturday, the sky was dark and oppressive–but it didn’t rain! (That happened earlier, when we were at Piper Spit). As we walked along one of the trails, I spied a snail and thought, “How cute!” and took its picture. The phone version is below.
Later, we discovered there were a whole bunch of them, which makes seeing the first one less wondrous and delightful. But still cute!
Also, an example of what it looked like. Dark ‘n foreboding shot of the Coquitlam River:
I went to a physiotherapy assessment at UBC today (more on that later) and afterwards Jeff and I ate lunch on a bench in the Nitobe Memorial Garden. It was sunny and warm, and the scenery was tranquil and beautiful as all get-out (sorry, I ain’t no poet).
A cute little waterfall:
And a pond near to our bench:
Easter Sunday was a good day to be outside, if you liked torrential rain and high winds.
But by early evening the storm blew over and we saw a little light before the dark.
A bud sprouting at Maplewood Flats. More photos from Maplewood soon™.
