nature

A snail and a 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:

A few shots from Nitobe Memorial Garden

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:

After the storm

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.

Brunette River, looking east, golden hour.
Sky above Lower Hume Park, shortly before sunset.

Random shots around Hume Park

My goal in walking around Hume Park today was to take shots of things I don’t normally take shots of, or to shoot things from different angles. One of those “see things in new ways” kind of things.

Looking up to one of the trails that line the western side of the ravine (look closely, you can see the fence).
From the path connecting the lower and upper parts, looking out across the Brunette River and beyond it, the future maintenance yard for the Millennium Line.
Moss on a tree.
Picnic area.
Just some trees catching the sun.

The many faces of the Brunette River, November 1, 2022

Here they are!

Where Stoney Creek feeds into the Brunette River.
I often see people fishing from this spot. I stood here and a salmon leapt into my arms! Okay, that didn’t actually happen. But it could have!
Looking in the opposite direction from the above spot, you can see the overpass for Highway 1.
Near the North Road entrance, looking all fall-like.
Rapids!

62 and counting (plus trees and other wood)

After reaching 60 posts, I realized that if I posted 62 it would be the most ever in a month, and I’ve been blogging since 1897 2005! So naturally I had to do it.

This is Post #62.

Here’s a photo I took at Burnaby Lake back on September 2 showing a pair of dead trees next to a pile of plywood. I wanted to say something clever or profound about this juxtaposition, but couldn’t come up with anything good, so never posted it.

UNTIL NOW.

Enjoy.

(And think of your own clever or profound observation on this.)