urban scenery

Lafarge Lake, black and white, November 22, 2025

I was in the area of Lafarge Lake on Saturday and despite the weather being rather soggy, took the time to stroll the 1.2 km path around the lake. I saw a surprising number of waterfowl, including:

  • American Coots
  • Buffleheads (a pair of males)
  • Canada Geese
  • Hooded Mergansers
  • Mallards

If the weather had been better and I’d had my camera, I could have gotten some decent shots. As it was, I took some scenery pics. Here’s one I converted to black and white to be all artsy.

Lafarge Lake used to be a quarry, which makes its adoption by so many species even nicer to see.

New shoes, old leaves, my feet

Taken after my run yesterday. I had someone ask me where I’d been, in reference to my tanned legs, and I answered, “Running.” Which is true! I put zero effort in getting a tan, it just happens. It’s my favourite kind of tan.

Also, the best tag I could find for this was “urban scenery”, which is in regard to the paving stones, not my legs.

I got new shoes and took a picture

Not of the shoes, but of False Creek, as I was there a few days ago. The weather was very pleasant, so I took the time to stroll the area after acquiring said shoes (Peregrine 15s, for running, which feel nice and cushy as new shoes should).

False Creek, with downtown Vancouver and BC Place Stadium in view.

As Sinistar would say…

Yes, I am back from the world of barfing, barfing and then barfing just a little more.

I was able to get out and aboot today (to a doctor appointment, ironically), and took a few photos. Here they are!

Fresh-painted hydrant!
Non-painted flower.
A sticker accurately claiming “We outside.”

Building bridges

A few days ago I took my camera to Sapperton Landing and fought with it for an hour. I also took some photos.

Here’s one of the new Pattullo Bridge under construction. It’s scheduled to open in 2025.

Brightness and contrast boosted, as this was a weirdly dark image.

This is (I think?) the first time I’ve edited and posted an image from Linux. I used the Pix image editor, which comes pre-installed with Linux Mint. It seems to work okay.

A few shots of Lafarge Lake

Yesterday (August 6) I ventured into Coquitlam to run a few errands, and hopped off the SkyTrain at the Lafarge Lake station. Because I was only a block away, I walked over to, then around Lafarge Lake, which is a compact (and artificial) lake that is a weird combination of manicured on the west side (concrete walls, paved path) and more natural (rough-hewn fences and gravel paths) on the other side.

There is also a mining cart and what appears to be a hobbit house. The mining cart I get, as the lake was originally a quarry, the hobbit house, no idea.

The geese honked occasionaly, but it was a nicely calm place, otherwise.