Everything about snow is bad, but it does make for pretty scenery shots. Here are a few from today.
One good thing about snow: Pretty scenery shots!
urban scenery
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.
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.
Cinematic sky, June 14, 2024
Shot looking across Hume Park around 7:45 p.m.
Hydrant by night, sailor’s, uh…probably have no opinion
But I like the multiple shadows it’s casting.
Two more random photos from May 15, 2024
Some wildflowers against greenery. I tweaked the vibrance and brightness a bit, as it was shot just before sunset:
And a sewer cover with the mysterious initials KC on it. Was it borrowed forever from Kansas City?
Yet more random photos from around the neighbourhood, May 9-10th, 2024
Here they are, shot with my iPhone 12, which I may replace eventually, but it really does all I need a smartphone to do, so…no rush.
Brunette River, looking east
Brunette River, looking west
Me and my shadow on the river
Wildflowers
A sad soccer ball
Some random photos from May 4, 2024
And no Star Wars references.
Various pictures taken around the neighbourhood with my iPhone 12.
Brunette River in Lower Hume Park.
Ex-beaver dam area of Brunette River.
Daisy by the river.
Mushrooms growing under a log at Hume Park.
Mural on a building in Sappertob.
SkyTrain and ground train.
Tracks to nowhere.
Spring flowers.
Hydrants!
Two hydrants1Photographing hydrants has become a thing in the gaming group Discord channel, don’t ask me why or how, but I somehow started it I saw yesterday, one with a handsome yellow/red/black colour scheme, the other out of order for unknown reasons. Plus bonus scenery.
And the Brunette River, looking ever more lush as we head toward the midway point of spring:
you are beautiful
Seen on a trip to rockin’ uptown New Westminster yesterday. I love coming across little neighbourhood bits of art and inspiration like this.
I also like the way the mailbox appears to be quietly observing in the background.
Fraser Cemetery, January 5, 2024
Taken on the way to exciting uptown New Westminster and converted to black and white for extra spookiness. When I saw the crow land on the gravestone, I wished I’d had my camera (again), and not just my phone.
Photo from 3:35 p.m.
I’m going through my minimalist title phase.
I took this photo on the way to the store today. I like the clouds and the contrast of bright light and shadow. It would have been better if I’d had my camera and not just my phone. It’s not great, but it’s okay. So here it is!
