On Wednesday, we attended Nick’s convocation ceremony at UVic. The university centre was packed with pround family and friends celebrating the culmination of many years of hard work by all the new graduates. Nick received his Masters of Applied Science degree (the title of which appears in one of the photos – Dort cross-stitched it […]
Dort and I went for a walk through the Squamish estuary this afternoon. Despite it being late in the day, there was lots of bird activity, including a large flock of the beautiful Cedar Waxwings (Bombycilla cedrorum) were feasting on Mountain Ash berries. We also saw a number of flickers, humming birds, and bear scat […]
We spent last weekend at the Pacific Sands Resort in Tofino with Maegan, Zev, Nick and Emily – we had beautiful weather and all four “youngsters” were able get out and surf on both Sunday and Monday. Ucluelet, Tofino and the Pacific Rim park are spectacular any time of the year, with a very different […]
One of the first warm spring weekends in early May brought out kite boarders at the Squamish Spit. Rather than use my usual Nikon setup, I wanted to try out the Fuji XT-3 with the 50-140 mm telephoto. I hadn’t had much success in the past with my Fuji cameras and fast moving targets, but […]
I realized that I hadn’t posted anything for a while so this post includes a few snapshots taken over the last few weeks from Saltspring, Vancouver (Harbourside) and Squamish. After a mainly mild/wet December and January, winter arrived on the west coast, first with a cold, sunny high pressure system, followed by snow and winds […]