It was a one-hour round trip on foot to the polling station and back, but I got my exercise while exercising my democratic rights and responsibilities .
Category Archives: Photography
Waiting for the Salmon. . .
Took a loop around Byrne Creek Ravine Park in SE Burnaby, BC. Salmon should start coming back to spawn any day now — hope it rains soon as higher water usually triggers their move upstream.
Byrne Creek Autumn Bug Count
Volunteers collect and enumerate aquatic invertebrates twice a year on Byrne Creek in Burnaby, BC, to assess water quality using the protocols in the Streamkeepers Handbook.
Unfortunately our water quality is nearly always poor due to the surrounding urban environment.
We did find a few cool bugs today in addition to the usual aquatic worms, scuds, midges, and mayflies.
Adams River Autumn Colours
I shared photos of the amazing sockeye salmon run on the Adams River in British Columbia earlier, and here are some nature shots along the river.
Walking past this stump on the way out I thought it looked like a heart. Walking past it again on the way back it looked like a barn owl : – )
Adams River Salute to the Sockeye 2018
We spent a few days up at the Salute to the Sockeye festival the last few days at the former Roderick Haig-Brown Provincial Park.
The park was recently officially, and rightfully, renamed Tsútswecw Provincial Park. (I’ve read news reports that family of the late Haig-Brown — one of Canada’s most famous environmentalists and nature writers — supports the renaming).
This year is a dominant run, and though it’s been slow shaping up, it was still awesome. I think this is the third or fourth dominant run that we’ve taken in — they happen every four years, with slower runs in between.
Flu Shots Available Now
I’ve been shot!
Didn’t feel a thing, eh? Some pharmacies in Burnaby, BC, have the flu vaccine already, some don’t, so you may have to “shop around” though I got mine free.
Great Blue Herons of Still Creek, Burnaby
While waiting for our vehicle to be serviced this morning, I wandered Still Creek in Burnaby, BC, and got a few photos of several Great Blue Herons.
I love how much wildlife there is in Burnaby!
Cat Reminds Me of the Importance of Maintaining Flexibility
Dang this gym rat, er, cat, is tough. Lower! Lower! Hold it! Longer!
Have not been stretching enough recently. . .
The house queen of flex and stretch is not impressed : – )
In human terms, she’s nearly 20 years older than I am.
Bluebird at Centennial Beach in Delta, BC
This is only the second time that I’ve captured one of these beauties with a camera.
Strolling Around One Mile Lake
I stopped by One Mile Lake near Pemberton, BC, today on my way home after camping overnight.