Check out FraserFest 2017 Events!
FraserFEST 2017 celebrates our watersheds with a series of river adventures and wild salmon feasts in communities along the Fraser River.
Yeasty Spirits
That roller coaster of emotions as you’re 9/10 of the way through the bread recipe and you discover you have about 1/3 of a teaspoon of yeast.
Grumble grumble, not wanting to go to the store for one stupid little jar of yeast.
Check the cupboards.
A brand-spanking new jar of yeast!
My spirits, er, rose. . .
: -)
Mundy Park Ramble
Yumi and I headed out to Mundy Park in Coquitlam today. We’d never been there before, and spent a few hours enjoying the trails, woods, and ponds.
Now that’s a stump!
Trees are slowly devouring trail flashes
Metro Vancouver Parks Belcarra Beach Seine Great Fun
Yumi and I enjoyed a beach seine today at Belcarra Regional Park. Excellent presentations by Douglas Swanston of Seacology.
Cat Gets in on Turtle’s New Sunning Box
I built a sunning box for our slider Midori so she can be safely left out on the balcony for periods of basking, which is essential to turtle health. Choco the Cat got into the action, too, but didn’t last too long in the heat.
Note: While we love Midori, and have cared for her for 24 years, we do NOT recommend turtles as pets. Some reasons here in a post on my old blog.
Edmonds City Fair 2017
I was the event photographer at the Edmonds City Fair again this year. I took over 2,000 shots and have winnowed those down to just over 200 in this Flickr album.
Campbell Valley Regional Park Critters
We enjoyed the butterfly festival at Campbell Valley Regional Park. Great job Metro Vancouver parks staff!
Invasive Species Council of Metro Vancouver booth — I sit on their board of directors
And I’m guessing this pond occupant nearby is invasive? : -)
Chipmunk cuteness
This frog had its territory in the pond and hung out in the exact same spot for hours despite all the people enjoying the festival
Furry poop on a trail.
Meeting Daytrip to Victoria
I had a meeting in Victoria, BC, today, and enjoyed the BC Ferries ride there and back.
Super dynamic presentation on marine wildlife by Rachel, who I believe is from Parks Canada
And coming home in the evening:
Lynn Canyon Park Ramble
Yumi and I did a loop in Lynn Canyon Park on the north shore. We love these trails!
The suspension bridge
Checking for aquatic invertebrates, AKA bugs
Visiting Ft. Langley National Historic Site
Yumi and I filled the car with recyclables and headed off to the amazing Burnaby Eco-Centre. We do this about once a month after we’ve accumulated enough stuff to make it worthwhile.
Heading back on the road, it occurred to us that we should take advantage of our free Canada Parks 150 Pass and visit the Ft. Langley National Historic Site. Off we went!
We had a super time! We hadn’t visited in many years, and it was great fun wandering around checking out all the displays, and to top it off we got to watch a musket demonstration.
