Lovely day for a ramble at Minnekhada Regional Park, one of the many beautiful parks we have in the Metro Vancouver system!
A detail on the lodge
Mommy, what’s that? : – )
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Sandhill Cranes at Minnekhada Regional Park in Coquitlam, BC
We spotted a couple of Sandhill Cranes at Minnekhada Regional Park today, and it appeared that spring was in the air : – ).
New Westminster BC Fraser River Walk at Low Tide
The Fraser was really low today, and we enjoyed a walk along the New Westminster waterfront.
Cool patterns in the mud
Yes, that is a bald eagle way up in the sky, but I don’t think it’s going to bother you, wee one. . .
Low tide reveals interesting debris
Cold, Windy Day at Mud Bay Park in Surrey, BC
We’d never been to Mud Bay Park in south Surrey, BC, so decided to check it out today. It was windy and cold, so we didn’t tarry, but we did see dunlins and eagles.
You can see the wind ruffling the feathers on this majestic eagle
They don’t call it Mud Bay for nuthin’ : – ). This is part of one the most important migratory bird areas in the world.
A rare sighting of the Red-Legged Yumi : – )
Moi embracing the cold. . .
Actually it was plus 5 C or so, but there was a cutting wind
Fraser Foreshore Feathered Friends
A walk long Fraser Foreshore Park in Burnaby revealed a few birds and a derelict sailboat.
Early Morning Moon over South Burnaby, BC
Moon over Rumble St. in SE Burnaby, BC, early this morning as I waited for a ride to a Stream of Dreams Murals Society project.
And here’s a tight crop. I’m impressed with my wee Canon SX730HS. Not bad for handheld shots before sunrise. . . Of course you don’t get the quality of a DSLR, but not bad, not bad. . .
Burnaby’s Deer Lake Looks Beautiful with Ice and Snow
These American Coots were fun to watch as they bobbed up and down, sometimes walking on ice, sometimes in the water
American Wigeon
Female and male Bufflehead
Male Bufflehead
Lesser Scaup
It’s fun to be walking along and say “that hummer tree is around the next bend.” and sure ’nuff . . . : -)
Contemplating New Career in IT Consulting
I ought to go into IT consulting.
Wife cannot log into her computer. Help!
I go to her room, and while she’s getting a cup of tea, I jiggle the mouse, pull a USB drive out of a USB port, pull a hair out of my nose, and voila, computer is awake and responding.
I would normally charge $200, but because I’m not sure how I fixed the problem, it must have involved some element of wizardry, so I think the bill ought to be $400.
Not to mention the sacrifice of a nose hair. . . 
Morning Snow in Burnaby Washed Away by Rain
The morning started out with huge snowflakes filling the sky in SE Burnaby, but later on much of the fresh snow was washed away by rain.
But streets and sidewalks could be treacherous as temps fall toward, and perhaps below freezing again.
Considering Getting a New Notebook, or Perhaps iPad
I gave it another six months, but my aging ASUS UL30A notebook computer is getting flakier. I’m the secretary for an org at which the ASUS was recently connected to a projector for 3 days of meetings, presentations, and note taking, and it barely survived, crawling along.
I’ve considered doing a fresh backup, reformatting the HD, and reinstalling everything, but I’m feeling that would just be a waste of time. It would still be a poky machine with limited screen resolution.
I got it in November 2010, so over eight years out of a notebook computer is pretty good.
I’m now vacillating between shelling out for a Lenovo machine (I’ve always liked Lenovo/IBM Thinkpad keyboards), or perhaps going for an iPad with a Smart Keyboard.
The iPad combo would be super portable, the other would have more storage, more connectivity options, etc. I want an IPS screen for photo work, which the iPad has, and which you can get on Lenovos.
Decisions, decisions.. .
UPDATE (2/18): Ended up ordering a Dell G3 8GB/1TB with FHD IPS screen for about 2/3 the price of a similarly configured Thinkpad or less than half the price of a Macbook Pro. It’ll do for me.