The rain continues with overcast skies punctuated by short sunny breaks and quite a lot of wind! Autumn has definitely blown in.
It’s still very comfortable outside but the cooler temperatures are nice even if the wind tries to steal your shirt! There will likely be a few more completely lovely days before autumn’s invigorating coolness and stunning colours start arriving.
Happy Tuesday.
Happy Wednesday.
I saw this deer across the street as I was leaving home.
He seemed to have found some yummy leaves and was intent on chowing down. Normally I cross the road to where the deer is standing, but I didn’t want to bother him.
With the drought and fires this season, the animals have had a tough time of it and more and more are entering urban areas to find food. This includes an uptick in the number of bears coming into people’s yards, as shown in the recent photos below from Quesnel, British Columbia; the entire article is here.
This is a grizzly bear. Black bears are more commonly found in urban areas but grizzlies are different. They dislike and avoid humans, so this tells me that they are being driven by hunger.
This underweight grizzly is pulling crabapples from a tree in a residential yard. Given the difficult summer they’ve had, we will likely begin to see more of them trying to fatten up for hibernation and will need to be cautious.
Happy Wednesday.
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Penny the Walking Woman takes us through some of the first scenes of Vancouver’s autumnal show. By clicking the link above you can see more of Penny’s photos as she takes us along on her Vancouver walks.
After so much smoke and smoke-generated haze, the skies are completely clear.
They have gradually been wholly clearing over the last week, but I think the last bits are gone now, including any residual smoky odours.
Happy Friday.
The ducks have been happily inhabiting their creek since the spring run-off subsided back in June.
Because of our drought it has become quite low, so the ducks are now camping out on a little creek island.
Some still like the embankment though, where they’re more likely to get such treats as peas or lettuce which are nutritionally sound choices for them (not bread or crackers).
Have a ducky Thursday.
With summer drawing to a close, it’s nice to look back at some favourite scenes.
Happy Labour Day!
It’s nearing summer’s end, but after weeks of very high temperatures and nearby forest fires, the air has for the most part cleared and allowed a little comfortable beach time.
I brought a book with me but I didn’t do much reading.
I watched the boats going in and out of the marina, the kids playing on the sand and in the water, and the ducks stopping by to see if there were some snacks to be had.
It felt very luxurious to be able to just sit and enjoy, relax and not think about anything much.
There is an adjacent park and we walked though it when it was time to head home. It was a thoroughly wonderful afternoon.
Happy Sunday.
We live across the street from this creek.
We frequently walk next to it or cross over on our way to do errands or to go for walks. It is a kokanee creek (kokanee are landlocked, freshwater salmon that are close relatives of the sockeye) that at the moment is being rehabilitated to make it easier for the fish to travel to their spawning grounds.
In the 1950s, the creek bottom was coated with concrete to more easily facilitate winter run-off, but the fish were severely impacted. Ladders were installed but they aren’t very effective. Now, the city is returning the creek, section by section, to its original condition.
Happy Saturday.
A few recent skyscapes …
Happy Sunday.
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