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Rainy Views

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We’re still getting lots rain although I understand that we’re supposed to get a bit of a temperature drop accompanied by some rain that will turn to snow. We’ll see. We get that projection a lot in winter but it regularly turns out to be wrong.

Here are some cloudy views from a recent walk.

The rain stopped for a bit and I grabbed the opportunity …

… to stay a bit dry while getting some exercise. A bonus was the slight glow from the setting sun …

… while another bonus were these seasonal lights decorating a patio near one of our favourite restaurants.

Happy Saturday.

nature, Photography

December Retrospective

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To say that we have had a lot of rain this month would be something of an understatement, but at least we didn’t get the flooding that much of the coast unfortunately experienced. And aside from that, it also had its moments.

A sunny, early December Skaha Lake.
A napping duck.
Leaf imprints.
The rain relented for a bit.
You don’t need a rubber duckie for this bath tub!
Pine cones.
I know I recently posted this picture but it’s lovely … and rainless!
We didn’t get a lot of sun but enjoyed what came our way.
Season’s Greetings.

Happy Wednesday.

nature, Photography

Walking at Skaha Lake

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As I’ve noted here before, Penticton is situated between two lakes – one at the south end and the other at the north – and is one of only two communities in the world that is so established. The other is Interlaken, Switzerland. For a change of pace I recently decided to take a walk along Skaha which is at the south end.

There was some serious wind coming out of the south causing choppy waters and lots of scudding cloud …

No swimming today!

… but then I realised that we now officially have winter!

The solstice doesn’t just mean that we’re headed in the right (springy!) direction again, it also means that we first have to get through winter.

Skaha Lake marina awaits spring.

And then I remind myself that I’m no longer in Yellowknife where today’s high will be -31C (-24F). I don’t have to wear a parka, shovel snow, slog through snow banks, walk to work in the dark, dark, dark of winter or defrost my eyelashes when I step inside. We have about four to eight more weeks of very mild winter before we will again begin to see the first signs of spring, so what is there to complain about?

Really, not very much!

Happy Monday.

nature, Photography

Ocean Views

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I’m not feeling well – nothing serious, just a bit under the weather – so am posting a few favourite ocean photos from my archive. Some have been posted before, others not.

Pacific Ocean, Vancouver Island
Reynisfjara Sea Stacks, North Atlantic Ocean, Iceland
Haida Gwaii, Pacific Ocean, British Columbia
Tuktoyaktuk, Arctic Ocean, Northwest Territories
Hecate Strait, Pacific Ocean, British Columbia
Caribbean Sea, Dominican Republic
Hecate Strait, Pacific Ocean, British Columbia
Pacific Inside Passage, British Columbia
North Atlantic Ocean, Greenland

Have a happy Wednesday.

Photoblog, Photography

Rain Break

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The almost continuous rain that we have been getting – although nothing like the inundation that the coast is presently experiencing – stopped for a bit during my afternoon ramble which made picture collecting a bit easier. Here’s a bit of what I saw.

A backlit pine cone …

… some very calm water highlighted by the merest hint of sky-pink as the blue hour settled in …

… and some lovely water reflections of both the sky and the city lights …

… while in the meantime the rhododendron buds await spring.

Happy Saturday.