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Wishing everyone a safe and joyful Merry Christmas. This year is a very strange one indeed. Usually, I would meet up my friends, including his sons and daughters, for Christmas dinner. But this year, nothing happened. I just spent my night with my fiance and two cats.
It was a very peaceful night but we were happy that we are still safe. Today, I heard that the new COVID-19 variant has reached to Canada. I am afraid another wave of cases will come. Stay safe everyone!
Location: Cypress Mountain, BC (Canada)
BC Place Stadium (center) is a multi-purpose stadium located on the northern side of False Creek,
The stadium is home to the BC Lions, CFL (Canadian Football League). The Vancouver Whitecaps FC of Major League Soccer
and the annual Canada Sevens (part of the World Rugby Sevens Series) as well as the BC Sports Hall of Fame. The stadium also served as the main stadium for the 2010 Winter Olympics and 2010 Paralympics which Vancouver hosted.
Vancouver, BC Canada
I can't thank-you enough for all your views and most generous comments.
I truly appreciate your visits.
~Christie
Image taken from the Stanley Park seawall in Vancouver BC.
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And now let the tulip spam begin from the beautiful tulip fields at Lakeland Flowers in Abbotsford near Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
About this photo: With the beautiful spring weather we've been having this last week, I had to go check out to the tulip fields. I went with a couple of my friends and we choose to visit the Abbotsford Tulip Festival near Vancouver, BC, Canada. There is one in Chilliwack and Harrison as well. We decided to go back to the one in Abbotsford operated by Lakeland Flowers which we visited a few times in the past as they have such beautiful tulip fields with so many gorgeous varieties and amazing colours! 🌷🌷🌷
There's 28 acres to enjoy 5 million tulips and about 100 different varieties.
I took this photo during our trip with some pretty vibrant red tulips and the mountains in the distance.I must say there is something about tulip fields and mountains which you don't see in the Netherlands.
~Camera Settings:
*Camera Model: Sony DSC-RX10M4
*Focal Length: 9mm
*F-Number: F/11
*Exposure Time: 1/320 sec
*ISO Speed: ISO-100
*Exposure Program: Manual (M)
Thank you for stopping by and I hope you like this photo!
Ann :-)
Some information about Lakeland Flowers:
Peter Warmerdam was born in 1927 in Sassenheim Netherlands. At the time, it was the home of the largest tulip bulb producing area in the world. In 1949, Peter arrived in Canada and worked at whatever jobs were available. His first job was working on a farm in Winnipeg. He moved to the West Coast in the early 1950’s spending some time in logging and eventually working full time in farming.
In 1974, Peter and his family purchased land in the Sumas Prairie Flats in Abbotsford where the farm currently stands. Peter chose the Sumas area because the sandy soil made harvesting bulbs easier and the steady winds kept foliar diseases at bay. The ownership in the business eventually transferred to his sons and he became fully retired from working on the farm at 87 years of age.
In its 47 years in Abbotsford, the farm has expanded from a small operation to a company of nearly 100 employees. Today, Peter’s son Nick owns and operates Lakeland Flowers which continues to grow millions of beautiful daffodils, tulips, peonies, and sunflowers each year.
The land they now farm once used to be known as Sumas Lake. From the Glacial Age, it sat in a basin cocooned between the Sumas and Vedder mountains. The 10 000 acre lake would triple in size each spring from water rushing in from the Chilliwack and Vedder River that fed into it. This would ruin crops and make transportation between Chilliwack and cities to the west impossible.
By the 1920’s, engineers drained the lake through the Sumas Lake Canal and into the Fraser River, effectively turning the lake into farmland. The soils from the lakebed are sandy to silty in composition and quite fertile, creating the area into an agricultural hub of the Fraser Valley.
Info from their website under "Our Story": www.lakelandflowers.ca/our-story/
Fall colours at beautiful Deer Lake in Burnaby near Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
About this photo: Fall is my favourite season and finally the colours are starting to pop. So, I am hoping to be out and about more in the upcoming weeks looking for pretty fall colours. The weather hasn't been too great, but that doesn't stop me! There is something about rain and fall colours.
Who else loves rainy fall days? I love it and the rainy mood as well as fall colours are a nice combination. I enjoyed a stroll in the rain a few days ago at Deer Lake Park where this seen came across my path. Deer Lake is located in Burnaby near Vancouver, BC, Canada.
🍁🍂🍁🍂🍁🍂🍁🍂
~Camera Settings:
*Camera Model: Sony RX10 IV
*Focal Length: 28mm
*F-Number: F/7.5
*Exposure Time: 1/250 sec.
*ISO Speed: ISO-100
*Exposure Program: Manual Mode (M)
Thank you for dropping by!
Ann :)
Some information on Deer Lake Park: Burnaby is a city which belongs to the Greater Vancouver area and is about 10-15 minutes from downtown Vancouver. Deer Lake is a relaxing 5 kilometre/3 mile walk around an urban lake just outside of Vancouver. The walking trail around the lake is good any time of year and is very popular with dog walkers in and around Burnaby. Trails in the park lead to a kids playground, washrooms, a boat launch and picnic tables. In the summer months Deer Lake Boat Rentals offers canoe, kayak and pedal boat rentals. Gas or electric motors are not allowed on this lake.
Deer Lake is also home to the Burnaby Art Gallery, Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, Burnaby Village Museum and Century Gardens. The Burnaby Art Gallery manages the City of Burnaby's permanent art collection while the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts is a multi-purpose community arts facility providing public exhibitions, performances, festivals and art classes. The Burnaby Village Museum depicts life in the area from the 1920's. They have reconstructed 31 full scale buildings over 10 acres, with staff in costumes like in the 1920's.
Deer Lake Park is a great place for outdoor activities and cultural life in Burnaby. Whether you want to visit an art gallery or see an outdoor concert, Deer Lake Park is the place you will find it. Your kids will love the park for the beach, the playground, the water activities and the Burnaby Village Museum. In the summer months the park comes alive with outdoor concerts and lake activities and in the off season it is a relaxing park to go for a quiet walk around the scenic trails.
THEY SELDOM COME TO THIS LAKE AND I DON'T KNOW WHY...TOO DEEP MAYBE, OR TOO BUSY. THEY WILL BE ON THEIR WAY NORTH AS THE LAKES AND RIVERS OPEN UP FROM THEIR WINTER ICE.
Image was taken from English Bay Beach in Vancouver, BC.
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The storm clouds part and The Beaufort Mountains has donned her Winter Cloak as the sun begins to set over Vancouver Island, Beautiful BC
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True west coast weather - sunny one minute and rain the next.
Driftwood gathering on the beach from stormy seas.
First fall colours spotted along the Stanley Park seawall in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
About this photo: Fall has officially begun, but we are still enjoying some summer like weather here in Vancouver, BC, Canada. It has been quite a sunny and warm September and it will continue for the week with sunshine and with temperatures around 22-25C/72-77F. But I am sure the wet fall weather will be upon us soon enough. I enjoyed a walk in Stanley Park a couple of days ago and noticed some pretty fall colours showing up already. Yay, may favourite time of the year has started! I can't wait to go capture some more fall scenes soon.
I took this photo a couple of days ago at Brockton Point along the Stanley Park seawall in Vancouver, BC, Canada. 🍁🍂🍁🍂
~Camera Settings:
*Camera Model: Sony RX10MIV
*Focal Length: 14mm
*F-Number: F9
*Exposure Time: 1/160 sec.
*ISO Speed: ISO-100
*Exposure Program: Manual Mode (M)
Thank you for dropping by and I hope you like this photo!
Ann :-)
Some information about Vancouver: Vancouver is known as one of the most beautiful cities in the world. Vancouver is Canada's third largest city and is located by the Pacific Ocean on a peninsula surrounded by water and in the distance there are the mountains. Vancouver is considered a pretty clean and safe city with a great variety of shops, museums, theatre, outdoor activities (hiking, walking, kayaking, sailing, skiing on the local mountains in the winter) and more. Walking around Stanley Park is a favourite thing to do for tourist and locals alike. This beautiful park extends from the city centre of Vancouver almost to the North Shore. With wonderful views of the mountains and the ocean around every corner, downtown Vancouver is one of the most picturesque cities in the world. Walk along Robson Street, the most popular shopping street. Experience Chinatown with the different kinds of building and stores, walk on the beaches of English Bay and the seawall of Stanley Park, enjoy a walk in Gastown with the old steam clock and the many gift shops.
Look out for some Hollywood film sets as Vancouver is used for many big Hollywood movies and shows. That's why you might hear that Vancouver is called "Hollywood North". Here are some examples of shows and movies that were/are filmed here: "Deadpool 1 & 2", "The X-Files", "The Good Doctor", "Colony", "Arrow", "The Flash", "Supernatural", "Stargate-SG1", "The 6th Day", "Kiss of the Dragon", "Small Ville" and many many more. Then there is also the Canada Place, the stadiums, the Harbour Lookout, the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden, Science World, the Vancouver Art Gallery and much more! All of these attractions are located within minutes from the city centre.
Vancouver is also popular in the winter for winter activities. There are 3 local mountains where you can do any type of winter sport. There is Grouse Mountain, most famous for it's stunning views over the city and fresh powder snow. Grouse Mountain is accessible by skyride...this is a big gondola that will take you up to the top of the mountain. Mount Seymour and Cypress Mountain are famous too and you also get wonderful views from the top of these mountains. As you can see...Vancouver has lots to offer. The Winter Olympics were held here in 2010 as well.
This image was taken last fall and was recently published in a 2019 calendar flyer for my local MP (Member of Parliament). Thank you for your appreciation, Gail
I was completely captivated by the patterns in the river through the trees. So much so that I almost didn’t see the amazing pine cones in the foreground. But then Wow! So cool.
‘Eye on the prize’
These eagles dive down with great perfection to get their catch from all heights. Their aerobic maneuvers as they go about gathering their next meal are not an easy feat to photograph, persistence with a little frustration thrown in pays off to make it all worth it.
Such amazing activity to witness with an incredible number of gathered eagles for this short window of opportunity to gather the hake fish in the current.
Taken while on a photography workshop with Stuart Clark and Stan Novotny, incredible experience!