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An edit of a favourite house I shot last year.
I am just getting going with a brand new Instagram feed dedicated to my favourite abandoned finds. Please follow me (if you would like) at @once_was_home
The Covehead Harbour Lighthouse is square, tapered, 8.2 metre (26.9 ft) tall wooden tower surmounted by a square, wooden lantern. It is located among the sand dunes of Prince Edward Island National Park of Canada, on the beach just to the east of the entrance into Covehead Bay. It is the second lighthouse on the site, built in 1975 as a replacement for the original tower.
Another shot from Peggy's Cove last weekend, these two little boats are almost as iconic as the Harbour Mist and the lighthouse.
Kamloops Lake
Tobiano, B.C.
I went through something of an obsession with taking shots of sagebrush in the spring. The obsession has eased somewhat but I just had to show European friends another stage in this hardy plant's life cycle.
Kamloops Lake looks almost icy here but it was not a cold day. It is one of those large lakes that take on the colour of the sky and that day was overcast and a bit drizzly.
We could hear these youngsters calling for their parents for a couple of days. By July 2nd, the nest appeared to be abandoned. Hopefully they fledged successfully.
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You can brave crowds for the after-Christmas sales or choose to enjoy winter activities on Mont Royal. We chose the latter!
Turtle Valley, B.C.
If you zoom in to the centre of this photo, just to the left you will see a house. What a place to live, eh?
I stopped to take this photo on my way to "The Donkey Refuge" which is a donkey rescue place located in the beautiful Turtle Valley near Chase, B.C. They rescue and provide a permanent home for abused, neglected, and unwanted donkeys. They have about 100 now I think.
Peyto Lake, Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada
You will likely see this particular turquoise only in the Rocky Mountains of Western Canada. The lake gets its color from the large amounts of glacier rock flour that flow into it during the summer months. There are many other glacier-fed lakes around the world, but each glacial source tends to be unique. This means that the colors of the waters that melt from them likewise tend to be unique. The color of Peyto Lake is an opaque yet brilliantly bright color that looks as if a giant piece of turquoise is inlayed in the valley.
If you never know how ‘love at first sight’ feels like in this world, once you see this otherworldly turquoise-blue lake yourself, you will know.
Thompson River
Kamloops, BC
I seem to have had winter songs in my mind lately, hence the title of this image, If only this was actually the shade of winter! I fell in love with this sky. It reminded me of the soft pastels of a watercolour painting.
Meeting of the rivers, Kamloops BC
-- the South Thompson is in the foreground, the North Thompson is midground
The word Kamloops is the English translation of the Secwepemc word Tk'emlúps, which means “where the rivers meet”, and has been the home of the Tk'emlupsemc, the “people of the confluence”, for centuries.
Zoom in to see a few of the wild Trumpeter swans which winter in Kamloops.
Had a great day out today with friends looking for abandoned places, and we weren't disappointed. Don't be fooled by that sky, is was sunny mostly (and very humid), but at this spot it was a little grey. In this case definitely a plus as it suited the mood of this old farmhouse so well.
I recently re-edited this image (an old favourite of mine). I was never quite happy with the processing I applied in the sky last time around, so I tried to soften it a bit and make it more natural this time around. Thought I would upload it, just to say hi!
I haven't posted on Flickr in a very long time but thought I'd share this image take-in Waverley, N.S. Thanks to all who have sent well wishes and continue to follow my stream. I hope life is treating you kindly! 2016
Hier, la neige tombait...Aujourd'hui, il fait très froid mais il ne vente heureusement pas...La charrue est passée...La neige étale sa blancheur...Les gens circulent assez facilement...mais moi, je suis très heureuse de pouvoir rester au chaud...:-)
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City of Kamloops, looking toward Mounts Peter and Paul
Mount Peter is the one shrouded in clouds. Mount Paul has the smooth shale face right in the middle of the photo. In this image they look like one continuous thing but from other angles you can see they are distinct peaks.
Mount Peter has an elevation of 3600 feet (1097 m) but since the valley has an elevation of 1400 feet, the mountain has an actual rise of ... well, you do the math! Kamloops is surrounded by hills which flatlanders tend to call mountains but Kamloopsians don't. Only Peter and Paul get that name.
Waking up early is never that fun. But days like this when it all comes together, I forget all about those few more minutes of sleep.
“Nothing burns like the cold. But only for a while. Then it gets inside you and starts to fill you up, and after a while you don't have the strength to fight it.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones
It wasn't actually that cold the day I took this but I am kind of fixated on the cold right now. In fact, I find it too cold to go out to take photos. It is currently -23 C (at 4pm PST) and if you add in the windchill factor, it feels like -32.
Dandelions...Photographers love them, and gardeners hate them. They are in full force everywhere now. The leaves are starting to finally appear on the trees, the grass has changed from brown to green and everything looks suddenly three times more vibrant than it did a week ago. When I lived in England, I think I used to take Spring for granted somewhat and never really noticed the colours, but here you cannot help but be wowed when after such long winters, where your senses are dulled by the bleakness of the bare trees and lack of colour, Spring really is like a reflex hammer to the knees!
Trying to escape the heat, I took a half hour drive up into the hills to a year round recreation area. Full of trails but otherwise undeveloped, it's a lovely area of near wilderness.
In the winter it has snowshoeing and cross-country trails. In the summer there are hiking and biking trails. And, yes, it seemed cooler there.
Toronto as seen from the Toronto Island ferry. This is really my first attempt at night lights photography so I was quite pleased with how it turned out, especially as it was hand held.
Along the Thompson River,
Kamloops, B.C.
The sea is mainly long grasses, a few tumbleweeds and, yes, just a wee bit of sagebrush.
Spectacular little scene we almost missed. going over a small bridge this little barn/garage looked distinctly average, but from the other side. Wow, the fall colours around it were amazing.
My favourite spot in my favourite park. The leaves has all but gone now. I am super busy right now, so posting and running, hope to post more and visit a few streams when I have time.
You may remember Bill's Buoys, taken the same day last Summer. Came across this wonderful shed in Lockeport. Bill the owner was more than happy for us to come on in and photograph it in all it's glory (more to come of this).
Peggy's Cove is one of the busiest tourist attractions in Nova Scotia and is a prime attraction on the Lighthouse Trail scenic drive. The community's famous lighthouse marks the eastern entrance of St. Margaret's Bay and is officially known as the Peggy's Point Lighthouse.
Peggy's Cove has a classic red-and-white lighthouse still operated by the Canadian Coast Guard. The light station is situated on an extensive granite outcrop at Peggys Point, immediately south of the village and its cove. This lighthouse is one of the most-photographed structures in Atlantic Canada and one of the most recognizable lighthouses in the world.