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Thursday I walked 3800m up The Grind and over Mt. Tolmie on our counter-clockwise route.
This brought me to the east-gate of Finnerty Gardens which is still locked due to Covid. From there it was through Varsity Ln to home.
After arriving home at 9:52 (1:05:00hr walking time) we drove to Fantastico Cafe' underground parking then walked to the trestle.
We took copious amounts of photos of the Stacker-reclaimer now that it has been loaded onto the Dynamic Beast floating, crane barge beside the assembly area of United Engineering.
Alchemy is defined as the process of taking something ordinary and turning it into something extraordinary, sometimes in a way that cannot be explained. An example of using alchemy is a person who takes a pile of scrap metal and turns it into beautiful art.
Created from a photo of the mask, that is hand made by me. Manipulated in Toolwizphotos app with elements from Pngtree.com on Galaxy Note 9.
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And here are are some scenes I captured with my previous generation cell phone ... a Samsung Galaxy Note 9.
A gentle morning snowfall at Lake Harold @ Lakes of the North (about 20 minutes West of Gaylord, Michigan).
Tuesday morning at 8a.m. I was atop Mt. Tolmie taking a picture.
It's been 2½ month since I walked over the mountain (Wednesday June 12 2019).
However, I have ridden my bike over 800km in that time which included a ride over Mt. Tolmie. ;-)
N.B. Looks like the drought is over
I haven't uploaded my 2021 fireworks yet, so here are some manipulations from an old 2015 shot from my Olympus EM-10. These are from a mix of Android apps including Mirror Lab and Chroma Lab. I love the bright colors and neat abstracts I get from using these apps.
Portable classrooms under construction on a large piece of property across Belmont Ave from Oaklands Community School.
These are three images I snapped using a cell phone.
And not even the latest generation of cell phone ... but a "2 generations ago" Galaxy Note 9.
A decade ago I would NEVER have uploaded cell phone shots to my Flickr account, the image quality was simply awful. They looked like something you might see on a 1991 era PC with EGA graphics. :-)
These days, while the DSLR is certainly still the best tool for certain kinds of shots (particularly low light or telephoto). In other situations, our Android or iPhone photos have become pretty darn good!
Created on Galaxy Note9 using Toolwizphotos app and free use elements from Pngtree.com.
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I haven't uploaded my 2021 fireworks yet, so here are some manipulations from an old 2015 shot from my Olympus EM-10. These are from a mix of Android apps including Mirror Lab and Chroma Lab. I love the bright colors and neat abstracts I get from using these apps.
I haven't uploaded my 2021 fireworks yet, so here are some manipulations from an old 2015 shot from my Olympus EM-10. These are from a mix of Android apps including Mirror Lab and Chroma Lab. I love the bright colors and neat abstracts I get from using these apps.
Finnerty Gardens is much greener and cooler on hot days than the surrounding areas.
N.B. Flickr's map shows this as being in Saanich Municipality but it is in Oak Bay Municipality.
City of Victoria work crews got down to Ross Bay Seawall and cleaned up the last of the debris fields — flotsam and jetsam — left from the last ocean storm. Users can now actually use this marvelous location to recreate themselves. Thank you City of Victoria.
I Cycled iZip 22km roundtrip to Panama Flats Park and home.
This is my old hood from the 60s
We lived on Daisy St. and now there is a labyrinth of trails around that location.
I followed the one behind our old property up to McKenzie Ave. at Carey Rd.
After cycling back the same route to the high ground within Panama Flats Park, I then headed for home in Gordon Head.
Instead of backtracking along the Inland Interurban Trail to Tillicum Mall we headed up Marigold Rd. to Burnside Rd.W to get back on the Galloping Goose Trail at the McKenzie overpass.
Thursday morning I walked 3800m roundtrip over Mt. Tolmie and back home
We photographed a few sites -- and sights -- along the way
Sunday morning I hiked 2.5km in Mt. Douglas Park. I hadn't been up Little Mount Douglas in a decade so parked along Blenkinsop Rd. and headed up the Mercer Trail.
The Tod Trail connects to Mercer in a hundred meters or so so we hung a left there and headed up the mountain.
Once atop Little Mount Doug, Tod Trail carries on down the north col to Whittaker Trail.
From there, one hangs a right southbound to pick up Mercer again and back to Blenkinsop Road. This didn't happen.
I met a couple of hikers just south of Little Mountain who were standing on a branch trail at a fork in the path. I asked them which was the main trail and they said they were standing on Blenkinsop Trail which lead back to that eponymous road. This was true but not the trail I came up on. Anyway, I came out at a designated park, parking lot and walked the few hundred metres back to my vehicle.
The climb up Little Mount Doug was steeper than I remembered so I probably won't go up this way again. The north col Tod Trail is easier and safer.
The entire route was recorded with a new free app in my phone. Avenza GPS tracking program is recommended by the Friends of Mount Douglas Park and they provide a free, online, downloadable map to go with it. This is what is shown in the image.
Saturday morning I had a 4km roundtrip walk along Island View Beach southward to the Beachcomber RV Park and
campground situated on the point.
There is no access from Campion Rd except the private campground road and it is gated.
Thus, it's a 2km walk along the beach from Island View Beach parking lot.
N.B. Jack Nicklaus designed golfcourse. The island is listed for sale at $72million CND 🇨🇦
Friday morning I walked Island View Beach southward from the parking lot.
After putting the drone up some aerial videos were recorded.
I haven't uploaded my 2021 fireworks yet, so here are some manipulations from an old 2015 shot from my Olympus EM-10. These are from a mix of Android apps including Mirror Lab and Chroma Lab. I love the bright colors and neat abstracts I get from using these apps.
My old alma mater: 1942-48
Oaklands Elementary School 2827 Belmont Ave. Victoria, BC
Yes, I attended here from grade one through seven. I was born in Victoria as was my father, grandfather and g-grandfather (b.1851 d.1921). This is my town.
Friday morning I walked Island View Beach southward from the parking lot.
After putting the drone up some aerial videos were recorded.
Some often wonder when out walking — what's over the next hill?
I wonder what's on top the steep cliffs while walking along Vancouver Island beaches.
That's what drones are for.
Most 15 million dollar homes along Victoria's waterfront have no public access.
Therefore, one needs a drone to get a good view.
Wednesday morning I walked a 3km loop from Kingberry Trail to Glastonbury and up and over Mayfair Drv. to Gordon Head Rd. and Finnerty Gardens Westside fence trail.
There is no access to Beachcomber RV Campground from Campion Rd except the private campground road and it is gated.
N.B. Note trail access to cliffs at righthand in frame
We drove to Swan Lake Nature Reserve and walked the floating bridge and back up to the Nature House.
As seen on my hike up Mt. Tolmie. Mt. Douglas beyond.
The Geology of Vancouver Island
The City of Victoria and surrounding communities owe their locations to some 350 million years of geological history. Most of the city is built upon rocks that once lay about 20km (12miles) below the surface of Vancouver Island. The communities of Metchosin and Sooke owe their place to a piece of seashore which was rammed underneath Vancouver Island about 42 million years ago.
Some of the oldest rocks in the region lay between the Uplands district and Fort Rodd Hill Park, including Mt. Tolmie. These are metamorphic rocks -- originally sedimentary and igneous in origin -- but which late in their histories were subject to great heat and pressure such that their constituent minerals were changed in chemical composition and structure. There are two kinds: One has been named the Wark Gneiss and good exposures are found on Mt. Tolmie and other locations in the area. The other type of metamorphic rock found in the Victoria region is named the Colquitz Gneiss.
Both these rocks belong to the terrain called Wrangellia.
Between 15,000 and 29,000 years ago (Mya), the most recent glacial period or “ice age” developed; today it is referred to as the Fraser Glaciation. Ice accumulated on the mountain peaks of Vancouver Island and slowly grew into large glaciers. Evidence of the direction of flow of these ice sheets can be seen in rocks around Victoria. Generally, striations in the rock are aligned with the direction of this flow. Although the overall flow was north to south, local variations occur where the ice moved over obstructions and where it turned eastward close to Juan de Fuca Strait.
The ice sheets cut major features in the landscape, including U-shaped valleys such as Cowichan Valley, and the steep-sided fjords that are common all along the west coast of the island. Their weight was enough to depress the land mass of Vancouver Island by 150 to 300 metres. This caused the sea level at the time to be lower than today. Between 15,000 years before present and today, the climate began to warm and the ice sheets slowly melted and retreated. The release of the weight of ice caused the land to rebound. This exposed areas of land that were previously submerged. For about a thousand years, around 10,000 years ago, the rate of rebounding from the land exceeded the sea level rise caused by the melting glaciers. Eventually the sea reclaimed some of the recently exposed land, and stabilized at its current level.
Reference cited: The Geology of Southern Vancouver Island p.63 (First edition)