Category: summer

on July 19, 2022

Yucca filamentosa

A bit of Nova Scotia . nature . Nova Scotia . plants . summer Article

I’m pretty sure that this is an example of Common Yucca

on June 27, 2020

Daisies

nature . plants . summer Article

Daisies – just a bit of nature

on April 14, 2020

British Columbia burns – Saltery Bay

forest . summer . Sunshine Coast Article

The forest fire season of 2015 generated thick layers of smoke that coloured the sky, and obscured the sun. There was also a thick layer of fly-ash that settled on the surface of the water.

on April 14, 2020

British Columbia Burns

British Columbia . summer . Sunshine Coast . totem pole Article

Looking back to the 2015 fire that engulfed much of British Columbia in a smoke-filled sky and a layer of ash in many areas. I was in Roberts Creek at a campsite and all was fine – the next morning was a different story. The sky was yellow and orange, and I could not see

on February 7, 2020

Rolling hills

mountains . summer Article

I’m happy to be a passenger when driving through the Okanagan on BC Highway 1, as the scenery is amazing and continuously changing. Hills, clouds, arid vegetation and a lot of history…

on August 19, 2019

Western Forest Products – Jordan River

British Columbia . buildings . history . Juan de Fuca Strait . logging . summer . Vancouver Island . Vanishing Vancouver Island Article

I was camping across the road in the CRD campground in Jordan River, and did a bit of exploring at the abandoned building that were the headquarters for the Western Forest Products Jordan River logging operations. The buildings are slowly vanishing, but the dryland sort and booming grounds are still active.

on August 17, 2019

Fanny Bay – Sea Lions and fishing boats

fisheries . fishing boats . marine life . nature . ocean . summer Article

Each winter California Sea Lions congregate in Fanny Bay while they wait for the herring to spawn in February. The herring fishermen would prefer that the Sea Lions were not eating the herring and salmon, and the Sea Lions would probably be happy if the fishing boats were not there. The Sea Lions are here

on August 12, 2019

Margaretsville Lighthouse – light on, light off

buildings . history . lighthouse . Nova Scotia . ocean . summer . video Article

Margaretsville Lighthouse The light is on, and then the light is off – in a pattern that is unique in this area to help mariners identify the lighthouses they see. Margaretsville Lighthouse

on August 10, 2019

Storm clouds forming

nature . storm . summer . time lapse . video Article

A pair of time-lapse videos of summer storm clouds

on August 9, 2019

Houston’s Beach

Beach . Minas Basin . nature . ocean . summer Article

  Eroding sandstone formations I spent a bit of time at Houston’s Beach, a lesser known section of beach on the Blomidon Peninsula – a bit south of Blomidon Provincial Park. I arrived just as the tide was starting to ebb, so I had to walk through the water as I poked about. The water

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