Backroad lake circuit

Arithmetic Arithmetock
I turn the hands back on the clock
How does the ocean rock the boat?
How did the razor find my throat?
The only strings that hold me here
Are tangled up around the pier

A normal walk on the outskirts of a small town, until it wasn’t.

Crows.

Boxing.

Twas the night before Christmas.

What the hell - it’s December 7th already?

Squirrel, and some Osoyoos

WHAT A DAY

Mt Rundle, Radium.

Giant squirrels steal from birdfeeders.

Skyline shot from the skyline spot

Snow-Capped Peaks

-13C and sunny.

Miserable Zoo Trip

Chickadees and Magpies.

Road trip!

Sun’s out.

Miniature horses

Casual birding

Birds, sampling the RF 1.4x extender on the 100-500mm.

Harbour

Windy.

Downtown walk.

Horses, forest.

Ricoh.

Foggy by the estuary for morning coffee, the ever-elusive Belted Kingfisher chittered as it fled its perch. A dozen bald eagles perched on waterlogged stumps with a backdrop of lichen draped conifers half obscured by fog. Later: a rainbow, a dash to capture some photographs, the 100-500 and R6ii getting drizzled on while the vehicle sat running in the parking lot and I ran to capture the fleeting image as the rain dissipated in the sun.

Wind blowing. Parked by the beach looking over the moderately heavy seas across to the mainland mountains. Waves crashing on the cliff at the point. Struggling to maintain a stable tripod out of the weather against the side of my vehicle, with doors open as a wind and rain shield. Kimchi beef soup and futo maki from the tailgate behind the shelter of the top. Thinking about a person who I didn’t really know at all, who I crossed paths with 10+ years ago. She died in a cycling accident this week - it was in the news. We shared ownership of a sailboat for a brief period of time, and your death is a reminder that the reaper can surprise us at any time, and the reaper is inevitable for all of us. RIP.

The pathway is too crowded, I like pretty places that the others have yet to discover, as this pathway once was. Here are some pretty fancy photographs of a squirrel.