Lightning Clouds
We recently had one night and a late afternoon of spectacular lightning – we don’t get lightning here very often, and if we do it is usually far in the distance over the Olympic Mountains. I did not get any shots of the lightning, mostly because I did not want to associate too closely with a heavy metal tripod as some of the lightning was striking and sounding within less than a second. It was slightly nerve wracking being out there even without the tripod. Anyway, with the old Nikon 24mm lens on the camera I headed to the Chinese Cemetery, via Trafalgar Park. And I got drenched, because as soon as I was a block away from home it poured. A fleece jacket is not rain gear.
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Black Currant Jelly
A few days ago my daughter came over for a visit. One of our neighbours had offered her a crop of black currants which they did not want. She requested help picking, so off we went. The large bush was heavily laden and we came away with about 6 litres of berries. That was my contribution, half the picking. One evening and part of a following day later and she had transformed most of the berries into black current jelly in my kitchen.
Gonzales Clouds
This is a black and white follow-up to my recent post Gonzales Bay which features the Gonzales beach with cloud formations. These photos are all (but one) taken within 15 minutes as I walked home from the store. One is actually in the corner of Ross Bay which is technically in the Fairfield neighbourhood, the others are either from the beach in Gonzales Bay, or along Crescent Road which overlooks Gonzales Bay. The last one is taken last August and is in the far east corner of the bay on Harling Point.
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Edge Grass
More from the Friday Harbor archives. These scenes are the edges of the low cliffs that are common around the lab property.
Look!
A quick visit back to my Friday Harbor archives from earlier this year.
I had admired this drain cover for its functionality during heavy rain as it should not clog up with debris.
But, I did not think to look into it until I saw this little girl’s fascination. (more…)
Cemetery Alley
There is an unnamed alley between Ross Bay Cemetery and St. Charles Street. I often walk down it as it leads from the grocery store to the water front, and if I am walking through the cemetery, then I come out on the alley in the route normally taken. Today’s pictures are from along the alley, a map of which can be seen here (it even has street view images if you are so inclined).
Gonzales Bay
We return from a month of posts about Haida Gwaii to my own neighbourhood. I plan on another post or two about the Kilgii Gwaay site when I can get it organised, but for now we are back home. Shortly after my return from Haida Gwaii I walked to the grocery store with my camera. On my way home, back pack loaded with all the heavy groceries (why is it that when on foot groceries include 4l of milk, butter, juice and similar?), I went down to the Gonzales Bay beach and walked along to the next stair case a block or two closer to home, stopping to take these pictures.
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