Category Archives: scenes

  I went out this morning to take a picture of the boardwalk at Kokanee Creek Provincial Park. By happenstance, this proved prescient for I discovered that it is soon to be replaced — by what, I do not yet … Continue reading →

  Last October, I posted pictures of iridescent clouds with the title of Iris’s art. This gave credit for the variegation to the Greek goddess of the sky. In like manner, it now seems appropriate to credit this satiny view to Poseidon, the Greek god of … Continue reading →

  There are ponds and marshes on the west side of Kokanee Creek Park. They offer a superb area for observing birds and dragonflies. While wandering through them, I never gave much thought to how they might have formed. That … Continue reading →

  ‘Tis the season of fall colours and my favourite is the larch, a deciduous conifer. When this posting was made, I believed the trees shown here were alpine larches. Doug Thorburn, a man who knows his trees, assures me … Continue reading →

  It was one of the strangest patterns I have noticed on the surface of the Lake: a slowly drifting pattern of alternating swooshes of light. The swooshes were created by the paddles of a kayak.  When a boat moves … Continue reading →

  This is the time of year when people admire the colours of deciduous trees. Most of those trees are broad-leaved, but my favourite is actually a conifer: the larch. We have two local species: the Western Larch grows at … Continue reading →