July to December 2005

Canada Day couple	Canada Day Entertainment	Canada Day Entertainment	Canada Day accordian player
Fire boat - Lonsdale Quay	Russian ship Pallada	Russian ship Pallada	Look up, look way up
The "pointy end" of the Pallada	Capt'n Val at the wheel of the Pallada	Big ropes for a tall ship	Pointy end of the Lady Washington
Intricate rope storage	A pirate welcomes land lovers to his ship - Lady Washington	Work, work, work - Lady Washington	The Lady Washington means business
Lady Washington's bell	Lady Washington crew member	Another Lady Washington pirate (look closely at his beard)	Tall ship Zodiak's bell
Close sail boat race - English Bay	New and Old - English Bay	Mexican tall ship Cuauhtemoc	Cuauhtemoc's mast head
Cuauhtemoc bell	Rigging on Cuauhtemoc for life boats	Summer whites, winter coat - a bit cold for the Mexican crew	Cuauhtemoc plaque
Cuauhtemoc's pointy end	Bill of Rights - sense of humour	Bill of Rights bell	A busy day at the top of Howe Sound
Squamish kite surfer	Another Squamish kite surfer	Sail overhead	Splash down
Jump with Shannon Falls in the background	Liftoff	A great day for wind surfing too	Looking east from Squamish Spit
They're off! Tour de Gastown	Pellaton rounding a bend	Lone rider rounding a bend	Pellaton snaking through two corners
Don't Walk - but ride fast	Panning shot	Pellaton catching front riders	Val and Friend
The Shale Face really is a shale face	Elsie, John Sr and Val on the Peak Chair	View looking west from the Peak Chair	Entrance to Whistler Bowl
Chimney from the Peak of Whistler	Hikers on a ridge line	What a shot, it should be framed! (Elsie and John Sr)	Black Tusk in summer
Ilanaaq - the emblem of the 2010 Vancouver Whistler Winter Olympics	Val on the edge of the world	Look up, look way up	Life on the edge
Harmony chair on Little Whistler with Blackcomb in the background	Rock art	More rock art	Alpine meadows - Overlord Mountain and Glacier
Alpine flowers	Blue water, white snow, Black Tusk	In winter the sign is barely out of the snow	Alpine meadow
7th Heaven from Whistler	Alpine Meadow	Singing Pass - polarizing filter used	Nice day for a wedding
Effects of a polarizing filter	Whistler Peak and Glacier from Pikas	Flying high at Crankworx '05	Flying high at Crankworx '05
Grass on cliff	Paraglider coming in from Grouse Mtn	Paraglider getting closer	Paraglider landing
Lifeguards at Ambleside beach	Newton and Darwin	Monutain biker on Cypress Bowl	Monutain biker on Cypress Bowl
The Lions from Black Mountain	Howe Sound from Black Mountain	Waiting for snow - Cypress Bowl	Alpine flower - Cypress Bowl
Alpine bee - Cypress Bowl	What the photographer sees	Low Bridge across the North Saskatchewan River, Edmonton	Highway bridge over the North Saskatchewan River, Drayton Valley
Elk Island National Park - east of Edmonton	I didn't see many bison, but here's evidence they've been around	Edmonton city hall at night	I've looked at clouds from both sides now...
More clouds	Clouds and plane engine	Vancouver from the air	Pretty good form from a small climber
West Van telephone booth	Triumph	Darwin	Val, Marjorie and John
Pond reflections at cloud level	Grass reflections and lily pads	High and Dry moss	Green forest floor
Green leaves in a green forest	Rock fall	Rock art	Darwin in a Roots bag
Princess Newton	Bridge railing from car	Vancouver at dusk (from Lonsdale Quay)	Sickle moon over Stanley Park
Burns Bog blaze from south Richmond	Toronto City Hall from my hotel room	Lonely tree on a hill	A lot of bull
Cliffs at sunset	Goldie the Gold Fish	Burrard inlet looking east - mean clouds	Coal Harbour sea walk early morning
Fill'er up?	Wing perspective #1 - Coal Harbour	Point Grey from above English Bay	Wing perspective #2 - sunrise on the Gulf Islands
BC Legislature	The Empress Hotel, Victoria	Whale watching boats	Victoria's catacombs?
Wing perspective #3 - Victoria	Wing perspective #4 - Gulf Islands	Wing perspective #5 - snowy North Van mountains	Seawash rock - a bird's eye view
Lions Gate Bridge on our way in to land	North Vancouver sea shore	Tourist Bear	Darwin
Newton	Vancouver from Spanish Bank - wide angle	A couple of playful Weimaraners on the beach at Spanish Bank	Barges waiting for a tug boat
Rising from the sea at the end of Point Grey	Reeds	Flowing stream	Pedestrian overpass - Lonsdale Quay
The world's ugliest building - maybe	Detail of ugly	Inside Lonsdale Quay market	Reflecting pool - Lonsdale Quay
Friendly Seagull - Lonsdale Quay	Top view of tug boat	Tug boat awaiting assignment	Classic tug boat St Eval
Iron work - Peterborough Lift Locks	Peterborough Lift Locks	Mom and Dad in Lakefield	Casey 1
Casey 2	Casey 3a	Doug and Schuster	Schuster
Schuster	John and Schuster	Monkey House Peterborough Zoo	CF-86 Sabre jet at Peterborough Zoo
Are you looking at me? At the Peterborough zoo	Felix Domesticatus at the Peterborough Zoo	Abandoned Rail Bridge - Trent University	Band stand at the Peterborough Zoo
Boats at the end of the rowing day	Boats at the end of the rowing day - Black and White	Sunset from the top of Peterborough	Cat in his natural habitat (rug/fire)
Cormorant airing its wings	Seals at rest	Seals still at rest	North Vancouver mountains through clouds
Loading sulphur	Seaspan 1	Seaspan 2	Fall leaves 1
Fall Leaves 2	Burrard Inlet or Star Wars?	Reflections of Vancouver	No, the authorities haven't locked me up... yet
Guess what this is?	Birdhouse 1	Birdhouse 2	Birdhouse 3
Birdhouse 4	Birdhouse 5	Birdhouse 6	Pussy Willow 1
Pussy Willow 2	Moon on December 11, 2005	Moon on December 11, 2005	Christchurch Cathedral, Vancouver
St Andrew's Wesley Church - VSO Christmas concert - colour	St Andrew's Wesley Church - VSO Christmas concert - B&W	Window above alter at St Andrew's Wesley Church	St Andrew's Wesley Church - VSO Christmas concert - colour
St Andrew's Wesley Church - VSO Christmas concert - B&W	Side aisle at St Andrew's Wesley Church	Christmas lights at St Paul's Hospital - Vancouver	Christmas Lights at St Paul's Hospital - Vancouver
Christmas Lights (looking like fire works) at St Paul's Hospital - Vancouver	Trees wrapped in LED lights - Nelson and Burrard, Vancouver	Trees wrapped in LED lights - Nelson and Burrard, Vancouver	Harlequin Duck - Reifel Bird Sanctuary
Mallard Duck - Reifel Bird Sanctuary	Lumber Ducks - Reifel Bird Sanctuary	Overhead view of a Mallard Duck - Reifel Bird Sanctuary	Mallard Duck - Reifel Bird Sanctuary
Close-up of Female Mallard Duck - Reifel Bird Sanctuary	Snow Geese - Reifel Bird Sanctuary	Snow Geese - Reifel Bird Sanctuary	Snow Geese - Reifel Bird Sanctuary
Sandhill Crane - Reifel Bird Sanctuary	Sandhill Crane - Reifel Bird Sanctuary	Sandhill Crane - Reifel Bird Sanctuary	Sandhill Crane - Reifel Bird Sanctuary
Sandhill Crane - Reifel Bird Sanctuary	Sandhill Crane - Reifel Bird Sanctuary	Sandhill Crane - Reifel Bird Sanctuary	Sandhill Crane feathers - Reifel Bird Sanctuary
Mallard Duck pair - Reifel Bird Sanctuary	Downy Woodpecker - Reifel Bird Sanctuary	Sleeping Ducks - Reifel Bird Sanctuary	More sleeping ducks - Reifel Bird Sanctuary
Eagle watching over the Reifel Bird Sanctuary	Another Duck - Reifel Bird Sanctuary	Yet another variety of Duck - Reifel Bird Sanctuary	Coming in for landing - Reifel Bird Sanctuary
A Duck in a crowd - Reifel Bird Sanctuary	Let sleeping ducks lie - Reifel Bird Sanctuary