…while taking a keen interest in something or other.
While our daughter volunteered at Fort Edmonton on a weekend in May, 2010, my wife and I roamed the river valley around the fort. As usual I carried my camera equipment with me, setup for macro photography with diffused flash. While we paused to rest at a bench, I noticed a slender wasp 'feeling' its... Continue Reading →
The Olympus OM-2 was the first in a set of tools that allowed me to begin taking true macro photographs. Handed down to me by my father in the 1980’s, I had no idea of its full macro potential until almost 15 years later. At first, my needs were simple, so I used the 50mm... Continue Reading →
My first exposure to Tolkien is lost in the mist of my early childhood memories. It was either from a substitute teacher reading The Hobbit to the English lang. class at Aloe Ridge Primary School, or it was the first view of my brother's paperback tome of The Lord of the Rings trilogy at our... Continue Reading →
We had a good walk with our daughter in Victoria, BC. Today we visited the Victorian-era Ross Bay Cemetery and Beacon Hill Park. (First attempt at posting from the WordPress app. on my Pixel 6a) Driftwood art. Ross Bay Cemetery Artist Emily Carr's Grave site. To Beacon Hill Park... (All photo's with Pixel 6a)
Lurching Toward Oblivion 