…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 →
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)
Aquaria: what's old is new again, for me at least. Found in my father's slide collection, a Dutch-style aquarium. 1963. (Scan from 35mm slide, Converted to B&W due to colour degradation) Like photography, the keeping of aquaria was introduced to me by my father when the family lived in South Africa in the 1970s. His... Continue Reading →
I planned the backyard first. The space was to include a maximum of trees, shrubs and perennials and a minimum of lawn. A pond was essential, as well as more compost bins, rain reservoirs and an area for growing vegetables.
I was a "Photographer" of sorts once. It was an interest I became enthused with at about age 15 while living in South Africa in the 1970s. Just a teen, I was lucky to receive as my first camera an old Exa single lens reflex camera...
Lurching Toward Oblivion 