Welcome to a new year! 2022 seemed to pass so quickly... Hope you all had a peaceful and relaxing holiday season and that 2023 brings many great adventures! If we were being outdoors today I'd be looking longingly at the North Shore mountains as it's been a few weeks since we were last up there … Continue reading Being Outdoors, January 2023
Well we've made it to the final month of the year and the shortest days are upon us again. Snow is beginning to take hold in the mountains and we're looking forward to snowshoe season. And yes, that means we still haven't used those shiny new snowshoes that we bought last month, which means we … Continue reading Being Outdoors, December 2022
It's been exactly four weeks since we were last in Stanley Park and in that time Spring has definitely begun to take hold. We did a very similar 7.5-ish km loop around the park, from Third Beach along the seawall to Lost Lagoon, then across to Coal Harbour and north past the aquarium to the … Continue reading Vignette: Stanley Park, 26 Mar 2022
Yesterday was definitely the better day weather-wise, today having a formidable forecast of wind and thunderstorms, but a gap in the showers evident on the radar plot compelled us to get outside again, so we headed to Stanley Park for a quick walk before lunch. Well, so much for that rain-free gap as big, solid … Continue reading Vignette: Stanley Park, 7 Mar 2021
A gem of a park, a winter favourite, an easy way to absorb a couple of hours. A pileated woodpecker dining on fruit, robins watching on. Flocks of pine siskins bursting from the trees in great clouds, photos showing them tucking their wings making them look more like fish than fowl. A bald eagle alighting … Continue reading Vignette: Stanley Park, 21 Nov 2020
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