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| A visit to The Heritage Railway Museum in Squamish brought us to the miniature railroad models. I am amazed by the creators of these models pay such close attention to details. Brook and I were playing with different camera settings, both of us thinking of using the miniature toy settings....but then I thought...why use the setting when these are already miniatures!? It was a fun day. |
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| The Pacific National Exhibition (PNE) was pretty neat this year. It's been interesting growing up with it every year. We used to go when I was little...went on a few rides, then had to waddle around behind mom and dad in the pavilion where they had stands of things to sell....begging to leave. Then I went there a lot in my teens to go on all the rides over and over and over...I must have been on the wooden roller coaster 400 times, the big swing about the same. It had nothing to do with the fact that we were in love with the ride attendants. Ahh the good ol' days.I even remember the song Round And Round by Ratt, that played constantly on the spinning barf-producing merry go round thing. I forget the name. The Pirate and Tilt-a-whirl were also favourites! Then there was a time of many years where I didn't go. Not sure why really, but it wasn't something that interested me. Now, my boys have been a couple times...the kind of enjoyed it....but I know they felt the same as me when I had to follow my parents around the pavillions. Will see what the next few years brings us. This photo shows how busy it gets still, with a vast array of color, culture, and chaos. What a diverse city we live in. |
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| This little guy greeted up each day on our camping trip to Golden Ears Provincial Park this last couple days. It was a nice time away with good weather, good family time and peace and quiet. Even our two teenaged boys seemed to enjoy it. |
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| He was very photogenic... |
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| Once he was done posing for the camera, he took to nibbling the little bits of cheese and seeds we threw out for him. His mate was waiting in the trees....along with the other chickadees and bluejays. |
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| Perfection....?Trying to focus wayyyyy inside the swirl of petals. |
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| Perfection....? There's really no need to modify any of these photos...Flowers seem to have been created perfectly. To survive, reproduce, grow. If our life was this simple....hmmmmm |
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| Soft pink perfection |
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| It's as if each flower was perfectly placed on this beauty! If this wasn't built to attract, I'm not sure what is. |
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| Little spider webs on this scritchy scratchy looking show of buds. They come out lavendar purple. It's ... perfect. |
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| Yup..can't change perfection! |
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| I've heard that bamboo can be pretty destructive with it's roots strangling other roots. I'm pretty sure that the same doesn't go for their beauty above ground. Strong and perfect! |
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| So..this photo is not so perfect. I decided to go against the 'rules' here. Normally the table and chair would be on the right side...so the eye was drawn to it....This is not meant to strain your eyes...Just meant to show imprefection can be pretty too. |
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| Simply perfect. |
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| Another not so perfect shot...but I was playing with long exposure. I haven't done this before. Was fun to try. |
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| I nearly sat on these little guys. This was a cluster of spiders that have obviously just hatched from their egg sack. It's pretty cool when you blow on them, they shake and fan out, then quickly grasp onto each other again. Creepy....but cool. |
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| I have a bigtime fear of bees. It seems when I am photographing them, I am not as scared. Perhaps having the camera and lens between us, I am safer. A good thought! |
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| Teeny dragon fly. I liked his bright blue parts! |
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| I venture to say this is a yellow fly....he's got some cool hairs on his back...He was very tiny but quite intimidating with his stance....or at least he tried to be. |
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| I remember taking this photo from an overpass in North Vancouver near Lynn Valley. It was a rainy January day but the colours were vivid and crisp. I have been looking back at some photos recently, and they really do bring back the feelings of that day. I like that. |
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| This was also taken on that same rainy day. It's a favourite of mine. |
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| Here are some shots from Van Dusen Gardens in Vancouver. There are so many beautiful things to see and experience here. I plan on going back soon to see the next round of flowers in bloom! |
