Good Morning!

I've mentioned before how I like to photograph ducks because they always seem to have a pleasant, friendly expression. Alpacas are another animal that looks happy and friendly most of the time. No matter how often I visit the Beacon Hill Children's Farm I always come away with lots of photos of the alpacas.

Summer Sunset

Here we are already in the last week before school starts - for me the signal that summer is nearly over. And it seems like it's only just begun. It came and went much too quickly this year. I took the above photo last evening when I noticed on my way home that the sunset colors were particularly vivid. It was taken from the Westsong Walkway at the bottom of Mary Street in Vic West.

In The Woods

The woods are lovely, dark and deep. But I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep.
Robert Frost

Summer in Saanich

This mother and babe were having a lovely afternoon, munching in the shade as we wondered by on our way to pick strawberries. -Fern

Somewhere Saturday - Animal Overpass

While driving through the Rocky Mountains earlier this summer I was a little mystified when we began to encounter these hobbit-style overpasses. All I could think of was that they were left over from a defunct theme park or an abandoned super-highway project. Then we saw some that were obviously still under construction, not even overgrown with vegetation yet and I realized this was something new. Then I put this together with the fact that both sides of the highway are lined with fencing about 3 or 4 meters (10-12 feet) high and saw that the fencing also crossed the overpasses and the penny dropped. These overpasses are not for cars, they're so that the wildlife can safely cross the highway. What a nice idea.