beaches, summer flowers and sunsets

On Saturday afternoon (September 11th) I went into Vancouver to have a look at the annual flower planting at Denman and Davie Streets plus also have another look at English Bay Beach and Sunset Beach. The cloud pattern also got my interest as well. These are some of the photos that resulted.

Aside from the clouds, the first order of priority was to get some photos of the colourful annual flowers at the corners I mentioned. The flowers were still there last Saturday when I paid another visit to Vancouver (September 19) but I don't expect them to be there for too much longer since spring tulip bulbs will be replacing them.

If you can get a chance to see these flowers before they're gone, do so! Meantime, the cloud pattern above also got my attention and you'll see quite a number of photos with these clouds in them. I'm always looking for something different or out of the ordinary! This set of photos was taken along Beach Avenue above English Bay Beach and more at Sunset Beach as far as the base of Burrard Street Bridge. I do hope you enjoy them all.

The annual plants and flowers in this area was also worth seeing. They didn't look like much back in May but they certainly had grown quite a bit throuh the summer months. That's a close-up of a coleus plant above. Below you can see the cloud pattern above the fan palm which looks like a big bird in the sky to me. How about you?

Sunset Beach also had a few annual plants below and near the few fan palms seen there. That's a eucalytus plant above and in the photo below is a mix to eucalytus, Russian sage and other annual plants.

Then looking into English Bay from below the Burrard Street Bridge is this view of Bowen Island and the mountians surrounding Howe Sound not to mention all the boats on the water that day.

The series of photos above show the cloud pattern and view of English Bay. Then below that are more photos of the fan palms and the annual plants at Sunset Beach before we end with the coming sunset at English Bay Beach. Enjoy the photos and comment if you wish!!! - V.

High clouds but still overcast

The clouds Sunday were high but it was still overcast. Luckily it didn't rain at all. Since the clouds were high, the mountains in the east could be seen clearly. Saturday they were shrouded in cloud and mist. Both images above look east out of my dining room window. The top photo shows the nearby condominium complex. The shadow cast in the foreground is from my three storey apartment building. Looking through the tree in the lower photo you can see Mt. Baker in the distance. This mountain is a volcano, one of many in the Cascade Range. I'll let you know when it starts rumbling and smoking. In that case, we'll have a case of "shake and bake" but so far, aside from the odd rumble over the years, it's been "relatively" quite. Relative is the key word. Eventhough it's classed as a dormant volcano, that just means it hasn't erupted for a while. In geological terms two hundred years ago was just yesterday!

Surrey - A break in the rain with a patch of clear sky and sun

Tuesday we had a break in the rain with a patch of blue sky and sun above. That didn't last too long because the rain came back by late afternoon. The photos show the view outside my dining room window looking to the east and northeast. Not to worry. There was cloud all around us just none above us. It was nice to see the sun just the same.