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I took very early retirement from teaching in '06 and did some traveling in Europe and the UK before settling down to do some private tutoring. As a voracious reader, I have many books waiting in line for me to read. Tell me I shouldn't read something, and I will. I'm a happy, optimistic person and I love to travel and through that believe that life can be a continuous learning experience. I'm looking forward to traveling more some day. I enjoy walking, cycling, water aerobics & and sports like tennis, volleyball, and fastpitch/baseball. I'm just getting into photography as a hobby and I'm enjoying learning all the bits and bobs of my digital camera. My family is everything to me and I'm delighted to be the mother of two girls and the Gramma of a boy and a girl. I may be a Gramma, but I'm at heart just a girl who wants to have fun.

Friday, February 15, 2008

Skywatch Friday


Last Sunday (Feb. 10) my daughter and I went for a walk along Boundary Bay. Here's another great link that tells you all about the area. Check it out as you just might want one more thing to tempt to into traveling to this area of Lotusland (what we natives affectionately call the Lower Mainland area of British Columbia).

It was a beautiful sunny day, but a bit windy and cold. However, we managed to get a few good photos of the area. I particularly watched the clouds moving over us, wondering if I could get any good shots for today. The first photo was taken by my daughter and I chose this one of hers because it's better than a similar one I took.



These are some of the mudflats looking north towards the city of Vancouver.
There was a hint of pink in the clouds which reminded me of Monet.



Can you find the solitary bird in this photo?




Storm clouds began to move across the sky.



When I saw this reflection, I just had to take a shot.


It was much more enchanting in real life, though.

31 comments:

Andrea said...

I love reflection. Wonderful shot and the other pictures are beautiful too.

dot said...

You got some great shots! I did see the bird in the second one but it took me a few looks.

Sharon said...

These are wonderful. I think I found the bird in the lower left hand corner. I particularly liked the reflection of the sky! Great post.

Lori said...

I found the bird! Lovely sky photos..but they look cold! Can you tell I'm ready for spring?!

Lilli & Nevada said...

The reflection is wonderful i bet it did look much better in real but couldn't be much better. Great set of photos

Meggie said...

Great shots! They are some mean looking storm clouds in the one photos. I found the bird, also.

Joyismygoal said...

WOW that reflection beats mine it is so awesome
such a nice sky watch week

Lana G! said...

The reflection is a great shot! Wonderful photos!

FO - 2 said...

Nice shots. :)
Beautiful reflection!

Daniel J Santos said...

Excellent images, great sky watch, well done.

Randi said...

I love the reflection photo. Nice shot!!

SandyCarlson said...

These are marvelous photos. I love the reflection. Water plays marvelous games with light!

Anonymous said...

WoW...some very beautifully captured shots!

pts said...

lovely sky pics.

Tom said...

Beautiful collection of Sky Watch pictures.. and that reflection is a belter. :O)

Rune Eide said...

I loved the reflection (I'm weak for those). I think I saw the bird :-)

Jo's-D-Eyes said...

Very nice also the reflection is so pretty, this are all GREAT skies!Scary but beautiful, Welldone:)

Come and see my DUTCH skywatch,
and listen to my favorite music while watching...

Greetings JoAnn
Enjoy your weekend:)

DeeMom said...

Amazing storm clouds…the reflection is awesome as well
Enjoyed the links, thanks, always nice to learn more about different areas and things.

Jo's-D-Eyes said...

Hi Leslie,
Well maybe soon you might be able to see Holand in your own person? I hope so for you my dear, this is such a GREAT sky! Welldone:)

Come and see my DUTCH skywatch,
and listen to my favorite music while watching...

Greetings JoAnn
Enjoy your weekend:)

Craver Vii said...

I love all the blue in these pix. It's such a peaceful color. The reflection in the water is really cool. I'd like to try something like that.

Thanks for visiting, by the way. :-)

Petunia said...

So many great sky watch pictures. Thanks for sharing!

Berit T said...

Very very nice photo!!
Have a nice weekend.

Misty DawnS said...

This is spectacular how many great (and each one different) cloud shots you got within the same day! Great post!

Angie said...

Hi,
These are superb photos.I can see a little black dot in the second photo.I think that's the bird.

duopastorale said...

The reflection one is a really great photo!
My Skywatch

Linda said...

These are really nice pictures. I especially like the reflection of the sky in the last picture

Paulie said...

My favorite is the clouds in the creek! Great catch!

Marie said...

Very nice series!

Andree said...

that reflection is phenomenal! I've never personally seen one like that. The colors were perfect. My Sky Watch is here.

Kahshe Cottager said...

You captured some beautiful shots! And I found the bird too!

Anonymous said...

Lovely images, especially the last two. Thanks for visiting my Sky Watch Friday. Sorry for taking so long to repay the visit.