And it got worse...

The new normal?

Kelowna, British Columbia
Sony A7 11, 90mm F2.8 Emarit Leica lens.

Not to be too obsessive
about being remembered but,

meanwhile in Kelowna,
Lake Okanagan, like so many other places this spring,
is experiencing a 100 year flooding event.

Is this becoming the new normal?

Image 1 and 2, Sony A7 11, 35mm F2.8 Zeiss lens
Image 3, Sony A7 11, 50mm F1.4 Summilux Leica lens.

Mother's day,
Father's day,
My birthday,

We all hope to be remembered.

Park bench in Peachland, British Columbia.
Sony A7 11, 50mm F1.4 Summilux Leica lens.

Perhaps it is our fear of being forgotten,
that moves us to leave something behind.

Love locks, Othello Tunnels, Hope, British Columbia.
Sony A7 11, 90mm F2.8 Elmarit Leica lens.

Our children,
lighting the way.

Othello Tunnels, Hope, British Columbia.
Sony A7 11, 90mm F2.8 Elmarit Leica lens.

The Othello Tunnels in Hope,

Looking up,
the ceilings of railway cathedrals.

Sony A7 11, 16mm - 35mm F4.0 Sony Zeiss lens.

When I shot these images at the Othello Tunnels in Hope 2 weeks ago,
I couldn't help thinking of the old 'Stargate sg1' series
that was shot in Vancouver back in the early 2000's,
where the tunnels represented a portal to other worlds.

It still feels like that,
except they were perfectly aligned tunnels built to get trains through
the Coquihalla Canyon back at the turn of the last century
for the Kettle Valley Railway.

Hope, British Columbia.
Sony A7 11, 90mm F2.8 Elmarit Leica lens with 3 stop ND filter.

Kasugai Gardens in Kelowna.

A return visit,
and new visions...

Sony A7 11, F2.8 90mm Leica Elmarit Lens.

Lethal wall,

or,
opening the door.

These seem to be the choices of our age.

Razor wire, Railtown, Vancouver.
Entry door at Smitty's Oyster House in Gibsons

Sony A7 11, 50mm F1.4 Summilux Leica lens.

Reaching for the sun.

Maplewood Flats and Allied Ship Yards in the Seymour River Estuary, North Vancouver
Sony A7 11, 50mm F1.4 Summilux Leica lens and 90mm F2.8 Elmarit Leica lens.