My blog has been silent for 3 weeks...
but now awakes,
with a wealth of new experiences,
and images...

But before we go away there is always a host of things to do,
complete work contracts,
make sure the bills are paid,
park the cars,
lock the door...

Then 15 airborne hours plus 9 some time zone changes later,
we enter a new world...

Image 5, In Vancouver, cars are parked and doors locked, Iphone 4s
Image 4, Amsterdam Central Station, Nikon D600, 28mm lens
Image 3, 2 and 1, Amsterdam Central Station bike parking, where is my bike?
Nikon D600, 28mm-70mm Nikkor lens

Her are a couple more images shot around Kelowna,
Instead of man made architecture how about a few of God' best...

More then 5 years ago the great Okanagan Mountain Fire swept through the upper reaches of the east side of Okanagan Lake wiping out large tracks of forest, more then 200 homes and most of the restored Kettle Valley Railroad bridges in Myra Canyon.
The evidence of the fire is still very evident...
but rapidly changing.
Nikon D600, 105mm F2.8 AFD Nikkor lens

Tuscany in the Okanagan,
At least this is the von Mandl family Germanic version of Tuscany in West Kelowna...

Images shot at Mission Hill Winery in West Kelowna, designed by Seattle Architect, Tom Kundig
Minolta CLE, 28mm F2.8 Elmarit ASPH Leica lens, Fuji Velvia 50 film

Lynn Canyon revisited...
A few more images of this very special,
ever changing place...

A world of green...
Until I moved to North Vancouver I don't think I really understood the power of the colour green and how it dominates the light here. Every other shade is touched by it, and, as we move further along the gradual spring progression, every other hue moves with it.
The First Peoples of the North have hundreds of words for snow,
Perhaps we should follow with hundreds of words for,
growing things...

Minolta CLE, 50mm F1.4 Canon LTM lens, Fuji Velvia 50 film.

Lynn Canyon re visited...
Every visit is a new visit,
every week, 
a new week...

Minolta CLE, 50mm F1.4 Canon LTM lens, Fuji Velvia 100 converted to B&W

Shadows,
and the odd things we see...

Image 1 and 2, Nikon FE2, 85mm F2.0 Nikkor AIS lens, Kodak Tri X 400 film
Image 3, Leica M6, 50mm F1.4 Canon LTM lens, Kodak Tri X 400 film

Sometimes the most mundane objects,
when lit a particular way...
become something else.

Patio chairs at Mission Hill Winery, Kelowna, British Columbia.
Iphone 4s