A quick picture of a canyon on the drive to the Kootenays. Why are all the nice places on dangerous curves?

This deer couldn't have been too happy in the freezing rain. The weather was miserable!!

One more picture for Lorien. You asked for it and here it is..... Sandon.

The sun peers hesitantly through a layer of cloud and is reflected in Kootenay Lake.

Lorien tells me that this building is the Quaker Free Press office. Pretty neat place to work!!

The delicate white of new snow coats the mountains above Kaslo.

Sunlight penetrates a thick cover of cloud to light up a distant Kootenay peak.

A thick blanket of new snow gives this pass near Kelowna a mystical look.

A fiery sunset over the Fraser River in Vancouver.

The town of Langdale with a snowy Mount Elphinstone in the background.

Sunset at Roberts Creek Beach. This one was a bit more subtle than most.

A stroll down to Secret Beach at sunset yielded this expansive view of Howe Sound.

The delicate brush of frost sculpts this mundane blackberry bramble into a beautiful object.

One more sunrise picture. This one is for Lorien...

Sunrise over Howe Sound. The warm reds and golds of the sky belie the coldness of the day.

Early morning light over the North shore mountains. Note Cypress Bowl in the distance.

A black and white treatment of snow on Mount Hollyburn.

A brilliant December sunrise in Gibsons. THe light of Howe sound is ever changing and never dull.

Snow at sunset lends the landscape a sensual look.

This overfed pirate was looking for handouts at the top of Hollyburn Mountain. It appears he was quite successful!!

A brilliant pink sunrise over Gibsons harbour. I suppose sailors should take warning from a sunrise like this, but they were heading out anyway.

Here is a nice sunset for Lorien.

Here is a view of Howe Sound given the Ansel Adams treatment.

Fresh snow on Mount Elphinstone framed by a dead tree. This image would work in black and white as well.

Sunbeams lancing down through heavy clouds can be almost a religious experience.

Snow is quite rare on the Coast. Arbutus and snow aren't usually seen together.

Here is Lorien engaged in her favourite activity, reading a second hand book . She has an uncanny instinct for finding the oldest used books around!!

Another picture from foggy Gibsons. I'd love to hop aboard a sailing ship and roam the seas as a pirate. Unfortunately my knot tying skills are horrible.

A suitably nautical theme. Hooks, boats, gulls and sea fog.

Fog always creates interesting images. This arbutus tree is no exception.

The delicate shades of alpenglow colour the Norht Shore Mountains as the Sun sets on another beautiful Vanocuver day.

Siwash Rock is one of the most distinctive features of the Stanley Park Seawall.

Sunset over the Lionsgate bridge with fresh snow on the North Shore Mountains. Vancouver is truly a unique place.

The subtle yet brilliant colors of late autumn captured in Laurel's garden.

The soft velvety water makes an almost abstract pattern against the wet river rocks.

A burst of sunlight and blue sky after days of rain.

An autumn sunset at Davis Bay Sometimes it seems that we go for weeks without seeing the sun, but when it comes it is spectacular.

Rainbows bring hope in troubled times. That such beauty can exist and be so ephemeral fills me with wonder.

Another view of Joffre Glacier from this summer, this time given a vaguely Ansel Adams treatment.

The rich ochers and oranges of fallen leaves are a rare but welcome sight in the coastal rainforest.

I was going through some old photos from the summer and discovered this beautiful one of Joffre Lakes and the rapidly retreating glaciers there.

A very subtle sunrise this morning. The sky was a mixture of lavender and delicate salmon pink with a hink of mist. It was worth dragging my sick carcass out of bed!!!

Yet another golden autumn picture. This one is from a walk through an alder grove in Stanley Park.

A walk in the woods on a rare sunny October day (Thursday) yielded this crisp scene.

A field of alpine plants gets a delicate autumn paint job. THe reds, pinks and maroons contrast nicely with the deep green of the evergreens.

Sunset at Westham Island in Ladner. It doesn't have to be wilderness to be beautiful.

While our western Bigleaf maples aren't as colorful as their eastern counterparts they are equally spectacular when draped in mosses and ferns.

Skies this blue remind me of certain Central American butterflies whose wings looked like precious stones.

Autumn in the mountains is a subtle thing, it is the hidden corners that have the greatest beauty.

If it weren't for the Coast Mountains this could have been a shough in Saskatchewan. I love the strange juxtapositions in Landscape we get here on the West Coast.