I was out early one sunny morning this week to be rewarded with frost in Meech Creek Valley. I was fortunate to be early enough to enjoy the vision before it was melted by the sun: frost in the trees, on the ground and, all over the tall plants standing along the sides of the […]
The past few weeks I’ve been a bit frustrated. I felt so drawn to capture views of the expansive ridges blazing with colours yet weather and life seemed to conspire against me: whenever I had time to visit the Park either the colours hadn’t arrived or the weather was awful. So this week on the […]
I’ve loved this delightful little lake since I was a teenager and would walk from Kingsmere Lake along Kingsmere Rd to visit it, a road that no longer exists. In the past few years I often take a break from a walk or snowshoe outing to sit along its shore and simply breathe in its […]
Today is the first official day of autumn so Kody and I walked around in the Gats to check out the progress of the colours. There was not much colour at all to see, but there definitely was a palpable feeling that we are transitioning into the next season: there is a dryness to everything and […]
Fortune Lake has such character, from whatever angle you view it, and whatever time of year. It changes so over the season which is one of the reasons I’ve found myself returning every now and then this summer to see what is emerging. I’ve found I prefer the view from the ‘other side of the […]
Last weekend we experienced early morning fog as the cool evening air flowed over the warmer lake water. I was out early to see this and was rewarded with some beautiful sights. This first photo was taken along the O’Brian Trail (#36) near Meech Lake. I’d noticed this dead tree lying in the water on […]
I spent a delightful foggy Saturday morning revisiting one of my favourite places – the Meech Creek Valley. This past week on my return from a hike into Herridge Lodge I felt the valley beckon me: as the trail exits the forest on our return, the valley spreads out before you breathtakingly in all directions. […]
I took this photo early one morning of an unnamed creek that flows alongside the Waterfall Trail near Mackenzie King Estate. It’s quite a beautiful creek, meandering back and forth through the forest until it becomes a waterfall flowing over the Eardley escarpment. At this time of year, late July, the creek had little flow […]
This photo was taken close to the summer solstice in the early morning, just off Western Trail (#9) not far from Fortune Lake. I’d been in here a few times in the early evening sitting and watching a very active beaver –on top of his lodge doing repairs, and then entertaining me by swimming circles. […]
This week I spent some time at the Mackenzie King Estate with my teacher Harry. I’ve been here often, but really only to ‘pass through’ when snowshoeing or hiking when I would marvel at the beauty of the estate, but never take the time to actually pay attention and become present to its beauty. This […]
