I live in Coquitlam, a suburb of Vancouver, British Columbia. Here on the west coast, we experience a mild, temperate climate. Our winters are typically dull and damp, very damp, in fact! Our temperatures typically vary between 1C and 9C (34F and 48F). Believe it or...
A Smokey Trip to the Palouse Sometimes the best-intended photographic plans go off the rails due to things totally out of your control. When this happens, you need to find a way to see differently. You do not want to let a little bump in the road stifle your...
Since moving to Mississippi two and a half years ago, I have wanted to photograph the cotton fields. However, whenever I came across one, it was either not in bloom, or already harvested. This past fall, I was finally in the right place at the right time! History of...
Contrary to what a lot of people think, Vancouver does not get a lot of snow in the winter. And, it is very rare that there is a white Christmas in Vancouver! In fact, in the last 20 years, we have only had three! This year was a welcome exception. For the holidays we...
Fall in a Cypress Swamp In the Southern U.S., many people feel that we only get two seasons, hot and hotter! We may not have mountains with sugar maples that turn a fiery red in the fall, but we do have bald cypress trees. The bald cypresses turn a brilliant...
Fall in New England is magical! A couple of weeks ago we visited the White Mountain National Forest in New Hampshire and Maine to photograph the fall colours. Unfortunately the weather in the North East has been very warm this year, and the leaves were still a couple...
At the end of August Paul and I spent a week on Saturna Island with our family. Saturna Island is one of the Southern Gulf Islands. It is situated midway between the Lower Mainland of B.C. and Vancouver Island. We rented at a...
We are very lucky to live in such a beautiful location on the Gulf of Mexico, where we get to witness spectacular sunsets. Weeks Bayou is just a few minutes from where we live, and a favourite spot to visit.
A photo from a windy, cloudy walk on East Beach, Ocean Springs, Mississippi. This beach is just a 15-minute drive west of us.
Fall in southern Mississippi is beautiful! Here are some recent photographs from a couple of nearby cypress swamps on Rines and Parkers Lakes.
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