Stormy Day at Donkersley

Friday and Saturday were officially our first stormy days here on the beautiful sunshine coast. Heavy rainfall and strong winds created some amazing photographic opportunities just steps from my front door. Here's a couple of my favs

BC/Alberta road trip

Ahhh I am sooo behind with my posts! It has been way too nice of a summer to sit inside and go through the THOUSANDS of photos I've taken, but I thought I had better get started or I will get buried under a mountain of files. My new few posts are going to be totally out of order, and all depends on which photos I feel like looking at. So here we go...

Jordan and I took a few days off to go on a little road trip through BC and western Alberta. Our route took us through Glacier, Yoho and Banff national parks, then down through Kananaskis (AMAZING), along the Cowboy trail then back through southern BC. We drove about 2600km and actually ended up coming back a day early cause it was so freakin hot in the southern interior. I didn't take nearly as many pictures as I wanted to, but here's a few of my favs.

Photo Contest

About a month ago Jordan's Aunt convinced me to enter the Powell River Living Magazine Photo contest. I went home and looked it up online, and decided what the heck? Might as well... The grand prize? Free entry into the Coast in Focus Photography Seminar. Not wanting to miss out on the opportunity to attend this seminar, I signed up anyway, submitted my 3 favortie photos to the contest and promptly forgot about it.

I got a call this afternoon from the PR Living representative saying that my photo had won the grand prize, and in adition, another of mine was chosen as the runner up by a blind judging!! I am so excited and can't wait for the seminar this weekend! Here was the photos I submitted...

The winner....

The runner up:

For the love of Toba Town

I spent the last two weeks of April up in Toba inlet supervising the tree planting that I spent months organizing. While the terrain was brutal and the days were long, I was blessed with some amazing photo ops (inlcuding one that is a stong contender for favorite).

Spring is a beautiful time on the coast especially in the valley bottoms where everything is fresh and green. So here is some of my favorites!

Love love love this one

Saved my favorite for last...

Spring!

Spring is turning into one of my favorite times of year. Fresh green sprouting everywhere after the dull gray winter and pretty little flowers everywhere! Here's a few pics from around the yard I took while experimentiung with Jordan's new macro lens.

The bugs are all Jordan's. I personally don't want to see them that close!

And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it. -- Roald Dahl

"Those who dwell among the beauties and mysteries of the earth are never alone or weary of life"
Rachel Carson