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An Ode to Vancouver’s Fraser River

February 22, 2021

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La Parroquia de San Miguel Arcángel is the parish church of San Miguel de Allende. Its soaring pink towers dominate the town square. Zeferino

I know I know, it’s spring where I live and I’m posting about autumn! Last autumn I was posting about spring in Japan, and summer on Vancouver Island. Always backwards it seems. So this is for all my family and friends and followers in Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and South America, where it is autumn now; and for the people in all those countries that never have autumn no matter what time of the year it is; and for all the people who simply enjoy the beauty of autumn. Okay, I really just wanted to share these photos, and I’m only now getting around to it. Latest blog post: It’s Autumn Somewhere Right? Fall colours in Vancouver - a photo essay. Link in bio.

A three-day private overland trip across the uninhabited high desert of Bolivia remains one of the highlights of all our travels. Extraordinary ever-changing landscape, and wildlife including flamingoes, viscachas, and vicuña. At some point during the first day we stopped by one of the many beautiful lagoons and our guides, by magic it seemed, produced from the back of the 4×4 some stools to sit on, and on the tailgate proceeded to prepare for us a delicious lunch. The highest point of our journey – 5000 metres or 16,500 feet – is not much lower than the Everest base camps. There were flamingoes in every lagoon we came to. At the end of every day we said "Best day ever!"

I know I know, it’s spring where I live and I’m posting about autumn! Last autumn I was posting about spring in Japan, and summer on Vancouver Island. Always backwards it seems. So this is for all my family and friends and followers in Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and South America, where it is autumn now; and for the people in all those countries that never have autumn no matter what time of the year it is; and for all the people who simply enjoy the beauty of autumn. Okay, I really just wanted to share these photos, and I’m only now getting around to it. Latest blog post: It’s Autumn Somewhere Right? Fall colours in Vancouver - a photo essay. Link in bio.

I know I know, it’s spring where I live and I’m posting about autumn! Last autumn I was posting about spring in Japan, and summer on Vancouver Island. Always backwards it seems. So this is for all my family and friends and followers in Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and South America, where it is autumn now; and for the people in all those countries that never have autumn no matter what time of the year it is; and for all the people who simply enjoy the beauty of autumn. Okay, I really just wanted to share these photos, and I’m only now getting around to it. Latest blog post: It’s Autumn Somewhere Right? Fall colours in Vancouver - a photo essay. Link in bio.

A woman carrying her baby in a shawl walks by the colourful yellow wall of the town's cathedral. She carries a bright pink umbrella against the harsh sun. Because of the backdrop it was one of my favourite places to photograph in San Cristobal de las Casas, Mexico.

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