January 15th, 2019 — Oil slick around small boats moored next to the causeway onto Granville Island.
Pictures of the day
A full load
January 16th, 2019 — A Honda Ruckus scooter loaded up as if it were a pickup truck leaving the parking lot of Home Depot on Terminal Avenue at Glen Drive.
View from Beach Avenue
January 5th, 2019 — A view of Vancouver House condominium from under the Granville Street Bridge at Beach Avenue.
Empty lot
January 29th, 2003 — Empty lot in the 1100 block of Granville Street.
Homes for homeless
January 10th, 2019 — Housing for the homeless being assembled in the 200 block of Union Street.
The goal post moved
January 6th, 2019 — Participants in a pickup soccer game at Camosun Park move the goal posts to a better position on the field.
No camping
January 5th, 2019 — No camping sign on the steps leading down to the skating rink atRobson Square.
Wind power
December 31st, 2018 — The wind storm that hit Vancouver on December 20th did much worse damage on Salt Spring Island. Thousands of trees were knocked over including this one on Langs Road, a short stretch of pavement at the north end of St. Mary Lake, where more than 30 trees like it fell across power lines. I’ve been photographing root balls for more than 15 years and this is the largest I’ve come across. From the lowest point to the tip it’s three times my height at least. Considering the number of trees that fell it’s surprising more damage to homes didn’t occur but the number of near misses is staggering.
More high tide pictures
December 20th, 2018 — A flooded park at Spanish Banks because of the very high tides on Friday while below a chain link fence in front of the Jericho Sailing club does nothing to stop the rising water.
Jericho Beach Pier
December 20th, 2018 — The pier next to the Jericho Sailing Center being under water because of a king tide and high winds was not enough to dissuade two men crab fishing from the end of the pier. It was only reluctantly they removed themselves after warnings from city crews just before the maximum high tide.
