September 2025
Back to School and fall days
Walk Around Beaver Lake, Stanley Park
With the
kids back in school our days are dominated by errands and
activities. I happened to get a Saturday afternoon off and
decided to take a walk around Beaver Lake in Stanley Park to see
some Dragonflies. There are many dragonfly species in BC and I
was hoping to catch something new. These little jewels are
nearing the end of their lives but are still full of activity on a
warm day.
I have a macro lens that can get great details, but I'm not keen on
standing in the lake to take the photos and dragonflies do respond
to how close you are. The 400mm gives you the reach to isolate
dragonflies (and butterflies) without scaring them. That said,
you do tend to draw a lot of attention with the tripod and monster
lens.
The lake is always eye catching, even if there are no beavers out.
I took a stroll around the lake and there are no shortage of nice
things to see. Being fall you see more seeds and late season
flowers but that is better than the dry leaves we are going to have
in a few more months.
A good walk and I was home before dinner!
Walk in the UBC Endowment Lands
Sometimes the kids need to get outside and go for a walk.
This weekend had the first pro-d day of the year so the kids had
already been home for two days and they had dug out from a huge
pile of homework (Claira just started high school). Going
for a walk gave Mom some time and quiet.
The kids did eventually
stop making so much noise and focused on the nature. The
Endowment lands are busy so you don't really get long periods of
silence, but it was still nice to take in the details. This
was my first time seeing this birds nest fungus - I really wished I
brought my macro lens or even a tripod.
As
we were walking back to the car the kids spotted a maple tree, the
same that had been around their elementary school. The kids
would take the seed pods and rip them open to make stickers for
their nose. While they are both in high school now, I think
they enjoyed the call back to younger days.
Tags: Stanley Park(4), dragonfly(1), grass(1)
People: Nara(3), Claira(2)
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