Tuesday 31 July 2018

GABRIOLA SUNSET

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Monday 30 July 2018

LAST OF THE LIGHT

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Sunday 29 July 2018

DAWN LIGHT: STEVESTON WHARF

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Saturday 28 July 2018

VOLUBOULIS

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Thursday 26 July 2018

HOTEL PALACIO SAN MARTIN

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Sunday 15 July 2018

BOBBING IN THE BRINE

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Saturday 14 July 2018

GLACIAL FJORD: SEA TO SKY

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A short 90-minute drive north of the city of Vancouver, the nation's gateway to the Pacific, is a recreational Shangri-La ...
Monday 9 July 2018

OLYMPIC PENINSULA FOSSIL FIELD TRIP

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One of the most beautiful in the Pacific Northwest is the Olympic Peninsula from Port Angeles to Neah Bay. This stretch of coastline is...
Friday 6 July 2018

CHATEAUNEUF-DU-PAPE

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Thursday 5 July 2018

SOUTH OF FRANCE

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Wednesday 4 July 2018

BLACK IN AMERICA: PEONAGE REPLACES SLAVERY

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 In 1866, one year after the 13 Amendment was ratified (the amendment that ended slavery), Alabama, Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Georgia, Mis...
Tuesday 3 July 2018

ENHYDRA LUTRIS

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Monday 2 July 2018

TOPSY TURVY: PROCYON LOTOR

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A wee babe finds his world upside down. I have a raccoon friend who lives in the base of the trees behind my place. He was the runt of las...
Sunday 1 July 2018

HAPPY CANADA DAY

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Happy Canada Day. Someone cue the beaver. This fellow was having a tasty snack of fresh dandelions by the side of the road. Completely uni...
Saturday 30 June 2018

SEVEN STREETS AND THREE READING ROOMS

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Friday 29 June 2018

GULLS ON THE FORESHORE: T'SIK'WI

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A gull cries in protest at not getting his share of a meal Gulls, or colloquially seagulls, are seabirds of the family Laridae in the subord...
Thursday 28 June 2018

GOTLAND: SWEDISH TERRENEUVIAN

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Gotland: Swedish Island in the Baltic Sea Gotland, a large Swedish island in the Baltic Sea is a rich source of Cambrian brachiopod foss...
Thursday 21 June 2018

THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST

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One of the most beautiful in the Pacific Northwest is the Olympic Peninsula from Port Angeles to Neah Bay. This stretch of coastline is ...
Saturday 16 June 2018

ICELAND: AURORA

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Thursday 14 June 2018

TERRACOTTA WARRIORS

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The Terracotta Army is a collection of more than 7,000 life-size figures depicting the armies of Qin Shi Huang, First Emperor of China, se...
Tuesday 12 June 2018

TELLING TIME: AMMONITE SUTURES

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Ammonites have intricate patterns on their shells called sutures. The different suture patterns tell us what time period the ammonite is f...
Sunday 10 June 2018

RUGGED BEAUTY: TOFINO

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Wednesday 6 June 2018

AMMONITE: PART AND COUNTERPART

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Ammonites were prolific breeders that evolved rapidly. If you could cast a fishing line into our ancient seas, it is likely that you would...
Sunday 3 June 2018

CaCO3 + CO2 + H2O → Ca (HCO3)2

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  Those of you who live near the sea understand the compulsion to collect shells. They add a little something to our homes and gardens....
Monday 21 May 2018

ORCA: MAX'INUX

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Orca, Black Fish or Killer Whale — these toothed whales in the oceanic dolphin family are one of the most recognized species in the world. T...
Saturday 12 May 2018

ELEPHANT

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When an elephant drinks, it sucks as much as 2 gallons (7.5 liters) of water into its trunk at a time. Then it curls its trunk under, sticks...

HUA MOUNTAINS

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Friday 11 May 2018

QUENSTEDTOCERAS WITH PATHOLOGY

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What you are seeing here is a protuberance extruding from the venter of Quenstedtoceras cf. leachi (Sowerby). It is a pathology in the shel...

MORRAINE LAKE

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Wednesday 9 May 2018

COOL, CRISP MORNING

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