Photos from our Favourite Viewpoint at Applegrove

The sun was shining. The clouds showed impressive formations. So we felt prompted to visit our favourite viewpoint high above the Lower Arrow Lake. Knowing that we would experience an hour of blissful relaxation and visual delight, we took our two lawnchairs with us for our short five-minute trip. For today’s post, I selected three photos out of the dozens of pictures I snapped. Enjoy.

Looking down from our lawn chairs onto Lower Arrow Lake.

The tiger lily, a protected wildflower of British Columbia, adorns the landscape in June.

I liked the capture of the tiger lily in front of the juniper berry bushes so much I could not resist sharing it with you.

Captured near the Fauquier Boat Dock

A few days ago, we went on a leisurely walk down to the Fauquier boat dock. The air was calm turning the lake into a perfect mirror, reflecting the blue sky, the cloud formations, and the trees of the nearby forest. On the way, I snapped a cluster of the dogwood flowers. Also the ubiquitous Alberta rose attracted my attention.

Bumblebee in the Raspberry Patch

Checking out our rapberry plants yesterday, I noticed a mob of pollen addicted bumblebees swarming among the raspberry flowers. With so many of those critters busily circling the flowering berry plants. I had to face a major challenge to capture them with my camera. Alas, out of the 20 shots I took, only one turned out reasonably sharp. Bumblebees take less than a second to grab a tiny portion of pollen, then they are off in search of another flower.

Two wildflowers eager to be captured

Going leisurely on a photography hunt around our yard, I discovered two flowers waving at me in the gentle morning breeze. Not being very good at identifying wildflowers, I used the app PictureThis on my iPhone.

Robert’s Herb

Yellow Salsify

Today it s time to show off our blossoming fruit trees and a mountain scene near we live.

Apple Blossom

Pear Blossom

Crabapple Blossom

Saddle Mountain near Nakusp, BC

Welcome, May

For the beginning of May, I decided to publish a photo of a magnolia bush splendidly showing off its blossoms in April.

A recent warm spell attracted a multitude of our feathery friends, sparrows, robins, and humming birds.

A photo session in the nearby woods led us to a larch branch that offered a refreshing view of its new needles.