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Good morning, World !

Kulshan (Pseudonym) behind me, Simon Fraser University, behind that is Kulshan Stratovolcano (hyperlinked, above).  Some white guys call him Baker, whoever that was.

Minto's one room schoolhouse. - In my formative years I grew up in Minto (March, 1946 - June, 1951), and went to Grade One at Minto's one room schoolhouse.

Simon Fraser University (foreground) Kulshan Stratovolcano© / Mount BakerStratovolcano© (background) - Website: https://mountbakerstratovolcano.blogspot.com/ ~ Image by Stan G. Webb - In Retirement© . https://stangwebb.blogspot.com/

Simon Fraser University (foreground) Kulshan Stratovolcano© / Mount BakerStratovolcano© (background) - Website: https://mountbakerstratovolcano.blogspot.com/ ~ Image by Stan G. Webb - In Retirement© https://stangwebb.blogspot.com/

Kulshan Stratovolcano©

Man From Minto©
Stan G. Webb - In Retirement © [https://stangwebb.blogspot.com/ ]
Sierra Tango Alpha November, Whiskey Echo Bravo Bravo OUT . [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NATO_phonetic_alphabet ]

Walley & Me, Two Old Guys Flying Around

Dedicated to Leonard Thor for picking up a stranger at McGillvery and helping him get sorted.

Thanks to you, Lenard Thor, I I did get to the Bridge River Valley in time to take photographs for the Bridge River Lillooet News of at the Bralorne Baseball Tournament on July 1, 2003.

Pre-Dawn Flight Check

aey swayel mekw wat, 

Dia dhaoibh (Irish, my first language)

Hello Everyone:  

Update: Hyperlinks to my current location are here: Kiwanis Lynn Manor & Me© - The Seasons Of A Man's Life. 
I will continue posting here, as well.
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This short video is dedicated to Wally Mulligan
https://youtu.be/fDm-M_wlJzU [10:39 minutes]
Also On Vimeo https://vimeo.com/294351698

Wally Mulligan and I first met at a meeting of the North Vancouver Kiwanis in the late 1990s.  I was a Director and the Treasurer of Kiwanis at that time.

Wally and I became friends; later he became one of my heroes and mentors.   He had been a great supporter of Kiwanis, often holding the highest office, over many, many years.

Wally was also a most excellent, experienced author, raconteur, naturalist, outdoorsman, and wildlife photographer. He and his family were studying the range and location and specialized in photographing mountain sheep.

After getting to know Wally a little better, I asked him if he would like to come flying with me.  Yes!  Since we were nearing our end of days, I decided to make this flying trip one of special significance to Wally.  Wally's call sign for this trip was Whiskey Alpha Lima Lima Yankee.  Wally died a little while after this flight. I miss him.

My wonderful niece, Sarah and her family, hosted us while we overnighted in 100 Mile House, BC.

The Route: Boundary Bay Airport, Fly to Pemberton BC, Over Railway Pass, Down Hurley River, My First Home Town of Minto, Churn Creek, Gang Ranch, WW2 Bomber Training Base, 100 Mile House, Canim Falls, Mahood Falls, Back to Boundary Bay Airport, Drive Home to North Vancouver Canada.

Sierra Tango Alpha November, Whiskey Echo Bravo Bravo OUT . [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NATO_phonetic_alphabet ]

Time-Lapse Shows Northern Lights Swirl Next to Raging Wildfire in Yukon

Current Wildfire Activity  These images are from 

Storyful Rights Management 

Published on Aug 24, 2018

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https://youtu.be/9X1IKBY3LvQ
(1:09 minutes) this is a great work by another citizen photo-journalist

https://youtu.be/yNHdEr4MbJU (00:07 seconds), a shorter version.

Jason Gendron (on his YouTube Channel). He also has a collection of beautiful photographs on his Facebook page.

Yesterday morning there were more than 555 forest wildfires in BC. Most all BC is covered in forest fire smoke and the AQHI – Air Quality Index has often exceeded 10+ . We now have a Stage 4 Drought in much of our rain forest [Drought Information Bulletins ]. [Angling Closure Information Bulletins . ] The smoke is coming to Metro Vancouver from all points of the compass: - from the north: the entire region (CBC News Report); from east: Keremeos , the Okanagan Valley and Oregon and Washington State; from the south: from the west and south-west Washington Olympic Peninsula and most all of Vancouver Island.


The cool rain and wind coming in from Haida Gwaii are refreshing, but not for long ~ lightning and wind.


Sierra Tango Alpha November, Whiskey Echo Bravo Bravo OUT.

Over Lynn Valley - Tsleil-Waututh Nation©

(Created by Stan G. Webb - In Retirement, a grandfather, an intelligent man of science living on unceeded Tsleil-Waututh NationTsleil-Waututh Nation).
On Wednesday, August 15, 2018 the Province of BC declared a province wide state of emergency, for the next fourteen days.
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https://youtu.be/Yj2cmMoG2fQ (46 sec.)

Over Lynn Valley - Tsleil-Waututh Nation©
August 15, 2018 Post Updated: Wild forest fire smoke is back. (This Award Wining Video taken, edited and uploaded last summer, August 2, 2017.)

Smoke from forest fires moving into the Tsleil-Waututh Nation, Metro Vancouver, Victoria and, indeed, the entire province.

This award is appreciated. It is nice to win awards, again; even if it is one of the shortest videos that I have ever produced.

Rhododendron Rhapsody© 2017 - On the hunt for pollinators.

Rhododendron Rhapsody© (2017) - On the hunt for pollinators and their predators.  
Location: Next to the driveway entrance, Kiwanis Lynn Manor.
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https://youtu.be/0v3H4QlMJrU (4:51 minutes)
Posted on: Stan G. Webb - In Retirement ® © TM - On the hunt for flower and plant pollinators and their predators. You will also find more at  [https://stangwebb.blogspot.ca/]

Please note that, to you, the video may seem out of focus.  I am videographing the middle space, between the camera lens and the flower, to look for the plant pollinators and their predators.  Those guys are very small and very fast.  There are two photograph albums linked below that are in better focus.

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Published on Jun 17, 2017

There are two related Photograph Albums:

Rhododendrons 1

Click on this lead image to expand to the FULL ALBUM; then > ones with arrows for a video clip.

https://1drv.ms/a/s!As3ERW4M8haZoUjCmrrdS2oWRZmW

Rhododendrons 2

Click on this lead image to expand to the FULL ALBUM; then > ones with arrows for a video clip.

https://1drv.ms/a/s!As3ERW4M8haZoVNItM0Xnv8dBRTJ

Lovely to look at, but remember that these are poisonous plants* -- do not allow children, pets or yourself ingest any of part of the azaleas or rhododendrons.

*The Full Story

One of the earliest accounts of mass poisoning dates back to the first century BCE when Roman troops were allegedly poisoned with honey by the Heptakometes of Turkey.  The Roman soldiers were reported to be confused and vomiting and subsequently defeated in battle after eating the honey's Grayanotoxins.  We now believe that they were given honey made from the nectar of the
flowering Rhododendron luteum.

The Music: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in C-sharp minor, S.244/2, is the second in a set of 19 Hungarian Rhapsodies by composer Franz Liszt, and is by far the most famous of the set.  Sergei Rachmaninoff playing The Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2, recorded in 1919 by Edison Records

In both the original piano solo form and in the orchestrated version this composition has enjoyed widespread use in animated cartoons. Its themes have also served as the basis of several popular songs.

Google Images for rhododendron varieties

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhododendron  

Rhododendron /ˌroʊdəˈdɛndrən is a genus of 1,024 species of woody plants in the heath family (Ericaceae), either evergreen or deciduous, and found throughout the world.

You will find more of my Macrophotography Flower and Plant Studies - On the hunt for pollinators and their predators at: - https://stangwebb.blogspot.ca/

Four of my favorites are:

1. An Orange & Wet Day [https://stangwebb.blogspot.ca/2015/07/orange-wet-day_11.html]
   
2. Honeysuckle & Lilacs - On the Hunt for Day and Night Pollinators & Grazers, A Photographic Study in the Rain [https://stangwebb.blogspot.ca/2015/07/honeysuckle-lilacs-on-hunt-for-day-and_29.html]
   
3. Passion Flowers at Dusk [https://stangwebb.blogspot.ca/2015/06/passion-flowers-at-dusk.html] - You will notice that some of the photographs in this photo study are quite dim. It was getting dark and I was hoping to catch some of the night pollinators: ants, bats, moths etc. and I did not want bright light to scare them away.
   
4. Spring Rhapsody – A Photographic Study and Slideshow [http://stangwebb.blogspot.ca/2015/05/spring-rhapsody-photographic-study-and.html]
   

Thank you for your kind attention.

Chilcotin Winter

Where Does All That Water Come From? - Click Image

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https://youtu.be/w3kirGmPXVw (1:19 minutes)

Some Is From The Bridge River, South Chilcotin Mountains