Lupines along the highway

When I was about 21, I worked as a bank teller in downtown Vancouver. I recall an American tourist coming in to cash some travelers cheques and asked if I would add a postcard she had written to our outgoing mail. Of course I read the postcard which expressed her amazement at the wildflowers she saw along the highways in Canada. Almost a half century later, we can still brag about wildflowers on the side of our highways.

These Lupines were photographed at the intersection of Tyner boulevard and Highway 16 and is one of a number of areas around town that boast a prolific display of lupine.

Mad dogs and Englishmen....

As the song goes, only mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the mid day sun ...and never to photograph. Harsh light and strong shadows is the result, however if you are careful you can do it.

Faye had asked for a photo of her black tulips, so on a cloudless sunny day around 1:00 pm I took the photos and indulged some of my own likes at the same time. Nothing says spring to me more than apple blossoms so some more of those and to try and create a different early morning look, I took my spray bottle ...no that's not dew.