Coming out of a Fog...

Since last Wednesday I've been in a bit of a fog...we are experiencing a temperature inversion which means it is colder at lower elevations and warmer at higher elevations resulting in a lot of fog.

 Approximately 15 minutes after the above picture the next one was taken.  This has been my view for several days and sometimes even thicker.

 Thursday morning it was very soupy.  I needed to go uptown to my mom's place to drop a few things off.

 Here is the view from her 13th floor condo...mine is somewhere in all that fog along the river.

 Looking a bit farther east.

 Looking west towards Moody Park you can see frost on the roofs.  It was freezing at my place and about 40 uptown.

 Looking north towards the mountains we call the Lions.

 Descending back into the fog in Queen's Park.

 On Saturday I drove up Burnaby Mtn. to take some pictures of the city.  This is looking north and east up Indian Arm off Burrard Inlet.

 Looking towards downtown Vancouver.

 Swinging more north and west you should be able to see the Lion's Gate Bridge linking downtown Vancouver to West Vancouver.

 A longer shot of how sunny and clear it was on the mountain.

 Every so often there were these fog eruptions.

 Driving back around Brentwood and heading into another fog bank and across looking at some of the buildings along Kingsway in the MetroTown area.

 Caught this sight as I got home with the sun shining thru the end condo's windows.

 Our pump has been repaired and the waterfalls are flowing at a slower rate than usual.

 The next few pictures were taken of the sunset last night. Love the pink highlights in the clouds.

 Pale lavender and pink tones.

 Sky deepening in colour.

 Clouds starting to leave.

 Almost now clouds.  But surprising almost most of the evening I could get a good view of the condo across the river but just before I went to sleep the fog had returned very thick in a blink of an eye.

 This popped up on my Facebook page yesterday such a pretty view.

 I found that you can review your Intagram for the year and went back and checked out 2016 mainly quilt related with a view of the snowy courtyard.

 This year's review was mainly images from my Down the Rabbit Hole Quilt with a centre picture of my tulip quilt.  I've actually been adding some tulips to the DTRH quilt lately.

This is the view this morning, I'm hoping the fog is gone for awhile.  Back to prepping leaves and bias for the DTRH quilt.
                                                    

Hore Frost and a Dusting of Snow!

We've had a temperature inversion for several days resulting in cold temperatures at sea level and warm high in the local mountains.  This results in extensive fog covering the city.

 The effect is almost like dipping branches or the bud above in water and then flash freezing them!

 This wee bud was almost completely coated.

 Across the river you can see the effect on the lacy looking trees that haven't had much sun on them.

 Across at the Surrey Fraser docks.

 This is some of the hair on a Palm Tree.

 Pampas Grass looks frozen in time.

 Palm tree fronds.

 A peeling bark Maple.

 Then we drove up Burnaby Mountain to see the sunset.

 They are high enough to have had a bit of snow. But you can hardly see the city below covered in the fog bank.

 Looking north you can see the wake of a power boat going up the inlet with fog all around.

 You can just make out a few of the higher towers on the left.

 In the central portion of the mauvy pink you can see the shadow of some of the buildings in Vancouver.

 Gorgeous sunset.

 This morning I woke up to a dusting of snow.  The first official snowfall of the season.

 Looking across at the gazebo.

 Back towards the pool.

Have a lovely week.

Roses and views from Burnaby Mountain

Sunday drives are always a fun tradition.  This Sunday mom and I drove up to Burnaby Mountain to have a lovely dinner at Horizons Restaurant.  Burnaby Mountain is about 1200ft high and affords some lovely views of the lower Vancouver area.  They also have some gorgeous rose gardens.

 These yellow booms were so pretty.

 Luscious reds.

 Buds and full blossoms.

 Delicate pinks.

 Pinks with yellow tones.

 This one was called Poseidon, almost a lavender colour.

 A slightly larger blossom.

 Part of the garden with an arbour.

 Deeper pink/red.

 Foxgloves at the end of the cycle.

 Looking down along Burrard Inlet east towards Indian Arm.  Both freighters and pleasure craft far below.

 Burnaby has fun with it's topiary designs.  In the past they have had trees shaped as birds.  Here is what they did in 2008 a fresh snow had fallen.

 I love the wire sculpture of the little one.

 A more full bloom foxglove. About four from the bottom you can see a bee bum in the bud.

 Can you spot it a bit closer look.

 A slightly different view looking towards Indian Arm.  Friends took me up by boat several years ago, it is lovely.

 Looking west towards Stanley Park, with the Lion's Gate Bridge crossing over to the North Shore and in the foreground you can see the Ironworkers' Memorial Second Narrows Crossing, which collapsed while it was being build on June 17, 1958 the bridge collapsed and 78 workers plunged 100 feet and 18 died.
Here is some information of the tragic event.  For many years the name was shortened to the 2nd Narrows Crossing but a few years ago the original name was brought back.

 Looking down towards the downtown area of Vancouver.

 These are Japanese totem gifted to Burnaby by their sister city in Japan.

 This area is very popular year round.  Several families were having picnics on the grass behind us.

 You can see a stop sign in the lower left corner and the road leading down the mountain.  To the left of the sign is a popular sledding hill when it snows.

 Looking toward the Metrotown area of Burnaby.

 One last view of the Vancouver downtown and looking west towards Vancouver Island.  I'm blessed to live in such a lovely rainforest and to have been born here.