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A Respite From the Rain

MacKinnon Ravine

It was an absolutely beautiful day. Everything is so waterlogged (but green!) — the sun is a welcome sight. Made it down to the (very high) river. We are 30 to 50 mm above our normal rainfall for June, and there’s still 6 days left!

The ducks are enjoying the rain
Underneath the MacKinnon Ravine bridge
As of today…

Addendum on June 29 (from Josh Classen): “Despite a near-average number of days WITH rain…we’ve received WAY more measurable precip than “normal”. Long-term average for June is 78mm. We’re at 114mm so far this June with even higher amounts elsewhere in the city.”

22C, about 14,000 steps (including walking around Safeway).

Lilac Season

Tom stopping to smell the lilacs on a rainy walk to the game

It’s not only lilac season, it’s Oilers playoff season. Here we are walking to the game. Weather permitting, I park along my old street in Oliver and we walk to and from the games. Usually ends up being around 10,000 steps. Not so fun fact: we lost 6-5 to the Colorado Avalanche.

Yeah, we didn’t win…

Early, like REALLY early morning walk

There are always pretty spider webs on bridges early in the morning

We embarked on our walk at 5:30 in the morning, BEFORE coffee, to beat the heat. It was cool (13C) and beautiful. Later in the day, it was 27C so good call on our parts. Also very easy to socially distance when there is nobody else on the sidewalks!

An early morning sky
The light is SO beautiful this time in the morning
Tom, taking a photo
Awash in green and purple
The long shadows of the morning sun
Note the green worms…

Rainy July

The North Saskatchewan river, looking east toward the Groat bridge

Sunday: We’re having another fantastically rainy July, preceded by a rainy June, but today, around noon, it was gorgeous. Walked with Tom in and around Glenora/Ravine Drive/Valleyview. We had to wait all morning for the skies to clear, but somehow we found a pocket of sun and avoided the ever present rainstorms. It was still very, very humid. About 15,000 steps.

Hello city
Yellow jewels
The river, looking west
Tom, somewhere in the vicinity of Ravine Drive
Clover!
More clover!
A bench with a view

Can’t remember the temperature, but it was about 20C

Walking with Stella

Whitemud Creek after 40mm(?) of rain last night

This post, on the first Sunday of my last summer vacation week, is just a bunch of photos from my walks with Stella in Whitemud over the last week.

Torrential storm last night, so the creek was high and the foliage glistening with water droplets. It’s been a wet late July and early August. I am savouring every moment of summer.

Last Thursday evening