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I am a retired marketing and business development professional living the good life in the Kootenays of British Columbia. Wild life abounds here and I aim to catch as much of it with my camera as I can.

• One Last Spider, Really

  By Lardeau Valley Time on October 2, 2015 • ( 3 )

  As the fall settles in and temperatures drop, insects – other than cedar bugs – head for cover. Cedar bugs, or slow walkers as we call them in our house, can survive almost anything. They can survive freezing in the freezer… Read More ›

• Change – the Weekly Photo Challenge

  By Lardeau Valley Time on September 29, 2015 • ( 1 )

  

  Some change is subtle and slow, some change is dramatic and fast. These qualify for the latter category I believe.   Avalanche! Change

• Change – the Weekly Photo Challenge

  By Lardeau Valley Time on September 27, 2015 • ( 3 )

  

  Movement on the shore. The water laps gently against the edge of the thin, fragile ice occasionally taking back some of its own. The ice edges closer to the shore, encroaching on the water, freezing drops as it goes. Water… Read More ›

• Timelessness in the Fall

  By Lardeau Valley Time on September 26, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  As fall arrives, things slow down. People start preparing for winter. The sun is cooler. Rain seems to fall more often. The temperature goes down. And in the woods, it is quieter. Sound is muffled. The silence is heavier and… Read More ›

• Change – the Weekly Photo Challenge

  By Lardeau Valley Time on September 25, 2015 • ( 3 )

  

  There is a saying around these parts, and it appears around most parts, of the country – If you don’t like the weather…wait five minutes.           Change

• Fight? No It’s Mating Time!

  By Lardeau Valley Time on September 21, 2015 • ( 1 )

  Recently I put up some photos of two spiders either fighting or possibly mating. I found a spider specialist who was able to answer the question and I have added some of his information and am reposting the photos. Very… Read More ›

• I Can’t Believe I Got the Whole Thing

  By Lardeau Valley Time on September 18, 2015 • ( 11 )

  This to me is amazing – that I was lucky enough to capture this interaction. In my garden, I have several crab spiders. One has been resident for quite some time in a patch of flowers, in fact on the… Read More ›

• Monochromatic Moment

  By Lardeau Valley Time on September 14, 2015 • ( 6 )

  

  Here is my monochrome moment. Not altered at all. Can you guess where and what it is? Monochromatic

• Connected

  By Lardeau Valley Time on September 10, 2015 • ( 2 )

  

  Parent and young have a very strong connection. And nothing expresses that as well as photographs…       Connected

• From All Angles

  By Lardeau Valley Time on September 3, 2015 • ( 12 )

  

  Well, one more shot at from all angles. Sorry, it’s spiders again. But this one did provide me with some angles….. These first few, I think are of a fight between 2 spiders. And one does win.. From Every Angle