The summer was coming to an end, Reg and I had had a tough time with some family stuff and my surgery was coming up. We decided to do a quick day trip to a place we had never been: White Rock!
Immediately I was amazed with all the colours of White Rock. They love to make a splash! And the traffic was pretty heavy but by Ontario standards for such a popular area to go to in the summer, not bad at all.
I could have spent all day going to the restaurants and shops but that wasn't why we were there.
We wanted a beach! And, we found one. A stunning BC beach.
So gorgeous. BC beaches don't have fine sand so you will need your beach sandals when you go to one but who cares. I would love to live here, pebbly beach and all.
I was going through an experimental phase with my hair at this time, trying different colours. Took me a while to realize that orangey blonde was not my colour, LOL. But who cares? I was by the water!
It is true that everything in BC is larger than life. I should have gotten Reg to stand by this old trunk of a tree washed onto the beach for scale. Oh well!
One of my favourite Reg photos ever. At this time I was finally starting to deal with my anxiety of photographing people and felt like I made a major breakthrough at this point. I love this photo...
A painted heart on one of the park benches. I found heart-shapes all over BC while I lived there.
One of my favourite trees ever, the arbutus tree. You only find these along the water in BC and on Vancouver Island, definitely not in our neighbourhood. Their bright red bark burns in the sunset and they lose their bark in the winter. Scandalous trees! I *heart* them deeply. I think of them every day.
I have mentioned that I have a thing about old shacks, right? So I just had to photograph this one floating on the water.
And here is one that we drove by on the way home. We knew that was not going to be our last visit to White Rock. What a perfect day that way.
4 comments:
That IS a wonderful portrait of Reg! And BC beaches always have logs and driftwood on them too, just like your photos.
Beautiful, everything is just so beautiful there. Lovely photos all around, both scenic and of you and Reg. It really makes me realize just how bland things are around here in suburbia, I need a change of scenery!
I am glad you agree Debra! I just adore that photo, it really captures personality and spirit. It's true, those beaches do always have tons of logs on them.
Ava, I know, it's hard to be in the burbs when there is this world out there. I guess I am escaping here by writing about there.
Pretty place, the first city pic reminds of San Francisco, hilly and colorful.
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