Feed of recent photos 2026-10-27T09:50:00Z https://daveshea.com/ Dave Shea 2026-10-27T09:50:00Z https://daveshea.com/photos/feed/486-games/ <img src="https://daveshea.com/images/feed/2026/486-games.jpg" alt="Neon sign reading 486 GAMES seen through a bar-lined window, reflection of the photographer" /> <p>I can''t help but wonder how long this store has been vacant whenever I pass by this sign they left behind.</p> 2026-10-25T11:49:00Z https://daveshea.com/photos/feed/autumnal-reds/ <img src="https://daveshea.com/images/feed/2026/autumnal-reds.jpg" alt="Fallen orange leaves on the hood of a vintage red car, angled photo taken from the front right headlight" /> <p>We're into deep fall where the colours are spectacular, but not for much longer.</p> 2026-10-25T08:42:00Z https://daveshea.com/photos/feed/mopey-hobbes/ <img src="https://daveshea.com/images/feed/2026/mopey-hobbes.jpg" alt="Side profile of a tabby cat in a second-storey window looking upward, blurred bird feeder and residential plants and houses outside" /> <p>I'm solo kitty-parenting for a few days this week, and Hobbes has noticed. Barely saw him yesterday.</p> 2026-10-18T12:00:00Z https://daveshea.com/photos/feed/kentucky-alleyne/ <img src="https://daveshea.com/images/feed/2026/kentuckyalleyne.jpg" alt="Clear teal and blue lake showing a few branches on a light muddy bottom, lined with green forest even more brilliantly reflected in the water, and lower shrubs in fall colours under a cloud-mottled blue sky with remnants of a contrail." /> <p>A mid-highway detour to the Kentucky Alleyne Provincial Park, known for its brilliantly clear lake that seems glacial but isn't.</p> 2026-10-17T12:00:00Z https://daveshea.com/photos/feed/naramata-in-the-fall/ <img src="https://daveshea.com/images/feed/2026/naramata.jpg" alt="Rows of dying yellow grapevines in the foreground, overlooking houses and fields lined with bright orange and red autumn-tinged trees in the nearground, and a small city on a brilliant blue lake with desert scrub running up the mountains behind." /> <p>BC wine country in the fall, seen from the Naramata bench overlooking Okanagan Lake and the town of Penticton.</p> 2026-10-05T12:00:00Z https://daveshea.com/photos/feed/floating-houses/ <img src="https://daveshea.com/images/feed/2026/marina.jpg" alt="Row of bright red, yellow, and blue two-storey hosues running diagonally toward the viewer, reflected in the ocean they sit on broken only by the wooden walkway leading to each." /> <p>The colourful floating houses along North Vancouver's Spirit Trail.</p> 2026-09-30T21:19:00Z https://daveshea.com/photos/feed/grape-must/ <img src="https://daveshea.com/images/feed/2026/grapes-honey.jpg" alt="View of relfective metal pot with a metal masher on crushed deep purpple grape skins, pale yellow fruit interiors, pink juice and stems." /> <p>Before shot of the crushed grape must going into fermentation. This will be a future batch of vermouth, fermented with honey and finished with botanicals I haven't decided on yet.</p> 2026-09-27T15:33:00Z https://daveshea.com/photos/feed/mt-baker/ <img src="https://daveshea.com/images/feed/2026/baker.jpg" alt="Tall volcanic mountain peak in the far distance behind landscape dotted with buildings and bridges far below, green trees and rocks bottom of frame in the foreground" /> <p>Mt Baker is the dormant volcano just across the border in Washington State that towers over many Vancouver-area vistas, as seen in the distance from this photo taken at the top of Mt Strachan on a particularly clear day.</p> 2026-09-19T19:10:00Z https://daveshea.com/photos/feed/pomodoro/ <img src="https://daveshea.com/images/feed/2026/pomodoro.jpg" alt="Twirled spaghetti topped with white meat, jagged purple leaves, green leaves and pink dollops in a rimmed plate against a blue background." /> <p>Peak summer sungold cherry tomato pomodoro spaghetti with crab and mentaiko, purple shiso, and nori.</p> 2026-09-19T10:55:00Z https://daveshea.com/photos/feed/future-sauce/ <img src="https://daveshea.com/images/feed/2026/hotsauce.jpg" alt="Tall mason jar of yellow and orange peppers in clear liquid" /> <p>Fermenting fatali, habanero, and peach reaper peppers in 2% brine for the next two weeks.</p> 2026-09-14T12:00:00Z https://daveshea.com/photos/feed/almost-missed-blt-season/ <img src="https://daveshea.com/images/feed/2026/blt.jpg" alt="Stacked sandwich of lettuce, multi-coloured tomatoes, bacon, and mayo between slices of thick white bread" /> <p>Almost missed BLT season this year, so made shokupan and hit up the farmer's market yesterday to fix that.</p> 2026-08-15T18:50:00Z https://daveshea.com/photos/feed/grilling-picanha/ <img src="https://daveshea.com/images/feed/2026/picanha.jpg" alt="Two skewered curved steaks on a smokey grill with trees, rocks, and ocean in the background" /> <p>Planned in advance for an easy (and substantial) BBQ dinner at a friend's place after finishing the Tour de Victoria 2026</p> 2026-08-15T12:19:00Z https://daveshea.com/photos/feed/tour-de-victoria-2026/ <img src="https://daveshea.com/images/feed/2026/tdv.jpg" alt="Road bike with a numbered tag of 9075 parked against a fountain in front of BC's legislature buildings" /> <p>I rode the 140km Tour de Victoria in 2022 and it kicked my ass. Came back for another go to kick its ass this time.</p> 2026-08-08T12:00:00Z https://daveshea.com/photos/feed/birthday-dinner/ <img src="https://daveshea.com/images/feed/2026/birthday-dinner.jpg" alt="Three slices of pink meat with two asparagus spears arranged at odds, opposed to glossy potatos pucks with dollops of white and brown gel and a glossy sauce with microgreens on top" /> <p>When it's Lauren's birthday weekend, I get busy in the kitchen.</p> 2026-07-20T12:00:00Z https://daveshea.com/photos/feed/departure-boards/ <img src="https://daveshea.com/images/feed/2026/departure-boards.jpg" alt="Blue airport departure board heavy with Canadian destinations organized first alphabetically by city of arrival, then by time" /> <p>Petition for alphabetical by destination to become the standard for all departure boards.</p> 2026-07-17T15:57:00Z https://daveshea.com/photos/feed/ukrainian-museum/ <img src="https://daveshea.com/images/feed/2026/ukrainian-museum.jpg" alt="Painting of a rustic steep-roofed wood cabin in a forest clearing with people in traditional dress" /> <p>Learning about the conditions one side of my family experienced on the Canadian prairies after emigrating. Due to language barriers, I'd never heard these stories directly when I had the chance.</p> 2026-07-16T14:59:00Z https://daveshea.com/photos/feed/canola/ <img src="https://daveshea.com/images/feed/2026/canola.jpg" alt="Bright yellow flowers under a cloudy blue sky, parallel telephone line running across the frame in the distance" /> <p>Peak canola flowering season.</p> 2026-07-16T09:46:00Z https://daveshea.com/photos/feed/bliss/ <img src="https://daveshea.com/images/feed/2026/bliss.jpg" alt="Rolling green hills under a mottled blue sky" /> <p>Five minutes into Saskatchewan and it's straight up bliss.jpg</p> 2026-07-15T12:00:00Z https://daveshea.com/photos/feed/badlands/ <img src="https://daveshea.com/images/feed/2026/badlands.jpg" alt="Canyon rimmed with reddish-tinged ragged layered clay hills topped in low green scrub under a cloudy sky. Foreground is a large hill with tiny people on top to indicate scale." /> <p>The Alberta badlands are impossible to capture in photos, but here’s one anyway.</p> 2026-07-13T12:00:00Z https://daveshea.com/photos/feed/calgary-skyline/ <img src="https://daveshea.com/images/feed/2026/calgary.jpg" alt="Golden hour skyline of large buildings with the distinctive Calgary Tower in between" /> <p>My first visit since I was in my single digits. Calgary seems good, actually.</p> 2026-07-09T12:00:00Z https://daveshea.com/photos/feed/do-not-ent/ <img src="https://daveshea.com/images/feed/2026/do-not-ent.jpg" alt="Road bike in front of a concrete pylon on a beach, spray-painted with the words "CAN|USA DO NOT ENT" indicating the unguarded Canada-USA border" /> <p>I did not ent.</p>