Recent photo feed

RSS

Ephemeral photos that once would have populated the feed of a popular photo-sharing app I no longer use. Perhaps I’ll get around to syndicating these to PixelFed in the future, but in the meantime this stream has an RSS feed.

  • Neon sign reading 486 GAMES seen through a bar-lined window, reflection of the photographer

    I can”t help but wonder how long this store has been vacant whenever I pass by this sign they left behind.

  • Fallen orange leaves on the hood of a vintage red car, angled photo taken from the front right headlight

    We’re into deep fall where the colours are spectacular, but not for much longer.

  • Side profile of a tabby cat in a second-storey window looking upward, blurred bird feeder and residential plants and houses outside

    I’m solo kitty-parenting for a few days this week, and Hobbes has noticed. Barely saw him yesterday.

  • 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.

    A mid-highway detour to the Kentucky Alleyne Provincial Park, known for its brilliantly clear lake that seems glacial but isn’t.

  • 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.

    BC wine country in the fall, seen from the Naramata bench overlooking Okanagan Lake and the town of Penticton.

  • 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.

    The colourful floating houses along North Vancouver’s Spirit Trail.

  • View of relfective metal pot with a metal masher on crushed deep purpple grape skins, pale yellow fruit interiors, pink juice and stems.

    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.

  • 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

    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.

  • Twirled spaghetti topped with white meat, jagged purple leaves, green leaves and pink dollops in a rimmed plate against a blue background.

    Peak summer sungold cherry tomato pomodoro spaghetti with crab and mentaiko, purple shiso, and nori.

  • Tall mason jar of yellow and orange peppers in clear liquid

    Fermenting fatali, habanero, and peach reaper peppers in 2% brine for the next two weeks.

  • Stacked sandwich of lettuce, multi-coloured tomatoes, bacon, and mayo between slices of thick white bread

    Almost missed BLT season this year, so made shokupan and hit up the farmer’s market yesterday to fix that.

  • Two skewered curved steaks on a smokey grill with trees, rocks, and ocean in the background

    Planned in advance for an easy (and substantial) BBQ dinner at a friend’s place after finishing the Tour de Victoria 2026

  • Road bike with a numbered tag of 9075 parked against a fountain in front of BC's legislature buildings

    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.

  • 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

    When it’s Lauren’s birthday weekend, I get busy in the kitchen.

  • Blue airport departure board heavy with Canadian destinations organized first alphabetically by city of arrival, then by time

    Petition for alphabetical by destination to become the standard for all departure boards.

  • Painting of a rustic steep-roofed wood cabin in a forest clearing with people in traditional dress

    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.

  • Bright yellow flowers under a cloudy blue sky, parallel telephone line running across the frame in the distance

    Peak canola flowering season.

  • Rolling green hills under a mottled blue sky

    Five minutes into Saskatchewan and it’s straight up bliss.jpg

  • 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.

    The Alberta badlands are impossible to capture in photos, but here’s one anyway.

  • Golden hour skyline of large buildings with the distinctive Calgary Tower in between

    My first visit since I was in my single digits. Calgary seems good, actually.

© Copyright 2015 – 2026 Dave Shea. All rights reserved.

Top