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Banana Palm with a large yellow flower and baby bananas

How’s the Weather There in Vancouver, Canada?

November 2, 2021by Albatz Travel Adventures 8 Comments

Between November 2020 and now I’ve learned a few new words to describe the weather. In November 2020, Christmas and New Year’s were cancelled due the 2nd coronavirus wave, and […]

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Alberta, BC, Friendly Friday Photo Challenges
pierced red metal heart and wood sculpture / red berries against rusty corrugated tin wall; two photos next to each other in my photo previewer

2020 Photos in Review

January 8, 2021by Albatz Travel Adventures 11 Comments

Let’s face it, I have been somewhat of a Grinch this Christmas. All over the internet everyone was writing ‘Merry Christmas’ and I was thinking “What’s so merry about it?” […]

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BC, Lens-Artists Photo Challenge
small the 'Blue Hour' at a bird sanctuary in Kelowna, Canada

Out in the Blue Hour in BC’s Okanogan, January 2020

December 4, 2020by Albatz Travel Adventures 2 Comments

Late last year my little camera took back control of the white balance settings – I used them all the time as its auto white balance was horrible, especially in […]

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BC, Cee's Fun Foto Challenge
cherubs crushing grapes in a press in the museum in Mission Hill Winery in West Kelowna, Canada

Mission Hill Winery in West Kelowna, BC’s Okanogan

November 27, 2020by Albatz Travel Adventures 13 Comments

Now. I just finished reading the novel Crush by Jennifer Margaret Fraser, described as a wine thriller. I found it in the little free library on Granville Island near me, my […]

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BC, Lens-Artists Photo Challenge, Novels and Travel Books
Dark sky over Okanogan Lake whilst walking on a cold, cold day in Peachland, Canada

Whilst Walking on a Cold, Cold Day in Peachland, Canada

November 24, 2020by Albatz Travel Adventures 6 Comments

January 30, 2020. Dark sky over Okanogan Lake seen whilst walking on a cold, cold day last January in Peachland. There is a long pier by the beach. The pier […]

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BC, Western USA & Canada
Mural of an exotic woman in a parking lot in the Downtown Eastside

In Search of Street Art in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver

November 1, 2020by Albatz Travel Adventures 3 Comments

My studio mate and I were moaning about how much we miss travelling.  Then I told her about my project to go on photo walks around the murals of the […]

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a silver bear with sunglasses waves from a roof deck backdropped by a Haida-inspired mural.

Meandering Around the Murals of Main Street in Vancouver

October 8, 2020by Albatz Travel Adventures 2 Comments

Lately I’ve been walking around Vancouver’s neighbourhoods checking out the murals. Plus any other oddball thing that catches my attention. I made my way down Broadway past the old Bow […]

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BC, Lens-Artists Photo Challenge

Vancouver Street Art in 2020

September 8, 2020by Albatz Travel Adventures 21 Comments

This week the Friendly Friday Challenge is Street Art.  I figured I would find examples of illegal and unsanctioned Street Art from my early ‘safe’ COVID walks that took me mostly through […]

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BC, Friendly Friday Photo Challenges, Lens-Artists Photo Challenge
Grilled sardines on Italian Day in Vancouver

Summer Traditions for Late June and July in Vancouver

June 29, 2020by Albatz Travel Adventures 8 Comments

Under normal circumstances we stay home during Vancouver’s summer and spend our time at all the great festivals. This year we’re staying home as usual but all the festivals have […]

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BC
Prickly Pear cactus growing on the side of the great Pyramid in Cholula, Mexico

Opuntia, the Prickly Pear Cactus, with Edible Paddles and Fruit

May 19, 2020by Albatz Travel Adventures 5 Comments

The Prickly Pear cactus (Opuntia), with its distinctive oval paddles dotted with spines, flowers and fruits, prefers the arid lands of Las Americas. A wild Prickly Pear cactus growing on […]

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