Looking out my window

This is more of a "trying to look out my window". This is the view of my car windscreen with snow on it. Not the best view as you can see.

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Out My Window

So yesterday i took a photo looking out the window of a beautiful morning in which the mountains were clearly seen. Today, well, lets just say the weather can change so quickly. You couldn't even see the mountains and the snow was coming down heavy before this photo was taken. The snow plows had already been through at this point as you can see the roads had been "salted" and the traffic had started clearing it up a bit.

Out My Window  If you are wondering what "Out My Window" is all about, it is a bunch of photos that are taken by me of the view looking out my window. I always find it interesting to look back and see what i thought was interesting earlier in my life.

February 15th 2012

Looking out my window.
A view of the street and mountains Looking South from the Living room.
Penticton

Lost Moose Lodge

Took a ride up to the Lost Moose Lodge situated above Penticton. The road from Penticton heads in a vertical direction and just seems to keep on going all the way to the Lodge. I rode this knowing that it was going to be a solid ride and boy, i was not proven wrong. For 8km the road just seems to climb at an average grade of 8% which totals around 2050 ft of climbing. Today this took me roughly 1 and a half hours.
The way down is a lot quicker only taking me 15 minutes which is kind of lucky because my fingers were frozen by the time i got half way down the mountain.
This has been my biggest climb to date (626 metres/ 2050ft). I stopped a few times taking photos so no doubt in the future, i shall surpass the time i did today with a much better time. The mountain bike was the choice for today and it was probably the wise decision because the lower gear ratios allowed me to spin up the mountain rather then grind my way up the mountain like i would have on the road bike.

Strava - Looking for the Moose

Sicamous

The Sicamous, Penticton, BC Canada
8th February 2012.

Okanagan Lake

4th February 2012
View From Munson Mountain, Penticton. Bridget and i were up here looking for a couple of Caches. I am still learning the basics of Geocaching and spent a good 20-30 minutes looking for a Smaller cache that i went past so many times. Bridget happened to find the first cache of the day after looking in a spot that i had looked but things look differently to others. So after learning a valuable lesson, the second cache we went in search for was a lot simpler and only took us a few minutes to find.

Words

Day 2: Words. This is a photo of a Crossword puzzle that i started at Work.
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Your View Today

Day 1: My View today from Sumac Ridge Winery, Summerland, BC.

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Bald Eagle Sighting

After a run this morning, the weather warmed up, so i decided to take the opportunity to get out for a ride as well. Not sure why but i didn't bring my camera. I had my phone but it isn't as good as an actual camera. I've been riding long enough now that i should know to always bring my camera.

Today i happened upon a Bald Eagle sitting so close to us, that i'm sure he could see my eyes dilate from the excitement. I did happen to get some decent photos of the Eagle which wasn't too bad. After sitting for a while to watch and enjoy, i continued on to Okanagan Falls where i took Mclean Creek Rd and saw for the first time, Californian Big Horn Sheep. These guys were further away and would have been great to have had a camera.

Todays Ride-
44 kms
2 hours 24 minutes

Check it out on Endomondo or Strava

The worst of it

So up until now, winter has avoided us pretty well and we have been enjoying some above average temperatures that have been allowing us to get out and about. However today (18th January, 2012) has been the coldest of all with the high being at around -13c. Not only did we have the low temperatures, we also had some snow on and off during the day which has made the roads a little scary to drive on.
Coming into town today, i actually had a bit of a scare when i came up to a traffic light and the roads were a little more slippery then i anticipated and had my ABS on my car come on and had my car fishtailing a little. All this happened at a reasonable 30 km/h but when you have someone else in the car, you worry more about them then yourself.
Below is a picture of Downtown Penticton on the 17th January. Today the roads were totally white.

 

Sumac Ridge on the 17th January 2012

Todays Photo

Okanagan Beach Looking North Towards Kelowna, Penticton, BC, Canada

Sparkling Wine

Photo Of the Day

 
Inniskillin Ice Wine

Black and White

Todays Photo

Taken at Three Mile Beach, Penticton. June 26th 2011

The Drive Home

This is a photo from yesterdays Drive Home. The First Day of summer with the sunsetting at about 9.20pm. This was taken with my phone and doesn't do it justice. The colors of the clouds were amazing.

Humming Birds

 

Once again, i had some time to try and get some Humming bird photos. Today they were in particularly comfortable mood and kept coming back for more. I was able to get a few good shots of the two birds that were feeding from our feeder. There is an orange one that i have seen feeding from our feeder before but i haven't had the luck of capturing him on film.

Other Photos
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Finch

Hummingbird
This Hummingbird photo was taken while cooking on the barbecue. A little closer to the bird. This photo isn't absolutely perfect with the bird a little blurry but still it is a better photo then my other ones taken previously. I am gradually getting the photo i want. I just have to keep on practicing.







Finch
These photos were the best of a handful without a tripod. I should have used the tripod to be able to use a longer shutter speed as the tree was creating a fair amount of shade on the Finch Feeder.

Humming Birds

Today i was luckily able to capture this little hummingbird feeding from my feeder. Hummingbirds are cool little birds that always make me happy when i hear them buzz by. These were taken from my front deck. I have two hummingbirds that i know of that come by for a feed. Hopefully i will be seeing more of them.








And also this woodpecker taking on my Bird Feeder Tree. At the moment i am trying to figure out the species of this Woodpecker. If you know the species, please let me know as it will save me time in research.

Drive Home

This is a picture from today's drive home after work. The weather cleared up a little after a morning of rain. The lake was looking quite lovely.