Iain Leitch Photography

My latest trip took me out to British Columbia, then on a train from Vancouver to Toronto. This is part 1 out of a three part series showing the trip. This post is about Peachland and the Okanagan Lake region. Remembrance memorial on the waterfront in Peachland. Rotary Club clock in Peachland. Public access docks. A hazy morning over the lake. Rock cutout from the former Kettle Valley Railway. View looking to a trestle on the former Kettle Valley Railway. Trestles. Trestles. Trestles. Tunnel entrance. Tunnel exit. Mist rolling in on the trestles. More mist rolling in. Mission Hill vineyard. Mission Hill vineyard. Mission Hill Vineyard. Northern pacific Rattlesnake Osoyoos dessert shrub land Muledeer Osoyoos dessert shrub land Hardy Falls Goderich from the air. We got a free upgrade on Porter. An endangered species.  

This past weekend I had some extra time so I went to downtown Ottawa to get some photos. I started my day off at Pimisi Station and ended my walk with a tour of the temporary Senate building which was Union Station up until the 1960s. Pimisi Station Staircase Statute of an Eel. O-Train leaving the underground tunnel. A very nice shaded path. Justice Building outside the Supreme Court Bank of Canada Anti-trans/gay rights protesters interfering with traffic. Prime Minister Office. Rideau Canal looking at Alexandria Bridge. Great Hall inside the temporary Senate building. Huge windows inside the Senate. Inside the red chambers which is the Senate of Canada. Pillar inside the great hall of the temporary Senate.  

My yearly trip up to my family's "Hunt Camp" was last weekend. It was a great time seeing the family and seeing the beautiful landscape that it sits on.  Main Lake at the Camp Reflections in the Lake Reflations on the other side of the lake A scenic lookout on the way home Rockingham Church on the way home  

This past weekend, I was out for a bike ride and had passed by Sawmill Creek when I spoted a Great Egret. I decide to go back a couple of days later with my camera to see if I could spot it again, and I was not disappointed.  Great Blue Heron Through the Reeds. Song Sparrow Green Frog Great Egret Great Egret Song Sparrow  

The first and most likely only camping trip this year was just taken on the July 1st long weekend. It is probably going to be the only trip because we just got a puppy and aren't quite at the stage yet of taking her camping.  In some other news I got a new camera. Henrys was having an trade in event and for once was offering a fair deal. I traded in my Nikon D7200 and got a Sony Alpha a6600 instead. I got a 70-350mm lens and have an 16-50mm lens on order that should hopefully be in mid August. That is currently why all my photos are zoomed in and there is no landscape ones.  Sunset from the beach before the storm. Taken on my Pixel 6 My new camera with zoom lens. Slug basking in sunlight on a rock. Dragon fly resting. Black and White Warbler Red Eyed Vireo  Female American Redstart Ovenbird Mushrooms and Moss. Female Yellow Bellied Sapsucker.