Listening to Gordon Lightfoot and painting Boat House at Maligne Lake, Jasper, Alberta

Home to the Caribou, the Moose and the Harlequin ducks,

and nestled in the majestic Canadian Rockies in Jasper National Park, 

is the very picturesque Maligne Lake!

On both our trips to Maligne Lake, it was cloudy, and grey, 

and the mountain peaks were concealed in mystery

Boat House at Maligne Lake, Jasper, Alberta

24"x36" oil painting on canvas

Painting Snow Leopard at Night

There are less than 10,000 Snow Leopards left on planet earth

Snow Leopard at Night

16"x20" oil painting on Canadian birch wood

1967 Volkswagen Beetle

Since 1963 our family has owned several Volkswagen Beetles.

Here is my 1967 1500cc VW

1967 Volkswagen Beetle

Oil painting on canvas

Airbus A380-800 takeoff from Toronto Pearson International Airport

Cloudy, about 11 degreec C and it's a cool afternoon.

From Danville park, Terminal 1 is more than 5 kilometres away 

(all distances as the crow flies)

Either I find another spot closer to the runway, or 

I get a camera like the Nikon P1000 for better photos.

Today's sole purpose,

is to take photos of the Airbus A380-800, and 

Emirates EK 242 is parked right there! 

(5 kilometres away)

☺

The CN tower is 23 kilometres away

Air Canada jet landing on runway 23.

The same runway that the A380 will use to depart YYZ

6.5 kilometres away is 

The Marilyn Monroe towers in Mississauga

The flight to DXB is ready to taxi and is slowly backing up from the Terminal

Taxiing to runway 23

Meanwhile here's an Air Canada Airbus A321-200 

C-GJWI

Flight AC 115 headed for YVR

EK 242 is waiting for clearance for take off on runway 23.

There's a plane approaching to land on the same runway

Cleared for take off ...

... increase throttle ...

... Lift off ...

... Airborne ...

About 320 kilometres per hour

Check out the exhaust smoke ...

Retracting the landing gear after takeoff

I knew it would turn left,

And fly above our home!

(12 kilometres away, as the crow flies)

Have a nice trip!

Our wooden serving tray cracked, so I glued it and painted Canada Goose in Lake Ontario, Mississauga

Our serving tray

The crack in the tray is still visible from left to right

near the centre

Canada Goose in Lake Ontario, Mississauga

12"x12" oil painting on a cracked wooden serving tray

Plane spotting

The runway is not visible from here, 

but finally found a place where it's easy to park your car 

and do some peaceful plane spotting while having a cup of tea!

This is Emirates A380 EK 242 just after take off now from Pearson International Airport, 

from YYZ to DXB.

It's about 12 kilometres away ...

Now it's almost above me but it's so fast ...

approximately 150 knots (275 kilometres per hour) 

and I'm holding my heavy lens free hand

From this photo you can probably guess where I am ...

And it's gone!

I know it's time for my evening walk when I see my Lufthansa flight 

LH 471 YYZ to FRA

Boeing 747-400

More plane spotting here

It's hard not to move your body when you listen to Zoosters Breakout by Hans Zimmer!

Lovely day to go for a walk along Lake Ontario

Relaxing ...

Thinking of JethroTull and Ian Anderson on flute 

whan I see that second bird :)

Look at those ducklings basking in the sun