23.10.08

Big Bar Lake

My Associate Interior Designer and CAD Technician extrodinaire, Carole Root, has just come back from a fishing weekend at a cabin set on Big Bar Lake.  Big Bar Lake is situated in the High Country Region (or as it is commonly referred to as "The Cariboo") of British Columbia and is located north of Clinton and west of 70 Mile House.  It is some of the most beautiful countryside I have set my eyes on. The weather was perfect autumn days when the colors are magnificent, crisp and clear.  I can almost smell the lake and the freshness of the air when I look at these pictures.  How wonderful to be out in nature, truly away from it all.  Below are some of the pictures Carole took with her new camera, a  Canon Rebel XSI.  I hope these pictures are as much a feast for your eyes as they are for mine.  Thanks Carole.  Enjoy..........

BigBarLk Sunrise
Big Bar Lake Sunrise (that is the moon still visible in the sky)

BigBarCreek
Big Bar Creek

Aspen
Aspen

BullRush
Bull Rush

Bush
Bush

Grass
Grass

GreyBird
Gray Bird
Post Script Oct 30 2008   Gray bird photo is actually a Gray Jay otherwise known as a Whiskey Jack. What's in a name? Well our First Nations people knew this creature as "wiss-ka-tjon" or "wis-ka-chon". In the old-time lumbering days the Jay would visit the lumberjacks in the northern forests of Canada. In turn, the lumberjacks shared their grub with it and came to call it "Whiskey-Jack". Now the bird's modern "common" name is "Gray Jay" or "Canada Jay"(and its scientific name is Perisoreus Canadensis).

JackPine
Jack Pine

trout&rod
Trout & Rod

BigBarLk Sunset
Big Bar Lake Sunset

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27 comments:

  1. Patricia, these photos are stunning! Clearly Carole is a very talented photographer. Feeling like I need another holiday . . .

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  2. That place is a magic, and the photography.. so profesional!!

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  3. Brent and I stayed at the Big Bar Guest Ranch many years ago - still one of our favourite memories is walking along a trail and coming across the path of a beautiful silver wolf. Frightening but beautiful. It really is a world apart from our daily city living.

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  4. Anonymous24/10/08

    Patricia, if you look at the Jack Pine photo without focusing too much, it appears like wall paper or fabric- with the spacing, ground color and layout designed just perfectly.

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  5. What a restful, beautiful place:)

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  6. Oh Canada! We're so fortunate.

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  7. Anonymous24/10/08

    Thank you for the beautiful photos Patricia, they are a joy to the eye

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  8. Tremendous pics. The first one and the Jack Pine were incredible.

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  9. Anonymous24/10/08

    JUST BEAUTIFUL- ARe you sure Carole used a Nikon-- And not the CANON? I could not find info on the Nikon on the net- As I am looking for a new camera, myself...

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  10. Hi Lenore
    Yes the camera is a Canon. I have correted it on the post. Sorry for the confusion.

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  11. As a passionate photographer myself I always enjoy other's images. The fish particularly caught (!) my eyes for the composition with the diagonal lines and the story the picture is telling us. I am always fascinated by "stories".

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  12. Anonymous24/10/08

    Thank-you Patricia for your remarkable enthusiam and support which never seizes to amaze me. Carole

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  13. Such beautiful photos! What a talented photographer you have in your design associate!!!

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  14. Anonymous24/10/08

    All I can say regarding the "Gray" Blog is Wow!!!!

    Carole's Mom Denise

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  15. And you should add to Carole's titles, photographer extraordinaire :)
    thank you for posting them, they are so peaceful I could only imagine what it would be like to actually be there.

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  16. Spectacular photos of a spectacular place!
    xo xo

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  17. Anonymous26/10/08

    Carissima Patricia,

    A simply wonderful post and stunning photography. Lovely solitude! Reminds me quite a lot of north Sweden - the birch tree, the trout, crystal clear water.... Thanks for the trip! Bacione, Ingrid

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  18. Anonymous29/10/08

    Oh my word those photo's are just stunning, Patricia. Thanks for sharing them.

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  19. These photos are gorgeous ! Did Carole take them ??
    They make me want to go there for sure ! It seems so peaceful!
    I want a cabin there

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  20. Anonymous30/10/08

    Gray bird photo is actually a Gray Jay otherwise known as a Whiskey Jack. What's in a name? Well our First Nations people knew this creature as "wiss-ka-tjon" or "wis-ka-chon". In the old-time lumbering days the Jay would visit the lumberjacks in the northern forests of Canada. In turn, the lumberjacks shared their grub with it and came to call it "Whiskey-Jack". Now the bird's modern "common" name is "Gray Jay" or "Canada Jay"(and its scientific name is Perisoreus Canadensis).

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  21. Hi Melanie
    Yes Carole took these photos with her new camera.

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  22. He Carole
    Thanks for the information on "Gray Bird" photo. I have added it to the Post.

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  23. Hi Jamie
    It is so nice to hear from you on my Blog!

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  24. Anonymous10/11/08

    I'm amazed by your nature pictures, some of them look like fabric pattern .

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  25. Anonymous17/11/08

    These Pictures are really beautiful & each one is unique by itself.

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  26. Anonymous27/11/08

    These photo's just show how beautiful nature is and the so so beautiful thank you for sharing

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  27. Anonymous16/2/09

    Fantastic pictures. Super dooooper and three cheers for Carol...

    Alain Gauthier
    Ste-Therese, Que

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