First shots of the 2026 [Rosemary Brown Rec Centre]

Happy New Year. A brand new calendar to fill with plans, goals and good intentions.

And a new year of photo posts for me. It's not a milestone year or anything like that, but I just checked and my first post was seventeen years ago. Wow. I thought my skills would have improved and I'd have more impressive photographs posted by now. But I don't.

But, hey, mediocrity isn't going to stop me from shooting and posting. It's a habit I'm not quite ready to kick just yet. 

So, the first outing of the new year was to visit The Rosemary Brown Recreation Centre in Burnaby. Rosemary Brown was the first black woman elected to the provincial government.

So, here are some of my first shots of 2026 before, at the centre and a few random shots after.

A December Trio of Outings. The Petting Zoo is No More | Christms Lights in Tipperary Park | River Rd on Christmas Day

Three of the last of the Drive-and-a-Coffee outings for 2025.

Firstly we checked out the once popular Queen's Park attraction before stupid Covid took over the world; The summer Petting Zoo. The echoes and shadows there are just sad and lonely now. 

We made a rare Outing-after-Dark on Christmas Eve evening to see how the City of New Westminster had dolled up Tipperary Park. Well done City workers, well done! [these hand-held shots don't do the display justice. It was beautiful out there!]

And a traditional Christmas Morning Drive was had, to enjoy the wonderful absence of traffic and to find an open coffee shop. Success on both counts. And the weather was like an unexpected Christmas present. One of the beautiful-est days since winter arrived.
[Despite how long I've lived out here, I'm still learning to love the snow covered mountains instead of snow covered streets, no matter how melancholy bare pavement is for me this time of year].

Here's to 2026.