Erika Water Photography

Port Coquitlam Trayboulay Trail

The Port Coquitlam Trayboulay trail is over 55km long. It goes around the entire town and even into parts of Coquitlam.

This part of the trail is the beginning of this trail.

Great blue heron sitting on a piling

Family of Canada Geese

White rhododendron flowers

Pigeon sitting on a piling

Pidgeons sitting on posts

Pigeon sitting on a post

Feather on a post

Canada goose on a log

Flying Osprey

Pitt River leading to Mount Baker

Mount Baker

Grant Narrows Regional Park at Pitt Lake

In Grant Narrows Regional Park, there is a trail that runs between the marsh and the lake. It is about 1.5 miles long. The walk is on level ground with a gravel driveway complete with stunning 360 degree views of mountains.

On the walk, there are views of the Golden Ears and Pinecone Mountains. It is one of the most beautiful hikes I’ve ever been on. It’s so peaceful and is one of the most beautiful places on Earth.

Pinecone Mountains and Pitt Lake

The view when you first start the walk.

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Canada geese with goslings

While on our walk, we saw 2 adult Canada Geese with 3 goslings. They came closer to us and swam beside us in the water for at least 5 minutes on the walk.

Tree reflection in Pitt-Addington Marsh

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Mount Judge

There are views of Mount Judge. One of the Golden Ears Mountains. It doesn’t show until half way through the hike.

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Dragonfly on a blackberry bush leaf

My husband while on our walk found a dragonfly sitting on a blackberry bush in the sun. I stopped and took this picture of it. The details are remarkable in the wings.

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Osprey nest with mountain backdrop

Osprey nest

While on the hike near the end of the road, there was an osprey nest on an old post. The osprey were protective with their nest. Since it is spring, it is likely filled with eggs or small birds.

Osprey nest with Pinecone Mountains backdrop

Stanley Park - 2nd Beach

Iono Beach

Deep Cove

Pitt-Addington Marsh

View of Mount Osprey

Port Coquitlam Green Belt

Lafarge Park

Lafarge Park is located in downtown Coquitlam, BC. The path around the lake is 2.5km. Great for any avid walkers/hikers with an easy, beautiful path.

The high schools often do gym classes at the lake. During nice days they bring out the canoes and other days they just walk around the lake.

Morning Sun at Lafarge Park

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Lafarge Park

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Turtle floating on a log on the lake

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Old Orchard Park

White Pine Beach, BC

Sasamat Lake 1

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Sasamat Lake 2

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Canada Geese on Sasamat Lake

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White Pine Beach

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Belcarra Regional Park, BC

Oregon Coast

Sunset at Depoe Bay

Holiday beach

Low tide at seal rock

Rocks at seal rock

Cannon Beach, Oregon

Haystack rock at Cannon beach

Newport, Oregon

Bridge in Newport

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Nye Beach, Newport, Oregon

Sunset at Nye Beach

Twilight at Nye Beach

Holiday Beach

Holiday beach is known for the hardened lava to show during low tide. Millions of years ago when a super volcano erupted, there was lava that poured over most of Oregon.

Many of the beaches in Oregon have these areas during low tide that show the lava patches. Some have large rocks that remain visible.

Holiday beach at Sunset

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Rocks at Sunset

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Devil's Punchbowl

Depoe Bay, Oregon

Depoe Bay at Sunset

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Pacific City, Oregon

Rock tower on the ocean

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Surfers at Pacific City

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Hug Point, Oregon

Hug point beach

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Hug point beach

Rocks during low tide at hug point

Hug point

Rock at Hug Point

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Olympia Local

Foggy day in downtown on the docks

Canoes at Steamboat Island

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Rainbow Rails

Around Seattle

Autumn

A celebration of autumn through photographs.

Bradley Lake Trail during Autumn

Bradley Lake in the autumn afternoon

autumn leaves

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Ohme Gardens, Leavenworth, Washington

These photos were taken from a hike I took over the summer at Ohme Gardens in Wenatchee, Washington. It was a beautiful hike half in the shade, half in the sun. There were many trees and other shrubs native to Wenatchee forest. Most of the paths had stone stairs to get up and down the hills, a couple of ponds with koi in them, and some stone benches for a small break. It was truly a wonderful enjoyment of beauty.

Pond at Ohme Gardens

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Spring

Celebrate spring time with flowers.

Summer

Fall in love with summer with these photographs.

Lily in the afternoon sun

Succulents

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Lilies

Lilies are my favorite flower and one of the most beautiful of the summer. There are two types of lilies shown here: day lilies and canna lilies. Please enjoy them as I do!

Purple Day Lily

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Purple Day Lily

Butter Yellow Day Lily

Orange Canna Lily

Roses

The flower that blooms spring through fall is one of many favorites. In many different shades and sizes, there are many roses here. I invite you to look through the beauty seen.

Tulips

Red tulip with rain water

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Artist Top Pics

These are my personal favorites from my collection. Some have been posted on this site and some have not. I love finding new ways of looking at things. There is so much beauty in this world, you just need to know where to find it.

The biggest challenge for creating this page was narrowing it down to only a handful of pictures that were my personal favorites. I have many more favorites throughout the site that I personally love. What is difficult is choosing the ones I enjoy the most.

What are your favorite pictures? What are some things you like?

Austin Capital "looking up"

When I visited the Texas State Capital in the tallest part of the building I stood in the middle of the room and looked up. This is one of my most favorite photos I’ve taken thus far.

Purple Lily

When I was interning at Microsoft one summer on my lunch breaks I would go outside on the grounds and walk. There was one very sunny day where the lighting was bright and beautiful. I loved the way the light hit this flower and I just had to take it. For four months this was the background on my phone.

Leaf in the water

One cloudy day I was at Bradley Lake and I found this leaf in the water. I crouched down and took a picture thinking this would make a great photo. I didn’t realize that I also captured the reflection of the clouds until I got home later that evening. I love the way this one turned out!

Rain filled tulip

During the Spring we get a large amount of rain when the tulips grow. After a rainfall I had gone outside to take some photos around the garden. I love the way the water pools in the tulip.

Little flower

I forgot the name of this flower but it is very small. This photo was an accidental shot and I wasn’t able to see the screen all that well. You can’t really tell but the shot was taken with my phone up-side-down.

Despite the size of the flower, I love how I was able to make it look so much larger than it is. Each of these flowers were smaller than a dime before they are in full bloom.

Little flower with an extra petal

This is the same flower as taken above. Different lighting can bring out more rich tones in pictures sometimes. This was the only one of the bunch that was standing straight up in the garden. This is also one of my most favorite shots.

Leaves on the trees

This photo was also taken at Bradley Lake Park. It was cloudy out that day and when I looked up to take the picture it created silhouettes of the trees. This is one of the most neat photos I have taken.

Bradley Lake on an autumn cloudy day

it was a very cloudy day. This was taken the same day as the leaf in the water and the previous image with the tree silhouettes. Absolutely spectacular with as calm as the water was.

Hidden bridge at Bradley Lake

This is the bridge for the path that wraps around the lake. Like most modern parks, there is a paved path that wraps around the lake. It was a partly cloudy day in early November when I took this. I love the setting in this photo and the story it tells.

Fall leaves

There are some bushes I found on the side of the road during autumn that had turned color. They looked beautiful so I pulled over one rainy Saturday and took some pics. This is one of the backgrounds I use for my texting apps.

Orange mums

Out shopping with my mom at McLendon’s and they had many of these in full bloom. There was some sunlight poking in through the slits in the roof out in the garden area. The lighting was perfect and this is one of the best shots I have ever taken. It is still currently the background on my phone.

Silent night, holy night, candle light service candles

My church every year has a candle light service. After the service I had asked if I could take pictures of the beautiful candles near the alter at the front of the church. I went up and took a couple of pics. This is my favorite one out of all the candle pics I have taken.

Rummy card game

Growing up I played a lot of cards. Still to this day rummy is one of my favorite games to play. Most people don’t play board or card games any more leaving my sister as the only person I play with. We were playing one night during the summer and I snapped a couple of pics. This was one of them.

Sunset at Steamboat Island

My husband and I were at Steamboat Island (a suburb of Olympia) and it was sunset. I grabbed my phone and took this shot. It’s amazing. I love the colors, stillness of the water, and the reflection.

Rocks revealed during low tide at sunset. This was taken at Holiday Beach near Newport, Oregon.

Low tide revealing rocks at Hug Point. One of the most beautiful beaches I’ve ever been to.

My husband standing in the water at Hug Point, Oregon. One of my most favorite photos I’ve ever taken.

Newport Bridge

One of the best shots I’ve ever taken. The seagull was flying at the right time.

Pacific City's "Haystack" Rock Surfers

Surfers go to Pacific City to catch some waves. This was a beautiful summer day and an amazing shot.

Tower of Rocks

After climbing to the top of the giant sand dune at Pacific City, someone put this rock tower up there for photos. It’s one of the best photos I’ve ever taken.