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Robbin Whachell

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Spending Time in Nature - My Daily Om

Spending Time in Nature - My Daily Om

“Taking a walk under the stars or feeling the wind on your face may be all it takes for you to reconnect with nature. Remember, you are as much a part of nature as are the leaves on a tree or water bubbling in a brook."

Nature & ScienceRobbin WhachellOctober 1, 2020autumn, British Columbia, Canada, colours, Coquitlam, creeks, Earth, fall, leaves, mother, nature, oneness, sensations, sights, smells, soul, sounds, spirit, trees

Winter morning in the forest...

Winter morning in the forest...

Discovery of light and sound on my morning walk on Hoy Creek Trail, Coquitlam

Nature & ScienceRobbin WhachellDecember 27, 2016BC, black-capped chickadee, Canada, chickadee, Coquitlam, Forest, Forest Song, Hoy Trail, moss, old tree, Snow, Song, trail, tree stump, trees, winter, woods

Parenting Our Parents

Parenting Our Parents

I moved back to Canada from the Bahamas in late summer 2011; and before winter 2012, I moved my mother in with me.

I paddled the Fraser River from Fort Langley to Coquitlam for FraserFEST!

I paddled the Fraser River from Fort Langley to Coquitlam for FraserFEST!

The BC Windstorm of August 2015

The BC Windstorm of August 2015

Nature & ScienceRobbin WhachellSeptember 2, 2015Abbotsford, BC Hydro, BC Wind Storm, Canada, Coquitlam, Hoy Creek, Hoy Trail, leaves, trees, White Rock, windfall

Summer Wanes...

Summer Wanes...

I am so much into nature these days that I revel in every little change, excited like a young child.

Nature & ScienceRobbin WhachellAugust 11, 2015autumn, BC, British Columbia, Canada, coloured leaves, Coquitlam, excited child, fall, leaf, nature, red, seasons, summer, trail, trees, waather

All Nations Festival celebrates an inclusive Coast Salish Territory

All Nations Festival celebrates an inclusive Coast Salish Territory

Join me in releasing coho smolts into Hoy Creek

Join me in releasing coho smolts into Hoy Creek

Nature & ScienceRobbin WhachellApril 30, 2015#salmonleavehome, Coquitlam, creek, Hoy Creek, Hoy Scott Watershed Society, rain, Salmon, Salmon Leave Home, smolts, stream, volunteer, volunteering, water

Scott Creek gets an invasive English ivy removal for Earth Day

Scott Creek gets an invasive English ivy removal for Earth Day

Coquitlam groups to clean a portion of Scott Creek for Earth Day

Nature & ScienceRobbin WhachellApril 7, 2015coho, Coquitlam, Coquitlam River, Eagle Ridge United Church, Eagleridge Drive, Earth Day, Guildford Way, habitat, Hoy Creek, Ingrid Brown, Lindsay Pollock, riparian, Salmon, Scott Creek

Psychology and the Doggy-Doo Bag

Psychology and the Doggy-Doo Bag

Nature & ScienceRobbin WhachellMarch 15, 2015Alberta, B-C- Canada, bags, Canada, Coquitlam, dog poo, doggy-doo, dogs, pet owner, pets, police, psychology, trash, walk

Photo: Fire Smoke Taunts Firefighter in Coquitlam

Photo: Fire Smoke Taunts Firefighter in Coquitlam

News & EventsRobbin WhachellFebruary 19, 2015apartment fire, Battle, BC, brave men, City of Coquitlam, Coquitlam, Fire, fire fighters, Firefighters, Glenn Drive, smoke, smoke-face

Morning mist on Lafarge Lake, Coquitlam

Morning mist on Lafarge Lake, Coquitlam

Nature & ScienceRobbin WhachellFebruary 15, 2015B-C-, birds chirping, black and white, Canada, cell phone, Coquitlam, damp, Featured, Fog, Hoy Creek, imagery, Lafarge Lake, Mist, moist, morning, Samsung, sun, Town Center Park, woods

Haareis or "Hair Ice"

Haareis or "Hair Ice"

It looked like an explosion of cotton, but as I looked closer I then realized it had to be an ice or frost formation.

Nature & ScienceRobbin WhachellJanuary 4, 2015B-C-, Canada, Coquitlam, frost, Haareis, Hair Ice, Hoy Creek Trail, ice formation, Vancouver Island

Painting Poppies... Lest We Forget

Painting Poppies... Lest We Forget

People & PlacesRobbin WhachellNovember 11, 2014BC, Blue Mountain Park, Canada, Canadian, ceremony, City of Coqutlam, Coquitlam, epitaph, In Flander's Field, painting, Parkspark, Poppies, Porter Street, Primeau, Remembrance, Remembrance Day, School children

Chum arrive on time for Coquitlam's 2014 Salmon Come Home event

Chum arrive on time for Coquitlam's 2014 Salmon Come Home event

People & PlacesRobbin WhachellOctober 24, 2014Angela Brown, Chris Hamilton, Chum, City of Coquitlam, community, Coquitlam, entertainer, environment, Hoy Creek, Hoy Hatchery, Kintec, nylon zoo, rain, Salmon Come Home, society, watershed

Coquitlam Crunch Challenge meets goal in 5th year!

Coquitlam Crunch Challenge meets goal in 5th year!

News & EventsRobbin WhachellSeptember 16, 2014Adversity, age, Alex Bell, BC, Canada, City of Coquitlam, Coquitlam, Coquitlam Crunch, Coquitlam Crunch Challenge, disability, education, ethnicity, gender, hike, hiking, national origin, religion, running, sexual orientation, stairs, Vancouver

The bear in the woods

The bear in the woods

Health & WellnessRobbin WhachellJune 30, 2014bear, bells, Canada, Coquitlam, David Lam, Douglas College, Hoy Creek Trail, noise, safety, woods

Conquering The Crunch

Conquering The Crunch

Health & WellnessRobbin WhachellApril 22, 2014B-C-, Coquitlam, Fitness challenge, Grouse Grind, hike, hills, mountains, nature, stairs, The Crunch, trail, Vancouver, walk, workout

Horsetail: A Medicinal 'Weed'

Horsetail: A Medicinal 'Weed'

Health & WellnessRobbin WhachellApril 22, 2014B-C-, Canada, Coquitlam, equisetum arvense, horsetail, medicinal, shavegrass, silica, weed