It’s morphing into a house slowly... siding going on ❤️ #ourdream #dreambuild #pnwhome #pnwstyle #pnwbuilding #cedarsiding #nevergiveup #dreamscometrue #makeithappen #workhard #results #teamwork #ofsaltyspeak #peterlerchphotography #pnwphotographer #gitterdone
...still trying to figure out what this truly is... no cloud I ever seen and I been around a bit... 😳 Any ideas?? #jj_forum_2377 #illuminance #crazyclouds #thatsnotacloud #whatisit #wtfisthis #pnwphotographer #pnwphotography #clouds #crazyclouds #ofsaltyspeak #peterlerchphotography #meteorology #cloudscape #bnw_legit #soulful_moments #soulful
...it seems like a ‘watcher’ was left on the crown of each ridge... these gentle giants have survived three generations of clearcut... they alone now hold the ancients secrets... these Sitka spruce and Douglas firs are among the last on an island that was once covered by them coast to coast... 🌲❤️ #oldgrowth #oldtrees #ancienttrees #gentlegiants #gianttrees #bigisbetter #big #bnw_magazine #bnw_legit #lonelytree #pnwphotographer #pnwphotography #ofsaltyspeak #peterlerchphotography #savethetrees #saveoldgrowthforests #edinburghmountain #portrenfrew #environmental #sustainableforestry #watcher
...you can be called ‘The Sentinels’ when you stand over two hundred feet proud above the valley floor! A solitary row of oldgrowth giants allowed to live as they stand close to a stream... silhouetted against Edinburgh Mountain... soon there will be only remnants of once mighty legions of these gentle giants... I have dedicated my photography to capturing as many of them as I can so that at least these striking images will remain... a testament to what once was... 🌲❤️ #jj_forum_2377 #oldgrowth #oldtrees #gentlegiants #oldcedar #oldfir #oldspruce #gianttrees #soulful_moments #shadow #sentinels #silhouette #pnwphotographer #pnwphotography #ofsaltyspeak #peterlerchphotography #sustainablelogging #soul #soulful #edinburghmountain #jj_community #bnw_legit #saveoldgrowthforests
...illuminance May be when we allow just enough light to balance the dark... a state of visual equilibrium of you will... this truck’s plate expired the day the pic was taken, high up on Edinburgh Mt. on a decommissioned spur... 😢🌲❤️ #jj_forum_2377 #bnw #bnw_magazine #ford #firetruck #8 #abandoned #abandonedvehicles #jj_community #bnwsoul #pnwphotographer #pnwphotography #ofsaltyspeak #peterlerchphotography #soulful #loggingroads #shadows #abandoned_excellence #bnw_legit
...these mountains in this fall fog and diffused light is my favourite place to be... among the giant old growth firs, spruces and cedars... this is where my heart is... as a person and as a photographer... 🌲❤️ #jj_forum_2377 #soulful_moments #light #dark #shadow #oldgrowth #illuminance #lightanddark #jj_community #pnwphotographer #pnwphotography #landscape #landscapephotography #waitforthemoment #ofsaltyspeak #peterlerchphotography #soulful #surreal #bnw_magazine #drdd #bigtrees #loggingroads #pnw #whoiam #gobigorgohome #bigsky
...when you drive fourty km up gnarly logging roads, hike to just the right angle and then wait... it might not happen... this time it did... luminance... that moment where the light just etches into time itself ❤️ #jj_forum_2377 #jjcommunity #bnw #soulful_moments #pnwphotographer #pnwphotography #ofsaltyspeak #peterlerchphotography #illuminance #light #shadows #straitofjuandefuca #olympicpeninsula #oceanscape #dramaticsky #godrays #gobigorgohome #illuminance #bigsky #dusk #bnw_legit
...high up on the logging roads, parked off to the side on a decommissioned spur... plates that expired that day... not a soul around... 1970’s Ford Superior Fire truck #8... still runs but could use a lot of tlc... a collector would love this engine! 😳❤️ #jj_urbex #soulful #oldtrucks #firetruck #ford #red #abandonedvehicles #8 #bnw #bnwmagazine #bnw_magazine #thoseeyes #abandoned #pnwphotographer #pnwphotography #ofsaltyspeak #peterlerchphotography #moment #classictruck #explore #shadows #abandoned_excellence
...at this stage of the build, in 2.5 weeks we actualized electrical, plumbing, central vac, media, security, insulation, soffit, our first tub in the spare bdrm ensuite, Chose flooring and counter tops and siding & stone are going on the outside... no wonder I’m worn out and down with the flu... So much joy in this project of our lifetimes! So much gratitude! #dreamhome #ourdreamhome #dreamscometrue #pnwhomes #pnwlifestyle #plumbing #insulation #soffit #siding #cedarsiding #k2stone #electrical #security #centralvac #mediawire #build #nevergiveup #gratitude #ouradventure #thankful #joy #sooke #sookebc #bestplacetolive #erinanestates #ofsaltyspeak #peterlerchphotography
...so much going on right now... insulation/vapour barrier going in, stone and siding going on outside... several meetings a day with different trades, phone calls... I have so many orders for custom driftwood cribbage boards @earthelementsstudio ... and I’m in bed with a vicious flu 🤒 🤧😰😬... think I’ve been pushing myself too hard... but, ‘never give up’ is what I live by, so a day in bed and... onwards! I am so very grateful for all of it ❤️😊 Wishing everyone a beauty weekend! 😘 #flu #sick #cedarsiding #dreamscometrue #ourdreamhome #nevergiveup #onwards #sickday #chickennoodlesoup #gf #celiac #fighter #mylife #ilovemylife #focus #thinkpositive #bepositive #gratitude #soverygrateful #thankyou #universallove #pnwlife #pnwlifestyle #greyday #thinklight #livinglife #ofsaltyspeak #peterlerchphotography
...nature is wonderful at recycling in its natural rhythms... if we are more connected to nature it becomes more effortless to focus on true recycling in our own lives. Give metal you no longer need to your local blacksmith or metal artist, etc... i lost faith in municipal recycling when i watch my recycling bins go into garbage trucks... 🌲❤️ #nuture #recycling #myths #share #barter #gratitude #naturesway #wood #brown #glow #oldgrowth #warmlight #oldtree #rottingwood #lifecycle #naturelovers #give #ofsaltyspeak #peterlerchphotography #pnwphotographer #pnwphotography
...there are many ways to see... and each of us sees differently in addition to that... beginning to understand the meaning of seeing ‘eye-to-eye!’... I can look at this photo and a bigger bit of my brain exclaims, ‘flora, fern, don’t know it’s name, forest, soft light, cool picture! ...then another bit of my brain sees orbs, energy, diffusion, magic, aura, presence, vibration, healing, calming, sharing of energy... I’m nursing that last bit of my brain to be more present... 🌲❤️ What do you see?? 💥 #fern #flora #orbs #energy #lifeforce #presence #nature #healing #love #gratitude #composition #soulful_moments #soulful #pnwphotographer #pnwphotography #ofsaltyspeak #peterlerchphotography #aura #magic #witchy #serenity #whatdoyousee
...everyone has a ‘dark’ side... it is light that turns darkness into visible form, shadows, shades and more... when we own our darkness, and make peace with it, then we begin to allow the light to softly glow... truly a balancing act predicated by conscious choices... 🌲❤️ Fern in an old growth forest where light filters softly through the darkness... #soft #softlight #feye #spirits #sprites #choices #lightanddark #fern #auras #oldgrowth #flora #ofsaltyspeak #peterlerchphotography #shadows #soulful #moments #soulful_moments #darkness #naturephotography #naturelovers #green
...fear... it’s not something that we discuss often in depth and truthfully... it limits most of us in some way... some of us have overcome our fears and know truly that on the other side of that fear was a great freedom! There are many ways to truly overcome our fears, many of them are painless and don’t leave us with scars... what’s your fear? ...can you imagine how much more life could be without it? ...or are you ok with status quo and excuses? ...truly it begins with a choice... 😘❤️🤗 #fear #freedom #choice #ofsaltyspeak #limitless #limits #excuses #decisions #statusquo #sheep #sheeple #freeyourself #pnwphotographer #pnwphotography #peterlerchphotography #trees #treesfortheforest #oldgrowth #bnw #contrast #liveyourlife #chooselife #sepia #naturephotography #landscape #landscapephotography #moments #soulful #soulful_moments #bnw_legit
...always a joy finding these working oldies way deep in the mountains on logging roads! 🌲❤️ #superiorfiretrucks #superior #firetruck #oldtruck #truck #red #number8 #8 #inservice #pnwphotographer #pnwphotography #ofsaltyspeak #loggingroads #logging #machines #portrenfrew #stonepacific #peterlerchphotography #abandoned_excellence
‘Lonely Doug’... there is a family of 5 adults at the very bottom left of Doug’s trunk... he got so many beautiful hugs ❤️🌲🤗 from so many beautiful souls! Love you guys ❤️ #family #lonelydoug #portrenfrew #oldgrowth #gianttree #douglasfir #firtree #autumn #pnwphotographer #pnwphotography #ofsaltyspeak #peterlerchphotography #beautifulbc #sizematters #big #talltree #legend #perspective #beautifulpeople #ancientforestalliance #ancientforest #ancientforests #ancientforestbc #landscape #landscapephotography #landscapepics #perspective #loggingroads #exploring #beautifulbc #beautifulbc🍁 #beautifulbc🇨🇦
‘Hey everyone, wear bright clothing so it shows up nice in the pics’... when everyone wears black and grey, you improvise! Love our new fam! ❤️😘🤗 You’d never know there was a 230 foot sheer drop right behind the rail they’re sitting on! 💪🏻💪🏻✨❤️ #bnw #bnwworkers #family #generations #beautiful #portrenfrew #loggingroads #adventure #greatpeople #funtimes #gratitude #portrait #lightanddark #ofsaltyspeak #peterlerchphotography #pnwphotographer #pnwphotography
‘Wild Woman’... We had such great fun with our expanding family this past weekend! Big ❤️ #family #portrenfrew #feye #wildwoman #goddess #witch #fun #gratitude #ofsaltyspeak #peterlerchphotography #pnwphotographer #pnwphotography #pnwlife #forest #landscapephotography #glow #apperition #orbs #supernatural #beautifu #beautifulbc #wildrenfrew #elven #warrior #free #wild #renfrew #l #enchantress
...clouds that look like crazy hair... a first, and I’ve seen a lot of clouds in my day... 🌲❤️ #crazyclouds #clouds #weather #artificialclouds #environmental #changingweather #grey #pnwphotographer #pnwphotography #ofsaltyspeak #peterlerchphotography #moody_nature #moody_skies #isitreal #pnwsky #cloud #clouds☁ #cloud_skye #cloudscapes
...craziest clouds I’ve had the privilege of photographing at home... cloud seeding, naw, that’s not a thing, right... 😳 The only clouds I’ve witnessed that were crazier was when I was living in Patagonia... 🌲❤️ #clouds #crazyclouds #cloudseeding #artificialclouds #weather #soulful_bnw #bnw_magazine #bnw_addicted #blackandwhite #monochrome #bnw_soceity #moody_nature #bnw_zone #gf_bnw #drdd #_edp_ #pnwphotographer #pnwphotography #ofsaltyspeak #peterlerchphotography #notnatural #alien #sookebc #soulful_moments #skyscape #chemtrail #chemtrails #chemtrailawareness #secrets
...interesting find about sixty km in on the logging roads... being repaired, or made ready for the boneyard?? This is an oldie for sure... if only it could share its life of adventures... blue. 🌲❤️ #canadianlogging #logging #loggingroads #boneyard #yarder #machines #oldmachine #blue #forestry #environmental #fixit #obsolete #ofsaltyspeak #peterlerchphotography #trackmachine #pnwphotographer #pnwphotography #pnwlife #loggingmachinery #abandoned_excellence
...this bad boy was super busy all summer with how dry it was... now he can rest, the rains have returned! High up on Fleet Main 🌲❤️ #watertanker #loggingroads #kenworth #heavymachinery #canadianlogging #sustainablelogging #oldtruck #ofsaltyspeak #peterlerchphotography #pnwphotographer #pnwphotography #pnwlife #wet #wetter #abandoned_excellence
...still smiling after six hours on the bike shredding gnarly logging roads from Sooke to Port Renfrew... about 240km... another 115km to go on paved roads back to Sooke... 🌲❤️ #family #fun #husqvarnafe350 #yamahayz450f #loggingroads #lensmain #portrenfrew #sookebc #peterlerchphotography #ofsaltyspeak #dirtbiking #loggingroads #wet #pnwphotographer #pnwphotography #pnwlife
...so clean after the rain! These machines get so dirty being run long hours in the middle of nowhere with no rain for months... feller/buncher high up on West Fleet Main, San Juan Ridge! 🌲❤️ #forestmanagement #sustainablelogging #loggingroads #fellerbuncher #hyundaiexcavator #machines #heavymachinery #canadianlogging #logging #wet #peterlerchphotography #ofsaltyspeak #pnwphotographer #pnwphotography #pnwlife #adventure
...big respect to the logging industries road building crews and their machine operators... and thank you to the safe roads they build in simply crazy conditions and places! 🌲❤️ #roadbuilding #logging #canadianlogging #bclogging #vancouverislandlogging #hitachi #excavator #hoe #sustainablelogging #environmental #hardworkers #sanjuanridge #westfleetmain #machines #heavymachinery #ofsaltyspeak #thankyou #respect #peterlerchphotography #wet #pnwphotographer #pnwphotography #pnwlife #powerful #loggingroads #sizematters #sizematters #bigisbetter #gobigorgohome #size
...wet and waiting for Monday morning... feller/buncher way up on West Fleet Main, Port Renfrew... #forestmanagement #canadianforest #canadianlogging #fellerbuncher #deere #wet #fleetmain #portrenfrew #red #green #machines #peterlerchphotography #ofsaltyspeak #loggingroads #pnwphotographer #pnwphotography #pnwlife #sustainablelogging #clearcut #environmental #waratah #sizematters
...yarder waiting patiently for its operator high up on West Fleet Main... love the rainy season for the fog, dramatic skies and the delicious vibrancy of ‘wet’... again, if machines could talk... this one has been in service for many years for sure! #peterlerchphotography #ofsaltyspeak #yarder #fleetmain #blue #dramatic #soulful_moments #soulful #logging #canadianlogging #wet #vibrance #environmental #sustainablelogging #forestmanagement #sizematters
There are indeed boneyards out over 100km in the wilderness of the logging roads... but this old Kenworth dump is still active! I love finding machines like this... if they could speak and tell the stories of their lives and their operators... 🌲❤️ #kenworth #oldtrucks #peterlerchphotography #ofsaltyspeak #logging #loggingroads #westfleetmain #fleetmain #olddumptruck #wet #ifitcouldtalk #canadianlogging #roadbuilding #sizematters #abandoned_excellence
Highlited is the path we rode on logging roads yesterday! Total trip including the paved road back home was 359km (117km on paved roads)... max speed 130km/hr (Will experimenting), ave speed 42.5km/hr (fast considering the distance ridden on logging roads), max elevation 2220ft, min elevation 7ft above sea level and total time in the seat 8hrs 26min = sore ass!! Super fun even though it was in the rain or maybe especially cuz it was in the rain! 🌲❤️🤪 #routemap #garminetrex20 #loggingroads #yamahayz450f #husqvarnafe350 #enduro #dirtbiking #peterlerchphotography #ofsaltyspeak #pnwphotographer #pnwphotography #recon #butlermain #westmain #jordanmain #sanjuanmain #westfleetmain #fleetmain #lensmain #portrenfrew #jordanriverbc #sookebc #funtimes #navigating
...with the life giving rain the forest was vibrating it’s delight... so much deeper contrast and the scents of nature were so delicious! 🌲❤️ #silence #trees #forest #landscapephotography #vingnette #lookingin #soulful_moments #soulful_bnw #_edp_ #drdd #question #bnw_creatives #bnw_capture #moody_nature #bnw_magazine #quandry #dilemma #seductive #nature #pnwphotographer #pnwphotography #peterlerchphotography #ofsaltyspeak #sticks #realization #wet
...a few hours later... soaked to the bone, shivering, full of endorphins and jonesing for more... sore asses all round! Those are small seats not intended to be seated in... let alone for almost 8 hours 🌲❤️ First real ride with two of my boys... started on Butler Main in Sooke and ended up coming out 5min away from L. Shawnigan... that’s a two hour drive by road at min 60km/hr... we averaged about 48km/hr bouncing down some gnarly logging roads... all in the rain... great sink or swim fun... verdict: all hopelessly hooked on 2 wheels! ❤️❤️❤️🌲❤️💥 #family #mysons #loggingroads #sookebc #portrenfrew #logging #dirtrider #husqvarnafe350 #yamahayz450f #kenworth #hyundaiexcavator #excavator #dumptruck #roadbuilding #machines #ofsaltyspeak #peterlerchphotography #pnwphotographer #pnwphotography #pnwlife
First real ride with two of my boys... started on Butler Main in Sooke and ended up coming out 5min away from L. Shawnigan... that’s a two hour drive by road at min 60km/hr... we averaged about 48km/hr bouncing down some gnarly logging roads... all in the rain... great sink or swim fun... verdict: all hopelessly hooked on 2 wheels! ❤️❤️❤️🌲❤️💥 #family #mysons #loggingroads #sookebc #portrenfrew #logging #dirtrider #husqvarnafe350 #yamahayz450f #kenworth #hitachi #excavator #dumptruck #roadbuilding #machines #ofsaltyspeak #peterlerchphotography #pnwphotographer #pnwphotography #pnwlife