June: photos post

Posted by Patrick Lam on Tuesday, July 1, 2025

More work and travel in June and so a smaller number of pictures. Some of the sets were pretty small, so that the number of sets is comparable, but only half as many pictures. About 50% of the pictures I processed this month are from May, making up 7 sets, but there are still 10 more sets from May to process. And my Shanghai/Seoul/Narita trip added a lot of pictures, especially from Shanghai and Narita. I don’t take that many pictures from inside the conference hall.

Picture logs still available. As always, pictures are clickable to go to the full gallery.

  • Sets of pictures posted: June=15, May=19
  • Total pictures posted: June=415, May=755
  • Total pictures in selection pool: June=1113, May=2339
  • Accept rate: 37% (min 25%, max 56%)
  • Pictures posted on this page: 82
Coupe Gadbois 2023; ski patrol hut at Cardrona; Super Pipe; holiday park cat; Southern Alps mountains, clouds, and chiaroscuro; Puke Ariki traverse cow; sleep; patient dog at Martinborough; Tallinn Eurasian red squirrel eating; Alexander Nevsky Cathedral; Cross of Liberty Vabadussõja võidusammas; Calgary ippon; Tennyson Inlet at the top of the South Island; golden hour in Myeongdong.

Fauna and flora (mostly birds):

Tartu fox caught something; hooded crow; fieldfare; black headed gulls; common wood pigeons; common blackbird; baby fieldfare; spring vetch; Calgary bunny.

More miscellaneous miscellany

Here are three unrelated sets of pictures: one from Montréal and two from Greater Wellington.

Montreal miscellany (January 2023)

Greater Wellington miscellany (November 2023, November 2024)

Coupe Gadbois; Montreal's Olympic Village; deicing at YUL; cows on the Puke Ariki traverse; Wellington Harbour; speed limit 30; on a walk with a dog; grapes and the Remutakas; a community fundraiser for the Martinborough high school; ornate dining room at Tirohana; Siberia; train engine innards.

Wānaka ski trip (August 2023)

I’ve had “write up skiing trip report” for a long time. Maybe I’ll never get to it. But I at least finally processed the pictures. The Southern Alps is super picturesque, especially in winter, and certainly in Eastern North America we don’t see greenery when skiing.

Cardrona: down the groomer, but this way to Saddle Basin; view down to Lake Wānaka; kea trying to get food from the bins; lakeside at Wānaka; admiring the Wānaka view; Treble Cone in the morning; Footrot Flats (surprisingly, not as flat as the other green); view over to other mountains; hitchhiking up to Treble Cone; pink cloud; Wānaka holiday park; mountains from ZQN.

Estonia (May 2025)

Too many pictures from Estonia (and they’re not all done yet), but here are three sets of selections from them. Also, a trip report.

Moon and a dome of the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral; Estonian Parliament; Rataskaevu 16 restaurant; the Cathedral, again; street design in Tallinn.
Sculpture: Oscar Wilde and Eduard Vilde; Tartu town hall; Tartu cathedral ruins; the Delta (University of Tartu) at golden hour; Tartu 2024; inside the Ronimistehas (bouldersaal); Estonian hand-woven blankets; icon; at St Georg's church; strawberries (Greek) at Tartu market.
Estonian bogs: Coniferous forest; hut; Karoliine and Simmo; chilly lake Suur Suurjaav; little island; lake with reflections.

Calgary (May 2025)

Not many good pictures from this trip, but that wasn’t the point. Well, it’s never really the point, but especially this trip.

YYZ; shiai-jo in Calgary; a pin; UCalgary buildings in the morning; a misty morning; Air Canada in Brisbane; black Air NZ aircraft.

Seoul (June 2025)

Many more pictures to come, someday. Here’s one day.

Popular Isaac Toast store; plushies for sale; no pets; "Why is this so hard for you?" at the bouldering gym; PLDI crew at Son Climb.

The List

Treading water.

2023:

  • [January] misc (1)
  • [March-July] various cellphone photos
  • [September] Wellington double rainbow, Zealandia (2)
  • [September] Waterloo/Calgary/Seattle/Squamish (8)
  • [October] Winnipeg, Scarborough and Sydney (3)
  • [November] Whitireia Park (1)
  • [November/December] Ouvea, Noumea Zoo, Riviere Bleue, Aquarium, Grandes Fougeres, Pic Malawi (6)
  • [December] Seattle, Montreal, Nelson (4)
  • Various (4)

2024:

  • Various (6)
  • [February] Travers-Sabine (7)
  • [June] Light Cycles
  • [June] Nairn St Cottage
  • [June/July] Old Ghost Road (6)
  • [July] Melbourne/Cairns (7)
  • [August] Catlins (3)
  • [September] Skyline
  • [September] Japan (6)
  • [October] Rotorua (1)
  • [October] Ontario
  • [October] Pasadena (5)
  • [November] Johnston Hill and Zealandia
  • [November] Gisborne (3)
  • [December] Cascade Saddle attempt (6)
  • [December/January] French Polynesia (8)

2025:

  • [January] Montreal
  • [January] Regina (almost none!)
  • [February] Japan (7)
  • [February/March] Kingston (2)
  • [March] Edmonton (4)
  • [March] Peterborough and Ottawa
  • [April] Lima (5)
  • [May] Canadian Nationals (4)
  • [May] Escarpment Track
  • [June] Korean Festival in Wellington/WJA (2)
  • [June] Australian Nationals (4)
  • [June] PLDI (11)