Brent Ward
@geobrentatlarge.bsky.social
SFU Earth Sciences, Quaternary Geologist, Cordilleran Ice Sheet, purveyor of Natural Hazards, Climate Change of the past and the future, Long suffering Canucks fan, loves woolly mammoths (he, him, his)
The first of the season! May there be many more!
December 7, 2025 at 5:06 AM
The first of the season! May there be many more!
Wow! 6.8 earthquake in Yukon near the border with Alaska! Shallow! Wondering if there is surface rupture? Or possibly landslides?
December 6, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Wow! 6.8 earthquake in Yukon near the border with Alaska! Shallow! Wondering if there is surface rupture? Or possibly landslides?
Princess Leah looking regal in the hammock in the cat scratching tower.
December 4, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Princess Leah looking regal in the hammock in the cat scratching tower.
Snowing up at SFU! Starting to stick a bit on cold surfaces. Was this in the forecast? Good for the mountains!
December 1, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Snowing up at SFU! Starting to stick a bit on cold surfaces. Was this in the forecast? Good for the mountains!
So the AI on goggle is telling me to sear the road at 450 F for 75 min!! I think it might be a little crispy fried after that, and I haven’t even started the actual roasting part!
November 30, 2025 at 9:06 PM
So the AI on goggle is telling me to sear the road at 450 F for 75 min!! I think it might be a little crispy fried after that, and I haven’t even started the actual roasting part!
Kitchen cabinet installation gone bad! No notes!
November 24, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Kitchen cabinet installation gone bad! No notes!
Anyone know what kind of owl this is? Flew right by us and sat in the tree. In Victoria. Sorry not the best picture
November 23, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Anyone know what kind of owl this is? Flew right by us and sat in the tree. In Victoria. Sorry not the best picture
I didn’t have replacing all the stuff in a kitchen on my weekend bingo card but here I am!
November 22, 2025 at 7:31 PM
I didn’t have replacing all the stuff in a kitchen on my weekend bingo card but here I am!
Just hanging out!
November 22, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Just hanging out!
Yesterday was two year since my heart attack! What better way to celebrate than having whisky with 36,000 year old ice wedge ice from Eureka Creek, Yukon with colleagues from the Pacific Geoscience Centre! From left to right, Taimi, Randy, Tark, me. Picture of the slightly dirty ice.
November 20, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Yesterday was two year since my heart attack! What better way to celebrate than having whisky with 36,000 year old ice wedge ice from Eureka Creek, Yukon with colleagues from the Pacific Geoscience Centre! From left to right, Taimi, Randy, Tark, me. Picture of the slightly dirty ice.
Oh and there are some ships as well! If you are into that.
November 19, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Oh and there are some ships as well! If you are into that.
Wildlife encounters on my walk today at the Pacific Geoscience Center. Many seals on a dock. A blue heron and a kingfisher on a breakwater, and a seal frolicking at the end of the big dock. What a great place to work!
November 19, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Wildlife encounters on my walk today at the Pacific Geoscience Center. Many seals on a dock. A blue heron and a kingfisher on a breakwater, and a seal frolicking at the end of the big dock. What a great place to work!
Friends got some new kittens! So we had to drop by and visit!
November 16, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Friends got some new kittens! So we had to drop by and visit!
This classic Gary Larsen one!2/2
November 16, 2025 at 8:24 PM
This classic Gary Larsen one!2/2
Leah watching birds outside the window reminds me of a far side cartoon….1.2
November 16, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Leah watching birds outside the window reminds me of a far side cartoon….1.2
Some of my dad’s ships. The Prince David was the most exciting as they ran into a hipper cruiser off the Para River, at least that is the story!
November 12, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Some of my dad’s ships. The Prince David was the most exciting as they ran into a hipper cruiser off the Para River, at least that is the story!
So on Remembrance Day remembering some of the original anti-fascists. My dad was in the navy for 25 years starting in WWII based in the Atlantic including the Caribbean and down to South America. Uncle Walt was in the army and saw active duty in the Netherlands. Miss em both!
November 11, 2025 at 5:18 PM
So on Remembrance Day remembering some of the original anti-fascists. My dad was in the navy for 25 years starting in WWII based in the Atlantic including the Caribbean and down to South America. Uncle Walt was in the army and saw active duty in the Netherlands. Miss em both!
Went for a great hike. Tides really high all day so did a trail walk between Fords cove and Shinglespit. We are all quite a bit older!!
November 11, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Went for a great hike. Tides really high all day so did a trail walk between Fords cove and Shinglespit. We are all quite a bit older!!
On Hornby and reconnected with friends from my teenage years, Geoff, Steve and Doug. We met through working at McDonalds! I made a nice prime rib roast with Yorkshire puddings!!
November 11, 2025 at 2:22 AM
On Hornby and reconnected with friends from my teenage years, Geoff, Steve and Doug. We met through working at McDonalds! I made a nice prime rib roast with Yorkshire puddings!!
But of a rough ride to get to Hornby today! Had to go into the wind towards Fords cove and then cut hard once we were in a bit of the lee of the island. Quite the rocking and rolling for a while
November 9, 2025 at 9:53 PM
But of a rough ride to get to Hornby today! Had to go into the wind towards Fords cove and then cut hard once we were in a bit of the lee of the island. Quite the rocking and rolling for a while
This video does not do this murmuration justice. It was amazing! With the light turning the birds from light to dark. At the Tsawwassen ferry terminal . So I assume these are the migrating snow geese? If it is snow geese do you still call it a murmuration?
November 8, 2025 at 5:56 PM
This video does not do this murmuration justice. It was amazing! With the light turning the birds from light to dark. At the Tsawwassen ferry terminal . So I assume these are the migrating snow geese? If it is snow geese do you still call it a murmuration?
Now they picked our car to beg as Nicole is eating something . Shoed it away cause I didn’t want it pooping on my car. So it pooped on the car in front of us!
November 8, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Now they picked our car to beg as Nicole is eating something . Shoed it away cause I didn’t want it pooping on my car. So it pooped on the car in front of us!
Nope nobody ever feeds the seagulls from thier car. not at all. Never.
November 8, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Nope nobody ever feeds the seagulls from thier car. not at all. Never.