1/20 Summertime on BC Ferries: this image by Chris Hancock Donaldson makes it look pretty darn idyllic (July 15).
2/20 Outdoor art in English Bay, wonderfully repurposed. This image from popeye logic catches what must be the best spot for a hammock in all of Vancouver (July 6).
3/20 An excited "Harley howl" from the photographer's son at the annual Father's Day Show and Shine in Prince George, BC. Image by DJHuber (June 19).
4/20 Taken by popeye logic (June 25).
5/20 A Haida carver's hands and handiwork. By Jesse Whitehead (July 25).
6/20 Amazing colours caught at the end of an August evening. Image by Fransen - CR (August 3).
7/20 Berries, grown in BC. Delicious image by aloalo (July 9).
8/20 At one of BC's beautiful vineyards, Vanessa Griffiths caught almost-cloudless clear blue skies -- like we had all summer, right? (July 2.)
9/20 At Maker Faire Vancouver, Bhlubarber caught "Mondo Spider" on the move (June 25).
10/20 Clouds? What clouds? A perfect day for fishing (note: no Tyee were harmed in the making of this image). Photograph by Korndooglé (July 2).
11/20 At Clover Point in Victoria, Tyee Flickr Pool member larz_73 captures misty curves. Don't be fooled by the black and white -- there's no question that it's hot and sunny (July 10).
12/20 Patrick Logan catches a strong subject taking in the east Van view (July 1).
13/20 Quintessentially British Columbian. Image by okanaganboy (July 29).
14/20 A musician smiles while performing on Granville mall in Vancouver. A summery gem from a Tyee Flickr Pool member who seems to always have a camera on hand, popeye logic (July 15).
15/20 During the Vancouver Underwear Affair, an annual fundraiser for cancer research, wdworden snapped these wonder women as they dashed through downtown Vancouver (July 9).
16/20 A rare close-up of a dragonfly with the kind of saturated colours you only see in summer sunlight. Taken by DJHuber (July 22).
17/20 In Hope, BC, Aiden Whiteley's portrait reminds us that even in summer, there's laundry to be done (June 17).
18/20 Clouds gathering in Delta, BC. By Flickr Pool member and frequent contributor, Eric Flexyourhead (June 20).
19/20 Gravity-defying moves such as this should not be attempted without taking some safety precautions first, kids, so make sure to have your three best buddies standing by, ready to catch you... and to cheer you on! Image by Dan Fairchild (Aug. 4).
20/20 See? What did we tell you? British Columbia had beautiful weather all summer -- this photo by Ed Alban proves it. (Pay no attention to the seams between different pieces of the image, nor to the wall that it’s pasted on.) (July 10.)
[Editor's note: See 20 great images of this summer in B.C. taken by Tyee readers by clicking the arrows at the very top of this story.]
Following a season as meteorologically mediocre as the summer of 2011, September is an unwelcome month. Autumn, with its cozy sweaters, built-in reasons not to exercise ("it's so rainy!"), and wonderful weekday containment of British Columbia's school-age children in the province's classrooms won’t be quite as sweet this year, as some people are still hoping summer's just really late.
Sure, the sun made a few appearances: there was BC Day on Aug. 1, which you can see from these photographs from The Tyee's Flickr Photo Pool was a long weekend Tyee readers made the most of. But now it's September and, like it or not, you've got one of two choices: acceptance, or denial.
Acceptance means you've packed away those nearly unused flip-flops and are now clad head-to-toe in knits, curled up with a steaming chai latte hoping for better weather next year. You're going to try and move on: dwelling on B.C.'s un-summer any further will probably just cause the early onset of your seasonal affective issues. Smart move.
Of course, if you aren't willing to admit defeat, there's always denial. We're happy to help you delude yourself, which is why we’ve put together this collection of our readers' best summer memories. Looking back on the photographs readers have shared in our Flickr pool, summer actually looks half-decent. And it was! It was great.