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by Carol Browne on May 15, 2012 · 3 comments

in Family and Buddies, Festivities, Photos, Vancouver

Thanks to the internets AND the Canucks, Sarah Harris found me while searching for some Canucks blogs (I think). The thing is, she lives in the UK and loves the hockey! I’ve never met Sarah in person, but she’s sent me cool stuff from Jolly Old England – like this awesome Will and Kate totebag – and we’re buddies online. One day I will meet her in person – I’m sure of it – but today, I got to see her sketchbook in The Sketchbook Project. It’s a tour of hundreds? Thousands? So many art books created by people all over the world.

I made the most of my half hour visit – they have a tight schedule and have to close up at 7 pm. I didn’t leave until 7:20, actually, so they gave me a break/I kept holding up the show. Would you like to see the books I got to see? Here you go!
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Did I just crash a gypsy wedding?

by Carol Browne on May 14, 2012 · 0 comments

in General, Photos, Vancouver

On my way back from taking some documents to their destination on Burrard Street, I spotted this horse and carriage and HOPED it was for a gypsy wedding! Finally! My dream of shooting a gypsy wedding would be realized and all I will have left on my dream wedding photo list will be a winter wedding where the bride and all the bridesmaids wear both capes AND muffs, like this! Please! If you’re out there! And you’re looking for the perfect photographer to shoot your capes and muffs wedding, PLEASE CALL ME! I’m standing by for your call!

Sadly, no gypsy wedding in sight for me. I think it was just for a movie because this horse ‘n buggy was parked right outside a government building. Ah boo. Oh man, if Johnny Depp was in this movie, I’m going to be so sad because I could have had my other photo dream paparazzi shoot fulfilled! In my dream, I wouldn’t be chasing him or anything, he just waves at me, makes direct eye contact and walks away. And that’s it. I wouldn’t have to talk to him or anything – perfect for me!

Dare to dream.

In other news, I accidentally created a photo of Howe Street that makes it look like I took it at least 60 years ago.
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Snoozing in the sunbeam

by Carol Browne on May 12, 2012 · 1 comment

in Family and Buddies, Photos

It feels like SUMMER!

Today I opened up the balcony door in the kitchen, slid the screen door over, put the dishwasher and the laundry basket in front of the screen door so that I wouldn’t have any escapees to tend with and we all enjoyed the warm air and the sunbeams. Oscar found his favourite one and just laid there, only opening his eyes up when he thought I may be getting close to the treat drawer.

Ahhh…another leisurely weekend….

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“There are no problems…

by Carol Browne on May 8, 2012 · 1 comment

in Photos, Vancouver

The Sails at night

…only solutions” – John Lennon. Someone shared this quote with me today and I had never heard that before. I think this is a good perspective to have because I must confess…my craft room door has never been heavier. My sewing machine peddle has never been more stuck. And my crochet hooks and knitting needles have never been stiller. Time to get into the solution and finish up that big scrappy string quilt I started 3 or 4 months ago.

I took this photo tonight and I’m not sure why The Sails are all lit up in these colours – they’re usually just white. It must be fancy night at Canada Place!

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Terra Cotta Warriors

May 7, 2012

I’ve spotted some Terracotta Warriors this week in various states of paintedness. They are a huge step up from those painted bears from years gone by. If I were to paint a picture of Donner and Oscar swatting and batting each other, this is exactly how I would paint it – if I could paint, [...]

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The snappy dresser

May 6, 2012

Yesterday, on our way back to the car, we spotted a gaggle of groovy hipsters walking across the street. I wished more than anything I had my long lens with me so I could get a close up of his jacket, but since the best camera is the one you have with you, I did [...]

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Double exposures

May 5, 2012

I’ve been no a real streak of fun, lovely, and happy adventures lately. I attended Vivienne‘s demo today where she shared her Polaroids and showed us how she tricked the cameras into making double exposures. All that means is that you take two photos in one frame. The results are dreamy, overexposed and a bit [...]

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Keeping my finger on the pulse

May 3, 2012

I’ve been having a great couple of days and this evening was a complete surprise. I was invited by Lelainia to go to a book signing and I met her at a cute little tea shop in Vancouver after work. They had a lovely spread of French bread, cheese and salamis and I met the [...]

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Circadian Rhythms

May 2, 2012

In a surprise move at the job today, I was asked if I’d consider working from 10 am to 6:30 pm. YES PLEASE! Woohoo! I start my new schedule tomorrow morning, so I celebrated tonight by going out for sushi with my buddy Iris, had some birthday cake with another pal, and then toodled off [...]

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Living in the “Living fossils”

May 1, 2012

I finally mowed the front lawn after work today. It looked like it could rain any minute, so I thought I may have to stop mid-way through. But no such luck. I had to do the whole thing. But I did find some good luck out in the back “yard”. I use that word lightly [...]

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