Right in the middle of 138th Street is a blooming magnolia! Since I was late getting home tonight, I took photos of it in the dark with the help of the streetlights. And a little bit of lightroom.
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Street photos
I couldn’t help but notice the sticker on the crosswalk down the street. I also wanted to find out what The Gay Nineties are and it turns out they are a band from Vancouver who just happen to have black kitties as their mascot. RAD.
Not too much to post tonight. Right now I’m consumed with the school’s next portfolio show. I got to stroll around Yaletown today in the sun inviting all sorts of employers to come out to the show. I dropped off an invitation at Marimekko. I had no idea just how much that fabric costs. $59/metre. That would be quite the quilt. I don’t think I’d even cut it. It is quite beautiful.
Looks like Monday and Tuesday nights are turning out to be regular late nights. Good thing I’ve got a little blog post up my sleeve for tomorrow. Here’s a hint – it involves a postcard. I’ve got one more week for the postcard swap. I’m not sure what I’m going to do just yet. So far, I’ve sewn one, then I took a photo of sewing and made it into a postcard…I’m not quite sure how to wrap this up.
And, I just realized it’s a short week! We’ve got Friday off.
YES!
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It sure was a sight for sore eyes today – seeing tulips in Vancouver on a dry and sunny day. I’m pretty sure these tulips were forced in a nursery somewhere and then transported downtown by some lovely landscaper. It’s way too early for tulips to be open right now. I just checked the La Conner Tulip Festival website and the tulips aren’t expected for another 2 weeks or so. After the long weekend! HUZZAH! Long weekend coming up! OH YAH.
But I’m jumping ahead. That’s ages away. Before that that long weekend, I’ve got to attend another quilt meet up, volunteer for a couple of hours at the Creative Stitches and Crafting Alive show at the Tradex and meet an old friend from high school that now lives kinda near us in Surrey this weekend coming up. I realize it’s only Monday, but my dance card is is filling up fast. Also, tomorrow is another late night for work and I’ve not seen a single cherry blossom since the one I spotted at the shut down Rogers across the street!
Oh well. Forced tulips will have to do for now.
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The sky was a deep blue tonight after I got off work at 6:30. What? Light at 6:30 pm? YES! And this weekend we spring forward. Spring is nearly here! It’s good to be out in the light again. Well, evening light, that is. I can get some more street photos into my repertoire again! Hooray!
This week at work has been Career Consultation week – pretty much all day, we just power through meeting and interviewing all the graduating students. As our school runs all year long with no real breaks, we do this every 4 months. Today I met a nearly grad who illustrates so beautifully, my eyes and brain had trouble figuring out whether it was a photo or a drawing. The eyes on her creatures were very, very life-like. I also learned from her how to get things done on and ahead of schedule. She told me that:
1) When she’s at work, she only focuses on work
2) When she’s at school, she only works on school work. She stays at school until her schoolwork is done every day.
3) When she’s at home, she takes care of her chores and cleaning up. Once that’s done, she relaxes.
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