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Blue skies

by Carol Browne on February 2, 2012 · 0 comments

in General, Vancouver

Good news! We had fluffy white clouds today with a side of baby blue sky. It was a great sight to behold. Also, I’ve been told it’s very near time to plant seeds. Perhaps I’ll get some sweet peas out this year. I missed the window of opportunity for that the last few years. We have an extra day of February this year, so I could be able to squeeze the seed growing in.
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Chinese Dancers

by Carol Browne on January 30, 2012 · 0 comments

in Festivities, Photos, Vancouver

Chinese New Year

I love it when the dancing girls bust out the fans and the shiny costumes for the parade.
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Welcome to the Water Dragon

by Carol Browne on January 29, 2012 · 2 comments

in Festivities, Photos, Vancouver

Not only is the Year of the Dragon zodiac sign, but it’s the year of the Water Dragon. According to this website, this means the water will calm the dragon down, so that it’s not quite as tough as he usually is. Hooray! A friendly dragon? I’m in! I loved How To Train Your Dragon.
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Snow report! Snow report!

by Carol Browne on January 18, 2012 · 2 comments

in Photos, Vancouver

Snow Report!

I found the car decorated with a heart tonight after a lovely dinner with my buddy, Iris. I didn’t do this! Someone left this in the snow for us. I left it on the hood of the car as I took the car to go meet Mike. I wouldn’t dream of brushing that off. Who did this? No idea! Mystery! Kinda like that time someone left us big watermelons in the pumpkin patch. Those watermelons were delicious.
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False alarm

January 17, 2012

We all waited with baited breath for the gigantic dump of snow scheduled to appear. It never arrived. However, at least one person’s boss thought there was a snow storm in Coquitlam today. There wasn’t one, but my co-worker overheard someone on the train this morning calling in late to work, “due to all the [...]

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“Would you please take my photo with the snow?”

January 16, 2012

The snow came back for a short time in the city today. However, out in Mission, they are ROLLING in it. It’s crazy out in that way. We got some snow for a few hours, but it was gone by the time the work day was over.

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Oh! What a beautiful morning!

January 11, 2012

This is the first sunset I’ve noticed in a very long time. I usually a) sleep through them or b) miss them because I take a bus that goes west. The sky was pink and blue when I left the house this morning, so I stopped and admired it. It passed quickly, though. The pinks [...]

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The Urban Series*

January 10, 2012

*I stole this title from a flickr friend who commented,”Terrific Urban Series” on my photos. That sounds SO fancy! So yes, this is my urban series. It’s like I just started art school or something. Also, thank you, Gemma Geluz. There was still some light left tonight as I left the office around 5:00. I [...]

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Rainy day photos

January 3, 2012

I hadn’t planned on going to Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Gardens today, but when I had the opportunity to re-submit my photo for this month’s calendar, I jumped at the chance. I didn’t realize until after I sent in my photo that Chinese New Year is THIS month. It’s early this year. I thought I’d get [...]

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Advent Day 22 – Safe at the Solstice

December 22, 2011

We last saw the whole team making a quick get away from the violent potato gang… Dave: Woohoo! Take that, you bully spuds! Carol: Yah! See you later, taters! Mike: Phew! that was close. Thank goodness for Oscar and Donner. I know we complain about their sharp nails, but I’ll never complain again. Editor’s note: [...]

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