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November 25, 2011

One good thing about the sunrise happening late in the morning is that I’m actually awake to see it happening. I could not believe it when I got off the bus this morning. It wasn’t raining. I could see the sun. It was mostly dry and warm. The buildings were sparkling and everything. I stopped [...]

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A frosty morning

November 15, 2011

I think it’s snowing in other parts of Canada, where they are getting some freezing weather and snow. We have 2 degrees above zero and frost in the yard this morning! Incredible! It’s totally winter around here now – with frozen bits and everything.

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Any port in a storm

November 12, 2011

I dropped Mike off for work today at the crack of dawn – he got to the office at about 8:15 this morning. That’s the crack of dawn for me because I had the day off and because the sun was barely shining. It was cloudy and rainy downtown this A.M., but I took my [...]

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“Works of Art”

October 30, 2011

“Are you okay, pumpkin?” “No. I’m sad” Why is this pumpkin so sad? a) It’s rainy and cold out b) He was called a “work of art” in quotes c) It’s 9 am on a rainy Sunday morning in the innercity. Of course he’s sad. I saw a great big jack-o-lantern display on one of [...]

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Starting early

October 27, 2011

I guess I need to have my camera ready for Halloween action sooner than I thought. I caught this witch out the corner of my eye while waiting for the bus home TODAY! This witch must be a keener or maybe she dresses like this every day? Speaking of the bus, I’ll be thinking twice [...]

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“‘Tis one thing to be tempted, another thing to fall” – W. Shakespeare

October 24, 2011

One thing I’ve learned since living in Vancouver – when you get a sunny day in October and you get the chance to walk over the Burrard Street Bridge, you put on your walking shoes and take that stroll. That’s exactly what I did. I had an employer meeting this afternoon over in the LuLu [...]

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Signs, signs, everywhere are tents!

October 20, 2011

I took my camera out on my lunch hour today and headed over to the Occupy Vancouver Tent City on the Georgia side of the Vancouver Art Gallery. To be honest, I haven’t kept up too much with the Occupy Vancouver stuff. I’m not clear on all the things being protested, although I get the [...]

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Under the trees

October 17, 2011

Yesterday in our travels, we found some beautiful foliage at a park called Andy Livingstone Park – a lovely park right next to Dr. Sun Yat Sen Gardens. I never ventured over that way, because I’m always in a hurry to get to the Chinese Gardens and just figured it was a crappy old empty [...]

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Up with the birds

October 16, 2011

I asked my Chinese buddy at work what time Chinatown opens on Sunday morning. “Early.” He said. “Like 8:00. And if you go then, all the old people are out.”. Does he know what he’s talking about or what? My buddy, Lelainia and I headed into Chinatown early this morning – we got there around [...]

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Reflections

September 23, 2011

Having earned the afternoon off (thanks, FWT!) from work, Mike and I met up downtown and headed over to my favourite place – Dr. Sun Yat Sen’s Garden in Chinatown. It was time to renew my yearly membership and Mike decided to get one too. Lovely! And just to seal the deal, the person at [...]

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