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(139/366) YVR
May 18, 2012 – YVR has some pretty cool artwork in the International departures area. We are off for a week in the South of France, at the airport obscenely early, for me anyway. We came out extra early for a couple of reasons. Firstly, it is a Friday before a long weekend so the traffic might have been been…
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(134/366) Lego My Killer Whale!
May 13, 2012 – May 13, 2012 – Funny how you live in a place, know that things are where they are, but never really go and look at them. I was wandering back and forth in the sun down at the Vancouver Trade and Convention Centre and a man was about to take a photo of his wife in…
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(126/366) This is why we want dedicated motorcycle and scooter parking….
May 5, 2012 – Motorcycles and scooters are efficient, economical, and fun. And Vancouver can’t seem to figure out that they can use dedicated, cost effective (or free) parking for motorcycles and scooters as a means to get some people out of their cars and trucks. But the current regime where bikes are either expected to park in a car…
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(112/366) Life is a Carnival
April 21, 2012 – On the way home from a play this evening, we saw some unusual lights near Park Royal Mall inn the Village, when we detoured to see what it was, we found a tiny little temporary amusement park set up in the parking lot. Perception is a funny thing. Sort of like plans, they just don’t always…
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(100/366) 100/830
April 9, 2012 – Day 100 already, how is that even possible? 100 days into 2012! And also my 830th day of taking a photo every day. I wondered if I’d manage the first 365 project let alone being almost a third of the way through the third one. I planned to mark papers today, and I did, jut not…
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(93/366) Friendship Compass
April 2, 2012 – It’s a cliche, but I do love the saying “surround yourself with good people”. Not all people of a similar mindset, that’d be dull because then all you would do is agree with each other. Although to be honest, there is a lot to learn from the not-so-good people too. Someone once said to me that…
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70/366 – The Perfect Cup of Coffee, and Some Sad News.
March 10, 2012 – Do you ever go out and have this happen to you at the restaurant? An empty cup. A stream of dark golden, steaming, fragrant liquid gurgles and fills it to the rim. Two creamers dribble in. Torn paper, and a teaspoon of golden crystals tumble in and disappear below the surface. A metal spoon clinks and…
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64/366 – Wondrous Place
March 34, 2012 – Twice a year, every year, since 1998, Kirk and I have participated in the Norvan Student Cruise. And in all of those years, we’ve only cancelled one cruise. We take our boating course students out on the water, in some wonderful boats, and give them a chance to practice some on-the-water plotting and charting, and teach…
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43/366 – Today is Brought to You by the Letter “B” – as in “Boat Show”
February 12, 2012 – We wandered around the Vancouver Boat Show today. Bought our annual tide tables, looked at a few things, chatted with a fellow about resurfacing our back teak deck, scoped out a few new sailboats, ran into a couple of people we knew. It was a grey drizzly day, but what made it really nice was that…
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34/366 – Sails
February 4th, 2012 – The sails at Canada Place in Vancouver’s Inner Harbour always look so fabulous against a clear blue sky. It was such a gorgeous day that I made an effort to try and get out, at least for a little bit, to enjoy the sun and warmth. At this time of year you have to really appreciate…
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