December 23, 2012 – Oh, please…sign me up! It tried to come out today, but the clouds mostly kept it at bay.

What does it mean?

Your guess is as good as mine. It was in the parking lot at Save on Foods.

A place that was decidedly more sane than Costco.

We figured we’d get to Costco right around opening and miss the rush. We thought wrong. The upper parking lot was full to capacity by shortly after 10am. Funny thing is, most other drivers just kept going in circles and getting agitated – we just went down a …

December 11, 2012 – Another rainy day out spawning sockeye salmon at Cultus Lake and a happy red barn in a very soggy field in the small community of Yarrow.

Why there is a boat in what is little more than a puddle is beyond me.

At this time of year it’s pretty much a guarantee that a field day will involve rain. I am glad that it’s a little warmer than it was at this time last year, though not a lot, and part way through the morning I still couldn’t really feel my fingers. But it’s still a …

August 3, 2012 – Honestly, I think we have the best little condo patio in the world. We catch that evening sunshine and enjoy every last moment of it, sipping wine and enjoying laughter together. OK, so it’s about more than the condo.

Nothing special for a photo today, just another random object shot to capture the magic of early evening sunshine coming in at that wonderful low side angle.

Short day at work today, I cut out at 2:30 to use up a few hours of OT that I was told to kill. Oh, and I have the next …

July 4, 2012 – After six months of rain (no, really!) when the sun comes out and has some warmth in it, every sane person in Vancouver heads for a patio for dinner. Us included.

It’s not a great picture, but you know what?

I don’t care.

And do you know why?

Because I am enjoying something that has become such a rare occurrence… the sun!!!

Some days you just have to let things go and enjoy what the day presents. I’ve spent two weeks agonizing over something, and finally came to a decision breaker that I will implement Friday. …

June 30, 2012 – A perfect 10 on the yucky weather scale!

What a miserable June. We normally get around 229 hours of sunshine in June. This year, at June 26th, we had only reached 133 hours. Normally we see about 55mm of rain, over here we saw upwards of 100mm. We thought it was bad last year, but this year the stats show that we saw about 20mm more rain, and a mean temperature for the month of only 13.9C (a full degree lower than last June).

Hard to find inspiration and motivation on a soaking wet long weekend. …

June 16, 2012 – I know that rain is good. It keeps everything green and hydrated. We do live in a temperate rainforest. It keeps forest fires at bay. It fills up the reservoirs. I know it’s not technically summer for a few more days.

I get all that.

And I really do like rain. It’s peaceful. It provides a sense of calm and solitude.

But enough is enough already!

Can we have some decent weather?

Like, more than one day of it?

A few strung together would actually be a nice change of pace.