Shooting Squirrels in the Park: a Montreal nature hunt
I first saw it about a year ago: a photo, taken by my sister, of a white squirrel in the …
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Down By The Water – summer evenings by Vancouver’s Fraser River
On these long hot summer evenings Don and I like to have our dinner here:It’s a tiny rocky pebbly “beach”, …
One Million Christmas Lights! Christmas season at VanDusen Botanical Garden.
I know, I know, I still haven’t posted all I want to share of Cuba. There’s one more post to …
Five Months In Vancouver: a long rambling story
31 May-31 Oct 2016. We haven’t had a home for over five years now. People ask us if we ever …
Summer in the City: Vancouver’s Jericho Beach and Park
More stories of Egypt to come but, What I’m juiced about right now: is the splendour of a summer evening …
Naturally Beautiful Vancouver
Early morning, False Creek, Vancouver. At 6am the alarm starts beeping, waking me from a light sleep. I’d hardly slept …
Our Vancouver – a love letter
Vancouver from Queen Elizabeth Park Greater Vancouver is dominated by mountains to the north, and to the south by the …
Lotus Land – Vancouver, BC
The city of Vancouver is relatively small, only about 600,000 people. On the other hand Greater Vancouver, more commonly known …
Vancouver: Summer Fun and Housekeeping
Our time in Vancouver has come to an end, and a new phase of our journey has begun – a …
Nomads in our Home Town, and the Black Hole of Photoshop
We’ve spent the last three and a half months in Vancouver “housekeeping” – taking care of business and further cutting …
Kicked Out of the Nest, and a Fabulous Folk Festival
On being kicked out of the nest: We have been granted a special two-year leave of absence from British Columbia …
Becoming Nomadic. And Granville Island, Vancouver
Granville Bridge We’ve been back in Vancouver for about six weeks now and it’s astonishing how much we’ve accomplished. Lots …
A Winter Holiday in Quebec
Two weeks in Quebec in December/January was enough for me to remember all the things I hate about winter in …
A Street Party and a Quiet Forest
Since I’m not travelling at the moment I thought it would be fun to write about Vancouver as if I’m …
