A fluffle of bunnies, just in time for Easter
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Category: Animals, BC, beach, bunny, Canada, Nature, rabbit, Vancouver
Tags: beach, bunnies, bunny, Easter, Jericho Beach, mountains, nature, photography, rabbit, rabbits, Vancouver
What a year we’re having. Here in Vancouver, we’ve been able to enjoy being outdoors throughout the pandemic, but there were times when it was surreal walking about our city. Roads were often mostly free of vehicle traffic, and the…
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Category: BC, COVID-19, murals, Nature, ocean views, pandemic, street photography, Vancouver
Tags: BC, Canada, community, COVID-19 pandemic, mural, murals, pandemic, Robson Street, Robsonstrasse, street art, Vancouver
Putting February 2019 behind us: It was the coldest February Vancouverites have encountered in over 80 years, and among our top 10 snowiest months
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Category: beach, snow, Travel, Vancouver, winter
Tags: Kits, Kits Beach, Kitsilano, Kitsilano Beach, snow, snow at the beach, travel, Vancouver, winter, Winter in Vancouver
Well, not exactly! I caught these early morning images in a pond. This pair of swans were busily feeding. Bottoms up!
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Category: BC, Birds, Canada, Nature, Vancouver
Tags: Ambleside, BC, birds, Canada, photography, pond, swan, Vancouver, West Vanouver
Here’s a look at Vancouver, Canada’s annual Celebration of Light
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Category: BC, Canada, fireworks, Travel, Uncategorized, Vancouver
Tags: BC, Burrard Street Bridge, Canada, Celebration of Light, English Bay, fireworks, Honda Celebration of Light, summer traditions, Vancouver, Vancouver events, what to do in Vancouver, what's on
This is Vancouver’s very own Corpse Flower, aka Titan Arum. As you’ll hear in my video, it’s one of the hottest tickets in town this week. It’s not only the largest flower on this planet; when it first blooms… ……
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Category: BC, Nature, rare plant, summer, Vancouver
Tags: biggest flower in the world, botanical, Corpse Flower, how bad does a corpse flower smell?, not so smelly plant, putrid plant, stinky plant, Titan Arum, Uncle Fester, Vancouver, Vancouver Park Board, Vancouver's Corpse Flower, Vancouver's stinky plant
It’s July, and the long, sunny days have arrived on cue. Feeling the heat? Here’s one creature cooling down nicely.
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Category: BC, beach, Canada, Nature, summer, Travel
Tags: cooling off, duck, lake, summer, summer heat, Van Dusen Botanical Garden, Vancouver
Vancouver, Canada is also known as the “wet coast”. That makes this public art installation all the more fun as we enjoy gorgeous summer weather.
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Category: art, Travel, Vancouver
Tags: BC, British Columbia, Canada, explore Vancouver, exploring Vancouver, public art, raining umbrellas, travel, umbrellas, Vancouver, Yaletown, Yaletown-Roundhouse Canada Line Station
You saw in my last post that we continued our New Year’s tradition with a running dip into the cool winter waters of Vancouver’s English Bay. Here, I thought I’d bring you some footage and photos of the wild and…
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Category: BC, beach, Canada, Events, Polar Bear Swim, traditions, winter
Tags: 2018 Vancouver Polar Bear Swim, bagpipes, BC, Cactus Club Cafe, Canada, crazy Canucks and friends, dip in the ocean, English Bay, English Bay Polar Bear Swim, New Year's celebrations, New Year's Day, New Year's traditions, Polar Bear Swim, Vancouver
Yes, we did it again! On New Year’s Day, we made our way down to English Bay to celebrate the Vancouver way.Call we Vancouverites and the people from numerous countries who join us what you like: silly, brave, adventurous, foolhardy…
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Category: BC, beach, Canada, Events, Polar Bear Swim, traditions, winter
Tags: 2018 Vancouver Polar Bear Swim, BC, Cactus Club Cafe, Canada, crazy Canucks and friends, dip in the ocean, English Bay, English Bay Polar Bear Swim, New Year's celebrations, New Year's Day, New Year's traditions, Polar Bear Swim, Vancouver
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