flat as a pancake

Apparently they're going to re-inflate the roof again in the next couple of days, so I thought I'd post an inflated and uninflated view of the dome.

next day on the hills

Kent, Karen and I in the fading light (oh the joys of self portraits! Misaligned photos and camera shadows in the face (see Bobbi's face in the last post)

pretty things

pictures to distract you from the lack of posts

Some moss - photo taken while hiking on Dec 27th on Mt. Work


An unstitched panorama of the Vancouver skyline, taken from the Seawall on the south side of False Creek. Photos start from the west and end in the east. For anyone familar with Vancouver, look closely at the last picture. No BC Place Stadium roof!

a belated Happy New Year

A belated Happy New Year to everyone. I have been hibernating.

Posting a poem like this really is an act of faith at this time of year in this part of the world. Today the world is one colour: grey. I have memories of colours, memories even from this past weekend, but when it is grey outside, it is like my memories have become sepia toned and watered down. Maybe one day I will live someplace where it is mostly sunny. I love looking at these photos to inspire me about what my imaginary place might be like.

Why I Wake Early

Mary Oliver


Hello, sun in my face.
Hello, you who make the morning
and spread it over the fields
and into the faces of the tulips
and the nodding morning glories,
and into the windows of, even, the
miserable and the crotchety -

best preacher that ever was,
dear star, that just happens
to be where you are in the universe
to keep us from ever-darkness,
to ease us with warm touching,
to hold us in the great hands of light -
good morning, good morning, good morning.

Watch, now, how I start the day
in happiness, in kindness.