Blogs from Stanley Park, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, North America - page 9

The Swans are truly beautiful. I have so many wonderful pictures to share with you... and I want you to see them all! The gray one is the yearling... we call him Austin. We think that the white one is his mom. I don't think I got any of Austin's dad this time, but I will post some I took last fall here a bit later. Young swans are gray. As they reach maturity, they become the white trumpeter swans we are used to seeing. (Just so you all know, we are feeding them peanuts, one of their favourites.) ... read more

Spring in the Park Stanley Park has received a lot of media attention due to the damage from the wind storm this last winter, however, the Park is still one of the best sites in Vancouver. The following are photos from early Spring (March 2007), when the first blush of spring started to touch the park. The Park is approximately 400 hectares (that's about 1000 acres), and was opened in September 1888. It was dedicated by Lord Stanley (he was the Governor General of Canada at the time), in October 1889. The Park has approximately 8 million visitors a year. The park has been inhabited by local first nations for thousands of years. In the Coast Salish language, the area of Lost Lagoon is called Ch'elxwa7elch. The current location of the damaged trees in Stanley Park ... read more

How can you miss a place you don't even know? I am already longing to go back to the island to pick fresh, plump little plums from the trees in the yard and talk for hours with Dan about photography and with J.D. about his life in Montana. I am sorry that all of these wonderful friends I am making cannot stay in my life forever... I want to walk through the woods, where the trees and ferns and even slugs are bigger than anything I've seen back East. Where you can view the sunset, the mountains, and the ocean all at the same time and know that it is real, that you are not in front of some synthetic screen. And most of all, I want free rides, free food, and not to be lost ... read more

Hello this is more photos for everyone to look at. This is us going through Singapore and then some shots in KL.... read more

What can I say.....everytime I come to canada/vancouver there is no getting away from the awesome beauty. The smell of the air is different, the trees are green and lush and magnificant....the people are soooooo friendly.....that crazy accent is everywhere.....the customer service...EXISTS.....The flight in is always so great and the vancouver airport is such a showcase of the rockies. Well done canada! Of course I became privy to one very disappointing change......TIM HORTONS.....the classic CANADIAN icon that gives you a big warm fuzzy everytime you come to suck on the sweet nectar of a Medium Double Double......is now....AMERICAN! You heard me right......for those that are as new to this info as me...you will be going through a moment of complete silence and dismay.....and then it hits ya......TIMMY you SOLD OUT MAN! Slowly but surely.....roots was taken ... read more