Van city.
July 21, 2011
July 20, 2011
Entry 10
More strolling through Fernwood... another pair, playing with my B&Ws. Entry 11 will be similar.
July 19, 2011
July 15, 2011
Entry 3
From the window of the car in the lower mainland, on the Coquihalla. I've never seen it so green.
Entry 2 (and many others simultaneously)
The first few weeks of summer have been brutally busy, but I did keep my camera out. More than one pic may come from the same day, but I tried to keep it consistent. Enjoy.
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From Victoria, BC on Canada Day.
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From Victoria, BC on Canada Day.
July 2, 2011
Summer Project - Day 1. July 1st.
I thought this piece of graffiti had a pretty cool tag at the top. "Calgary to Victoria in a heartbeat." It pulled me back to 2003 when I packed up my purple Pontiac and started driving to the coast to make my life out here. And although I often find myself thinking about the mountains and prairies and my family back in the 403, the sentiment doesn't change... to Victoria in a heartbeat.
T
Canada Day, Home, and My Summer Project (not in that order)
As I stepped out on the tarmac, goosebumps covered my body as I greedily gulped down the Van Isle air outside the little Dash 8 that jumped me over the Gulf Islands from Vancouver. I remember the power of the sensation from last summer when I took the same steps down the exit stairs from the plane. The taste of the air filled my mouth like I could drink it and I knew, that moment, I was home.
Our ML crew of about 55 people were pretty anxious about getting out on time, especially since the Canada Day group flying last year was fogged in and most couldn't leave for days after their planned departure. People were crying, yelling, arguing, and making life miserable both for the airport/airline staffs and for our company who was having great difficulty finding reasonable solutions to the fog problem. So this week, the fog rolled in again, thick and misty and unwilling to depart. When it was lifting, it looked like this:
Luckily for me, I had insider information from a secret source (that cannot be named due to privacy laws) who had flown on June 30th and got out just fine. And luckily for all of us, we met the same lucky fate: We left more or less on time, made our Tokyo connection, and I'm now sitting in Victoria on my birthday after ringing in the 144th anniversary of Canada's birth.
I also have a summer project planned. It's going to be a bit of a weak beginning, but I hope it develops more as time proceeds. I'm planning to do a mini photo project where I take my camera with me pretty much everywhere and attempt to post a photo most days of what I saw that day. It'll always have to be a day or two late because I'll be so nomadic and don't have a personal abode, but I think it'll be fun. I've fallen in love with photographic art this past year or two and although I don't consider any of my rubbish pictures art, I am starting to develop minor aspirations.
In the meantime, thanks to all those who hung around and read about the little snippets of my life for another year abroad. I'll be heading back for one more year next year. But after that... only the fates now. So glad to be home, and I hope I'll able to share some stories or tip a glass with all my Canadian people while I'm here. It's great to be home. Much Canada love, all.
T
Our ML crew of about 55 people were pretty anxious about getting out on time, especially since the Canada Day group flying last year was fogged in and most couldn't leave for days after their planned departure. People were crying, yelling, arguing, and making life miserable both for the airport/airline staffs and for our company who was having great difficulty finding reasonable solutions to the fog problem. So this week, the fog rolled in again, thick and misty and unwilling to depart. When it was lifting, it looked like this:
Luckily for me, I had insider information from a secret source (that cannot be named due to privacy laws) who had flown on June 30th and got out just fine. And luckily for all of us, we met the same lucky fate: We left more or less on time, made our Tokyo connection, and I'm now sitting in Victoria on my birthday after ringing in the 144th anniversary of Canada's birth.
I also have a summer project planned. It's going to be a bit of a weak beginning, but I hope it develops more as time proceeds. I'm planning to do a mini photo project where I take my camera with me pretty much everywhere and attempt to post a photo most days of what I saw that day. It'll always have to be a day or two late because I'll be so nomadic and don't have a personal abode, but I think it'll be fun. I've fallen in love with photographic art this past year or two and although I don't consider any of my rubbish pictures art, I am starting to develop minor aspirations.
In the meantime, thanks to all those who hung around and read about the little snippets of my life for another year abroad. I'll be heading back for one more year next year. But after that... only the fates now. So glad to be home, and I hope I'll able to share some stories or tip a glass with all my Canadian people while I'm here. It's great to be home. Much Canada love, all.
T
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