Sharing Talent

 Last week, Brook and I went into Vancouver again...Here, I wanted to take photos of people who seemed to frequent the hood. They lived there, shopped there, shared their world there...some because they want to be there, some because they had no choice. I hope you like these snapshots of their lives.

The wood carver

The salesman

The crooner

The musical prophet

He gets two spots. I enjoyed his music and his message.

The make-up artist

The appointment keeper

The models

The financial advisor

The entreprenuer and the artist

The animal lover

Aylen - our new 7 and a half year old dog...She has been such a great addition to our family.

I am not going to give you the ball....nope

Unless you have a treat for me....?

Ryan and Aylen having a chat.  She understood "stay".

"Heyyyy!!! Can I come now?!!!"

"Okay...here I come! Ready or  not! "

She looks so pretty in the sunshine.

Airborne

...and again. This was a good jump after hunting for mice in the tall grass...

Doing dog things

Me: "Hey Ryan, throw the ball right over my head!" Ryan: "Okay" Me: "Oh geez!"

Calm and sweet

Posing like a pretty puppy

On the picnic table

Good girl.

Barbed wire

Who says barbed wire has to be nasty.

Shapes On The Beach

Kayaks are aesthetically pleasing . These are some different views and effects done with kayaks and canoes. This was at Locarno Beach in Vancouver.

Using shape with clouds. Curves and some HDR colour effects.

Shine. The sunshine that peeked out from the clouds for the majority of the morning was perfect.  

Ahh, puddles give such a beautiful reflection.

Can't show off Vancouver landscape without an Inukshuk.

The solo life of a photographer.

This rooftop of the Iona Beach public washroom. The lighting underneath the wood frame showed off the red tones of the wood against metal. This was cool.

Remembering Shawna Jean Lawrence

So, on Saturday, Nov. 23, 2013 we reconnected with family and friends in an intimate ceremony to spread the remainder of Shawna's ashes and lay this beautifully etched, heart-shaped stone on the river's edge.  She walked and ran here almost daily with friends, her beautiful daughter, Riley, family, her boyfriend, her dog, and sometimes herself. The stone is placed among the stone dyke with other similar coloured boulders. It is facing the south so it is always in the sun. Flowers, stories, coffee and hot chocolate...sandwiches and candies (all her favourites) were shared among our group. Some special words and quiet moments were enjoyed by each of us. The cold wind died down and the warm heat of the sun settled on us all. It felt like a warm hug. If anyone would like to see where the stone is placed, and spend some time remembering a wonderful friend, go to Brittania shipyards in Steveston, walk westbound past the huge covered boat dock and heritage buildings on the boardwalk, and wander out onto the first dock. Enjoy.

The flowers and ashes were in the water for a while, then the tide went out, leaving them on the waters edge at the bottom of the stairs.

This was a heavy rock. Somewhere in the 40-50 lb range. Thank you to Doug Baxter for heaving it down to its final resting place.

Some of the group.

Reunion of old friends....not old...ol'...Paul Reshaur and Adrian Jaggassar.

What? Who's that girl? Oh it's me!! With Adrian and Paul.

A view from above the dock

You can barely see it...below the large rock at just under the pier. You can walk down to look, there's stairs just at the grassy area and climb up onto the stones.

A better view....can you see it?

Adrian

A beautiful view.

Boys will be boys. Young Nick climbing around on the rocks right above Auntie Shawna's stone.  

Choo Choo

Here's some photos from outside and inside the trains at the Heritage Railway Museum in Squamish.