Hooked on Photo Memes

289. P is for Peaceful

2011-11-02T13:27:00.000-07:00

Here is a peace-loving Lab. He is at the Occupy Vancouver walk. He often goes on peace marches and is unfazed by the crowd.

ABC Wednesday - P

Peace

288. Challenge: Walk in the Street

2011-11-02T13:02:00.000-07:00

Film crew outside the Empress Hotel in Victoria

This is my entry to Challenge Walk in the Street hosted by Olivier Perrin in New York.

287. Weekend Reflections

2011-10-28T21:31:00.000-07:00

Active Pass, British Columbia - photo taken on board the BC ferry to Victoria.

Weekend Reflections #110

286. Weekend Reflections

2011-10-22T04:15:00.000-07:00

Traffic stopped for the Occupy Vancouver march last Saturday

The Carnival Band leading the march

#106

285. Challenge Walk in the Street

2011-10-16T03:09:00.000-07:00

Tin man

Brilliant recycling

Here is my entry to Challenge Walk in the Street.

284. Thematic Photographic - Vegetables

2011-09-22T15:02:00.000-07:00

Patty pan squash

Gem squash

Striped

Smooth

Prickly

Carmi says to eat your veggies, so I am sending these veggies to Thematic Photographic #163.

PS. Squash is a fruit but for cooking it is considered to be a vegetable.

283. Watery Wednesday

2011-09-21T17:02:00.000-07:00

Raindrops on the last roses of summer

Watery Wednesday

282. Rednesday

2011-09-21T10:58:00.000-07:00

Happy Rednesday!

281. Wordless Wednesday

2011-09-21T10:52:00.000-07:00

Trout Lake Farmers' Market, Vancouver, BC

Wordless Wednesday

280. J is for jewellery

2011-09-20T15:26:00.000-07:00

Some of my favourite pieces though they aren't precious jewels

ABC Wednesday - J

279. Red peppers

2011-09-20T14:37:00.000-07:00

Red peppers at the farmers' market

Ruby Tuesday

278. Macro Monday

2011-09-19T15:37:00.000-07:00

"The spider skillfully grasps with its hands, and it is in kings’ palaces" (59:5). Isaiah

This spider's abode is not as grand, it is in my backyard.

Macro Monday

277. G is for Garlic

2011-09-01T09:27:00.000-07:00

Dracula-proof yourself with a garlic necklace!

G like Gattina

276. Outdoor Wednesday

2011-09-01T09:16:00.000-07:00

Sunday Farmers' Market in Kitsilano

Outdoor Wednesday #138

275. Watery Wednesday

2011-09-01T09:08:00.000-07:00

Connaught Park at Kitsilano

Watery Wednesday #154

274. E is for Empress

2011-08-18T21:24:00.000-07:00

The Empress Hotel in Victoria, BC - where Afternoon tea at the Empress is a tradition

ABC Wednesday - E

273. Boquets

2011-08-16T11:03:00.000-07:00

Don't these flowers make you smile?

Mellow Yellow Monday #134

Ruby Tuesday

272. Vancouver Biennale - Challenge Walk in the Street Photography

2011-08-15T15:15:00.000-07:00

Little girl imitating the figure in English Bay

This is my entry to CHALLENGE WALK IN THE STREET hosted by Olivier Perrin.

271. Pink Saturday

2011-08-13T14:06:00.000-07:00

Mallow

Pink Saturday

Today is Reveal Day for Charlie's Miracle Makeover ! Leave a comment in Beverley's post. It will help raise money for the next Miracle Makeover.

372. Vintage Cadillac

2011-08-13T08:58:00.000-07:00

Lines of the mural reflected on the roof of the Cadillac

Isn't she a beauty? Someone takes good care of her!

Weekend Reflections #99

270. Vancouver Biennale

2011-07-31T06:59:00.000-07:00

Monumental head of Lenin

Lenin's beard

This is my entry for Challenge Walk in the Street

Vancouver Biennale

My World Tuesday

269. Weekend Reflections

2011-07-30T07:38:00.000-07:00

This is like the distorting mirrors in a fair. My image appears twice, above and below the line.

My husband and I went to the hardware store in Richmond, BC to buy a ballast for a neon light fixture. I looked across the parking lot and the subject for Weekend Reflections was right across the street next to the ICBC, the car insurance claims centre.

Here my image is shown standing on a plastic barrier thingy taking the photo

How about these reflections? What do you suppose this is?

Scroll down and the shiny object will be revealed

Large head of Lenin - sculpture for the Vancouver Biennale

Weekend Reflections #97

268. Lost cat

2011-07-28T11:23:00.000-07:00

I hope Diablo and Ian will be reunited

Outdoor Wednesday #133

267. Watery Wednesday

2011-07-27T08:48:00.000-07:00

Apartment buildings and trees reflected in a creek

Watery Wednesday #150

266. B is for Banyan tree

2011-07-27T07:28:00.000-07:00

Banyon tree, F. macrophylla in Reggio Calabria, Italy

In India, the Banyan tree is a sacred tree. It is the tree of knowledge and tree of life.

It is the tree that fulfills all your wishes. So let us pray for peace and harmony in this world. That the hungry be fed.

The Banyan tree also has medicinal properties.

ABC Wednesday - B

256. A is for Agapanthus

2011-07-21T15:02:00.000-07:00

Agapanthus - African Lily, Lily Of The Nile

ABC Wednesday, A to start round 9

264. Weekend Reflections

2011-07-17T08:40:00.000-07:00

Clouds reflected in a pond - the goldfish appear to be swimming in the clouds

Clouds reflected in the pond

Weekend Reflections #95

263. Z is for Zodiac

2011-07-16T17:45:00.000-07:00

Coast Guards on their Zodiac

ABC Wednesday - Z

262. Pink Saturday

2011-07-02T08:13:00.000-07:00

These peonies are a celebration in themselves

Pink Saturday

Happy Fourth of July!

261. Weekend Reflections

2011-07-01T17:01:00.000-07:00

A view up the stairwell of the public library at Mount Pleasant

Weekend reflections

260. Rednesday

2011-06-30T17:24:00.000-07:00

A store that celebrates red!

Rednesday

259. Windows and doors

2011-06-30T17:17:00.000-07:00

Shop on Main Street

Window Views

258. Outdoor Wednesday

2011-06-30T08:16:00.000-07:00

This seat is taken

Outdoor Wednesday #129

257. Walk in the street challenge

2011-06-28T06:32:00.000-07:00

Lane off Broadway (near Main), Vancouver, BC

Here is my entry to Challenge Walk in the Street.

252. Weekend Reflections

2011-06-25T07:48:00.000-07:00

Vancouver Architectural Antiques Ltd. reflected in the window of the Wallflower Diner

The Goh Ballet Academy reflected in the same window on Main Street

Weekend Reflections #92

255. Wooden

2011-06-23T07:31:00.000-07:00

Reclining figure by Michael Dennis in Guelph Park, Vancouver

Brilliant use of three pieces of wood

See what forms Michael Dennis can coax from wood

W is for Wooden

Outdoor Wednesday #128

I am also entering these photographs to the Thursday Photo Challenge - "WOODEN" (Ship, House, Furniture, Carpentry Tools, Trees,...)

254. Summer reading programme

2011-06-20T16:03:00.000-07:00

Don't you just love the beautiful, pastel colours? And the graphic design is so cool!

Blue Monday

Mellow Yellow Monday

253. Challenge - Walking down the street

2011-06-19T17:40:00.000-07:00

Commercial Drive, Vancouver, street reflected in window of shop selling carpets

This is my entry to this week's Walk in the Street Challenge.

252. Rugosa roses

2011-06-19T15:23:00.000-07:00

Rugosa rose

My favourites are the single roses

Pink Saturday

Today's flowers #148

251. Weekend Reflections

2011-06-17T19:49:00.000-07:00

Shop selling bathroom fixtures

The shop has windows, at right angles, facing the street corner. On the left side of the picture, the street scene is reflected. On the right side we are looking at the interior and street through one or two panes of glass.

Weekend reflections

250. Thursday photo challenge - "LIQUID" (Splashes, Pouring, Dripping, Waves, Wet,...)

2011-06-17T08:22:00.000-07:00

Dripping tap

Here is my entry to Thursday photo challenge - "LIQUID"- Dripping.

249. Dragon Boat Race

2011-06-15T17:26:00.000-07:00

Dragon Boat Race at False Creek in Vancouver

Rednesday

Watery Wednesday

248. V is for Venice

2011-06-14T20:28:00.000-07:00

I visited Venice - here is the Glassmaker's House on the Grand Canal

ABC Wednesday - V

247. Blue Monday

2011-06-13T07:16:00.000-07:00

Kids competing in the Dragon Boat race at False Creek

We could hear them all calling out the strokes

Blue Monday

246. Shadow Shot Sunday

2011-06-12T18:15:00.000-07:00

Looking into a construction site - note the high tech equipment

Visit Hey Harriet to see the weekly shadow shots

245. Challenge Walk in the Street

2011-06-12T13:57:00.000-07:00

This is probably one of the last industrial buildings in the area but it looks like it will be demolished soon

The industrial area is turning into a residental district

Lofts and condos for trendy "Boutique Living", whatever that means

This was the athletes' village during the Olympics

This is my entry to the Walk in the Street Challenge, hosted by Olivier Perrin.

244. Pink Azaleas

2011-06-11T10:11:00.000-07:00

Azalea drenched in rain

Azaleas are called the "royalty of the garden"

Happy Pink Saturday

Today's Flowers

243. Weekend Reflections

2011-06-10T09:47:00.000-07:00

There are reflections in the windows of the building too.

Weekend Reflections #90

242. Thursday Photo Challenge - Music

2011-06-09T10:34:00.000-07:00

Marching band at 2011 Chinese New Year Parade

This is my entry to the Thursday Photo Challenge - Music

241. Outdoor Wednesday

2011-06-08T12:25:00.000-07:00

Graffiti

#126

240. U is for Ukraine

2011-06-08T08:19:00.000-07:00

St. Michael's Cathedral in Kyiv, Ukraine, the Archangel Michael is the patron saint of Kyiv

Magnificent!

U is for unique

239. Macro Monday

2011-06-06T07:22:00.000-07:00

Wild grass

Macro Monday

238 Blue Monday

2011-06-06T05:20:00.000-07:00

Cornflowers, Centaurea cyanus, aka Batchelor's buttons

Blue Monday

237. Today's flowers

2011-06-05T07:30:00.000-07:00

Trifolium pratense (Red Clover) - a weed but the flowers are so pretty

Flowers from Sandy Carlson

236. Walking on the steet - Vancouver

2011-06-05T07:18:00.000-07:00

Early one Saturday morning at Arbutus and King Edward

This is my entry to Walk in the Street Photography.

235. Shadow Shot Sunday

2011-06-05T07:04:00.000-07:00

Heads

Tails

#159

234. Thematic photographic - "Well aged"

2011-06-03T09:55:00.000-07:00

Some very good years

This is my entry to Thematic Photographic's "Well-aged".

233. Weekend reflections

2011-06-03T09:20:00.000-07:00

A bubble blown by the goldfish is reflected in the pond

Weekend Reflections #89

232. Window views

2011-06-01T09:49:00.000-07:00

Uprising Breads near Commercial Drive

Window Views

231. T is for tuxedo

2011-06-01T09:09:00.000-07:00

My tuxedo cat, Maxx - always dressed for a ball!

Maxx, hard at work supervising - we were packing to move house

and T is for typo

Beautiful calligraphy though

Would you dare to order a warp?

ABC Wednesday - T

230. Outdoor Wednesday

2011-06-01T07:24:00.000-07:00

Lupins

Lovely eh!

Outdoor Wednesday #125

One of the pleasures of the daily walk is other people's gardens. One can enjoy looking at the garden without having to do any of the hard work!

This is a beautiful garden on a corner lot. Everyone (keen gardeners anyway) knows which garden when I say the poppy house on 16th.

The lucky gardener has the perfect sunlight - the flowers bloom about two weeks earlier than mine.

229. Dragon Boat Festival

2011-05-31T05:56:00.000-07:00

Mellow Yellow #123

Ruby Tuesday

Rednesday

Come to Vancouver for The Dragon Boat Festival.

My World Tuesday

228. Weekend reflections

2011-05-27T10:16:00.000-07:00

A store on South Granville, Vancouver, BC

#88

227. Today's flowers

2011-05-27T07:13:00.000-07:00

Rhododendrons

#144, Flowers from Judy Weber

226. Macro Friday

2011-05-26T18:17:00.000-07:00

Comfrey, (symphytum officinale)

Bees love the comfrey flowers

225. Lost cat

2011-05-26T09:39:00.000-07:00

Wordless Wednesday

I am entering this photograph for the Thursday Photo Challenge - "Wet" and Walk in the Street.

Posters for lost pets are a common sight in Vancouver neighbourhoods - beloved pets are often taken by coyotes. The owners posted quite a few of these notices. Look how carefully they sealed the poster in plastic and tape but the Vancouver rain still managed to seep into the envelope. I hope they found their cat.

224. North American Boreal Forest

2011-05-26T05:51:00.000-07:00

Arial view of boreal forest in Northern Manitoba during spring break-up (March)

Close up of the ice surface

View of boreal forest in July

#141

Season 4, Episode 46

223. Window views

2011-05-24T16:36:00.000-07:00

View from my former office - a drab view except in spring

Window Views

222. Outdoor Wednesday

2011-05-24T15:31:00.000-07:00

Deer in a garden in Victoria, BC

Another view of the beautiful garden

#125

221. S is for spot prawn, salmon, sashimi and Scotch eggs

2011-05-24T07:48:00.000-07:00

Wild BC Spot Prawns are in season!

Steamed spot prawns with aïoli

Sashimi with wild BC salmon

Spot prawns and salmon are British Columbia delicacies. Japanese food, especially Sushi and Sashimi, has almost become the native food of Vancouverites.

S is for suphos and slymultu - these are created by word verification! How about using these two words in a sentence!

Scotch eggs - one of my favourite ways of cooking eggs

S is for Sylvia

220. Ruby Tuesday

2011-05-24T07:29:00.000-07:00

A beautiful garden in Victoria, BC

Work of the Poet

219. Blue Monday

2011-05-23T08:27:00.000-07:00

Pigeon on the steps of the Britannia Branch Library

Banner inside the library

Happy Victoria Day!

Happy Blue Monday!

218. Macro Monday

2011-05-23T04:20:00.000-07:00

Green salad

Macro Monday

217. Shadow Shot Sunday

2011-05-22T10:28:00.000-07:00

A street in Vancouver, BC

Shadow Shot Sunday #157

216. End of the Cherry blossom seaon

2011-05-21T07:15:00.000-07:00

Before

After

Congratulations Beverly!

215. Hydrangea

2011-05-20T10:39:00.000-07:00

Week 52

#143

214. Thursday photo challenge - Happy

2011-05-19T12:31:00.000-07:00


A celebration always involves feasting on a roast suckling pig!

The crackling is served - the meat and bones are used for soup

This is my entry to the Thursday photo challenge - Happy

213. Follow the rainbow

2011-05-19T12:22:00.000-07:00

Photo taken on the road from the airport to Vancouver

Double rainbows over the Fraser River

View from the Arthur Lang Bridge

Skywatch Friday, Season 4, Episode 45

212. Window views

2011-05-18T11:28:00.000-07:00

Street in Reggio Calabria, Southern Italy

Burnt Sienna is a lovely colour.

Whether the walls are freshly-painted or faded and mottled, the colour always looks wonderful on the buildings in Italy.

Venetian windows and balconies

I love the colour of the sheets

Window Views

211. Bowen Island, British Columbia

2011-05-18T08:47:00.000-07:00

Outdoor Wednesday

Wordless Wednesday

210. Feline dining

2011-05-18T07:16:00.000-07:00

Thursday photo challenge - pets

My cat, Roxy, at her private dining table.

This meal is below her standards. Her dinner service is English bone China - saucers that I buy from thrift sales.

209. Watery Wednesday

2011-05-17T18:52:00.000-07:00

Scilla on the Tyrrhenian Coast

Right down by the Tyrrhenian Sea

#140

208. Rednesday

2011-05-17T15:07:00.000-07:00

Big Heart

Britannia Community Services Centre

Happy Rednesday

R is for Renew, Reuse, Recycle and Repurpose

2011-05-17T09:23:00.000-07:00

Some ingenious recycling I saw in Vancouver, BC.

Re purpose the headboards and the easel

Reuse the bicycle as a piece of sculpture and/or pulley

Recycle the pedestal table as a planter

The boards look like they started life as part of a futon bed

Of course, R is for Rose, Beautiful Rose

R is for Roger

206. Ruby Tuesday

2011-05-17T04:30:00.000-07:00

Creepy, aren't they?

Shop on Commercial Drive

Work of the Poet

205. Snowdrops

2011-05-16T12:20:00.000-07:00

A sign of spring

Macro Monday

204. Mural

2011-05-16T09:26:00.000-07:00

Mural on Pender Street livens a parking lot

Visit Vancouver's Chinatown

Happy Blue Monday

#121

My World Tuesday

203. Medical advice

2011-05-15T10:10:00.000-07:00

This must be making the rounds in the emails. Hope you enjoy it if you haven't read it yet:

My New Doctor

I love this Doctor!

Q: Doctor, I've heard that cardiovascular exercise can prolong life. Is this true?

A: Your heart only good for so many beats, and that it... Don't waste on exercise. Everything wear out eventually. Speeding up heart not make you live longer; it like saying you extend life of car by driving faster. Want to live longer? Take nap.

Q: Should I reduce my alcohol intake?

A: No, not at all. Wine made from fruit. Brandy is distilled wine, that mean they take water out of fruity bit so you get even more of goodness that way. Beer also made of grain. Bottom up!

Q: How can I calculate my body/fat ratio?

A: Well, if you have body and you have fat, your ratio one to one. If you have two bodies, your ratio two to one, etc.

Q: What are some of the advantages of participating in a regular exercise program?

A: Can't think of single one, sorry. My philosophy is: No pain...good!

Q: Aren't fried foods bad for you?

A: YOU NOT LISTENING! Food are fried these day in vegetable oil. In fact, they permeated by it. How could getting more vegetable be bad for you?!?

Q: Will sit-ups help prevent me from getting a little soft around the middle?

A: Definitely not! When you exercise muscle, it get bigger. You should only be doing sit-up if you want bigger stomach.

Q: Is chocolate bad for me?

A: Are you crazy?!? HEL-LO-O!! Cocoa bean! Another vegetable! It best feel-good food around!

Q: Is swimming good for your figure?

A: If swimming good for your figure, explain whale to me..

Q: Is getting in shape important for my lifestyle?

A: Hey! 'Round' is shape!

Well... I hope this has cleared up any misconceptions you may have had about food and diets.

And remember:

Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways - Chardonnay in one hand - chocolate in the other - body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming "WOO-HOO, what a ride!!"

AND.....

For those of you who watch what you eat, here's the final word on nutrition and health. It's a relief to know the truth after all those conflicting nutritional studies.

1. The Japanese eat very little fat and suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans.

2. The Mexicans eat a lot of fat and suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans.

3. The Chinese drink very little red wine and suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans.

4. The Italians drink a lot of red wine and suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans..

5. The Germans drink a lot of beer and eat lots of sausages and fats and suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans.

CONCLUSION: Eat and drink what you like.Speaking English is apparently what kills you.

202. Weekend reflections

2011-05-13T21:09:00.000-07:00

Reflections in the neon and chrome installation

Last week I posted photos of this chrome and neon installation by Vancouver artist, Ken Gerberick.

The piece is displayed in a window at the Britannia Art Gallery. This is the back side which is seen inside the gallery.

Quite exciting isn't it for hubcaps?

Front view - the colours are muted in the daylight outdoors and will be very bright at night

Weekend Reflections

201. Watery Wednesday

2011-05-13T20:45:00.000-07:00

Rain and hail on Saturday afternoon in Vancouver

16th and Cambie

Watery Wednesday

201. Windows and doors

2011-05-13T20:44:00.000-07:00

Back door of a building on Commercial Drive. I am guessing that it is a day care centre.

and doors too!

200. The cat's paw

2011-05-09T09:16:00.000-07:00

My cat's paws, dust and all

cat's-paw also cats·paw (ktspô)
n. pl. cat's-paws also cats·paws
1. A person used by another as a dupe or tool.
2. A light breeze that ruffles small areas of a water surface.
3. Nautical A knot made by twisting a section of rope to form two adjacent eyes through which a hook is passed, used in hoisting.

From: The Free Dictionary


Roxy

Macro Monday

199. Britannia Library, Vancouver

2011-05-08T21:08:00.000-07:00

Side door, Britannia Branch, Vancouver Public Library

I love the quotations

Don't you want to take out a library card?

Happy Blue Monday!

Mellow Yellow #120

Ruby Tuesday

I hope you enjoyed the artwork as much as I did

198. Pink Saturday

2011-05-07T09:26:00.000-07:00

Shop selling vintage clothing

Happy Mother's Day!

Pink Saturday

197. Thematic Photographic - Vehicular

2011-05-06T19:48:00.000-07:00

Some cars in Vancouver, BC

This is my post for Thematic Photographic No. 145 - Vehicular

196. Magnolia

2011-05-06T17:09:00.000-07:00

Magnolia

Thursday Photo Challenge - Beautiful

Week 50

Shadow Shot Sunday #155

195. Weekend Reflections

2011-05-05T15:06:00.000-07:00

Neon lights reflected in the chrome hubcaps

Chrome and neon installation at the Britannia Art Gallery, Vancouver

The artist is Ken Gerberick.

Weekend Reflections #85

194. P is for posters

2011-05-04T18:31:00.000-07:00

P is for posters

and

P is for PEACE

Mural at the Vancouver Public Library, Britannia Branch

ABC Wednesday - P

193. Today's flowers

2011-04-24T19:15:00.000-07:00

Crocus

Today's flowers #140

191. Weekend reflections

2011-04-23T16:58:00.000-07:00

Pond at Jericho Park

There is a duck in the pond who is quite well-camouflaged

Weekend Reflections #83