Tag Archives: BC

An abundance of floral splendor

Posted on August 24, 2019 by

2 Visits to Chilliwack’s Sunflower Festival. On the 14th with Hari, on the 19th with a friend. Can one take too many pictures? Colour, leaves, shapes, buzzing bees….it does not stop. The treats are endless, the colours overwhelming. What a … Continue reading →

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Tuscan Farm Gardens, Abbotsford BC

Posted on July 15, 2019 by

July 14, 2019 When you get the itch to go somewhere, you go, right? Back to Tuscan Farm Gardens, that magical lavender place. A few hours of heavenly bliss, just wandering around, enjoying….

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Exploring Vancouver: Art Galleries, Chinese Garden and Vancouver streets. June 21 2019

Posted on June 23, 2019 by

I grabbed my camera and headed for Vancouver, again. So much more to discover! I got off the sky train at Burrard Station and headed for the Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art. As it was National Indigenous Peoples … Continue reading →

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Fun in Maple Ridge. June 16 2019

Posted on June 16, 2019 by

This Sunday, June 16, Father’s Day, is filled with fun events here in Maple Ridge. A pancake breakfast,  Race the Ridge Cycling races, a Repair Café, a vintage car show, a craft beer festival, a food truck festival, street vendors, … Continue reading →

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Enveloped by the fragrance of lavender.

Posted on June 10, 2019 by

June 9 2019. Tuscan Farm Gardens. And later in the day a stroll through Fort Langley. ♥ A beautiful day, nice temperature, peaceful, a very pleasant aroma of lavender filling the air, relaxing, gorgeous gardens, lavender lemonade, lavender almond cookies. … Continue reading →

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Exploring Vancouver: Museums in Vanier Park, Kitsilano

Posted on April 26, 2019 by

April 24, 2019 It appeared to be a nice, sunny day so I decided to go and explore a section of Vancouver where I had not been yet (one of the many places in the city I have not discovered … Continue reading →

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North Alouette Greenway

Posted on April 21, 2019 by

Walking in Maple Ridge’s backyard. With my Tuesday walking group I have enjoyed hiking this trail a couple of times. It is so close to home (3.5 km). Surrounded by horse farms/riding schools, mountains, blueberry and cranberry fields, the walk … Continue reading →

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Spring in the Lower Mainland

Posted on April 13, 2019 by

With one eye on the weather forecast and the other on the tulip fields reports we jumped at the chance when ONE day showed promise: Friday, April 12. No rain and the Chilliwack tulip festival open. Starting date was the … Continue reading →

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Autumn in Golden Ears Provincial Park, October 11 2018

Posted on October 13, 2018 by

This page is dedicated to my dear friend Carla van Zalinge, who left this world so suddenly, in the autumn of her life. AN ODE TO THE MUSHROOM Molecules flow through space ebbing and eddying a single cell forms into … Continue reading →

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Sun Peaks and the Okanagan

Posted on September 12, 2018 by

September 4-8 2018 Birthdays, Father’s Day, Mother’s Day, all thrown together into one magnificent gift from Raj, Ailish, Priya and Neve: a 3 night stay at the Pinnacle Lodge in Sun Peaks, BC. We added a night in Kelowna in … Continue reading →

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