The Land That Ugly Forgot The Bewildering, Beautiful and Blithe Happenings Around Vancouver, BC

2Jan/112

Off to See the Dog

This was heading to the airport and the ride over to see Scooby for Christmas. She was happy to see us.


7Nov/103

It’s All About the Goalie

This appears to be a regular play; the goalie is keeping an eye on the player from the opposing team rounding the back of the net with the puck, but take note of the placement of the butt end of the goalie's stick:

The goalie now turns around to face the play... but where's his stick? Got stuck - haha:

Lucky in this instance that the league didn't vote on increasing the size of the goal nets:

Sometimes the limbs just aren't long enough:

1Nov/102

Fanciers Fancying Dogs

Last weekend was a get together of doggies galore at the Abbotsford Tradex for the Lower Mainland Dog Fanciers of BC. The fur was flying, but it was limited mostly to the grooming sections.


28Oct/104

Hockey Spectating Translated

Taking a good hockey action photo is difficult. Personally, I'd want to see some ice flying, an emotional face, a puck and some stick movement in the frame to communicate the stress of the moment. Of course I didn't capture anything like that at the hockey game last weekend, which was a disappointment. That was made up, however, by the background crowd that I found I could tell more of a story with by imagining different speech bubble scenarios. And it was a good prompt for me to learn how to draw them to boot.

24Oct/104

Hello Out There We’re On the Air

The best game you can name is the good ole hockey game.

Some Junior A hockey at the Langley Events Centre: Surrey Eagles at Langley Chiefs on October 23, 2010.


19Oct/104

Aldor Acres Pumpkins and Piggies

It's that time of year... get your muck boots out of the closet and head down to the local pumpkin patch. I spent a few hours at Aldor Acres in Langley last weekend; hay rides, petting zoo and a little bit o' dancing too.

13Oct/101

Grab the Umbrella Ella

When it rains it can indeed pour. It's like how there's nobody in line at the grocery store when you walk in, then when you're ready to get to the checkout so becomes everybody else and their brother. Murphy's Law is you're thrown everything exactly when you don't need it. We didn't need the bunch of rain we got last Canadian Thanksgiving weekend, but it made for a video topic nonetheless:

7Oct/102

A Couple Hours Around Kelowna Gets You…

... boating, feeding some ducks, taking the dog out, swimming, eating out, walking the boardwalk, watching the birds at the lagoon sanctuary, crossing paths with some deer, enjoying the lake vista... And that's just what part of an afternoon gives you. A whole day can be exhausting.

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3Oct/102

A Day in Vancouver Life

Went into the city a couple weekends ago. Three things became apparent after watching this video:

1) Keeping a steady hand while walking with a camera is as easy as buttering toast while riding a wooden rollercoaster,
2) One of my lenses is plenty dirty, and
3) Tourists will pet anything - even inanimate statues.

21Sep/104

Grin and Bear It

Continuing with the wildlife theme of late, here's what bear warning signs in BC look like. At first glance it looked official. I gathered it was an educational piece about how to avoid encountering a bear, and if perchance you did come across one how you should act...

... but upon reading the sign in more detail I was a bit taken aback. The municipality actually printed this?
That's right, chances are nobody speaks bear. Literally zero. In fact, more people speak Klingon than bear. But, hey, we even have wildlife overpasses in BC so it all goes hand in hand I guess!