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

12Dec/101

Fuzzy Catkin

In land of the rising sun fashion, here's a twig of pussy willow with a cuddly catkin highlighted. It looks warm, but it's not the real sun in the background. It's the essence of the sun emulated by a flash and coloured posterboard. Still makes me feel warm and fuzzy inside nonetheless.

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: