Reflections

I particularly love taking photos of buildings in Calgary because there’s so many shiny, glassy ones in the downtown core. But what I’m looking for is not the actual building itself, but the reflection of a building opposite.

Richmond

I skytrained to Richmond to the heart of Vancouver’s Chinese community. I may have been surrounded by Asian languages, but I entered the Richmond Centre to find a shopping centre no different from any other, with only one Chinese restaurant.

Green

 

While the west coast rains, and rains some more, at this time of year we reap the benefit of daily downpours with lime green foliage. When skeletal trees sprout new leaves, the colour is refreshing, and for a green lover like me, even more so.

Canada’s 150th

It’s hard for me to wrap my head around any country celebrating its 150^th year, yet that’s what Canada’s doing this 2017.

A Changing City

Once New Westminster was one of the best places for antique stores. They fought for space along Front Street. Sadly, the public lost interest in old treasures, and most of the stores have closed down.

Spring Blossoms

Every year, one of my daughters who once lived in Vancouver, asks me about the cherry blossoms. On one visit, I drove her downtown just for a glimpse of these glorious trees.

Glacier National Park

East from Revelstoke was Glacier National Park. Tall hemlock and cedars lined the path of Hemlock Grove Boardwalk, a setting made perfect because no one else was there on that early morning. Entering a different part of the park, I walked over the Llicillewaet River hoping for a glimpse of the glacier of the same name.