The pen is mighty (342/365)
December 8, 2015 – I spent a long and fabulous day, teaching science, and ironically we were doing it all in a church, a place that some of these same people worship in, but which to me merely serves...
View ArticleThrough a microscope lens (343/365)
December 9, 2015 – Another day discussing science and fish culture practices and having fun with fish. Life is so awesome when I get to look at the world through a microscope. Being a one woman show...
View ArticleBella Bella in the Distance (344/365)
December 10, 2015 – A temporary break in the weather provided downright balmy conditions and a brief window to take in a moment for a photo across the water to Bella Bella after we got back to the...
View ArticleThe Flight Home (345/365)
December 1, 2015 – Today was a morning of wrapping up the workshop followed by a couple of afternoon flights to get home. When I was halfway through the final morning’s session the winds started to...
View ArticleSeashell from the Seashore…. (346/365)
December 12, 2015 – Just a pretty little seashell, part of a collection of seashells and small bits of driftwood collected out on the West Coast of Vancouver Island over the years.
View ArticleCity Love (347/365)
December 13, 2015 – The cityscape was pretty as the sun set this afternoon. We were just leaving a Christmas cocktail party at the Burrard Yacht Club and took a little detour since the sky was fairly...
View ArticleRemember when? (348/365)
December 14, 2015 – When I was little I loved being taken to the park to go sledding. This little Christmas ornament always reminds me of those winters, my parents, and the fun we had on the hills. In...
View ArticleThe Return of Black-Eyed Santa (349/365)
December 15, 2015 – We finally got the tree set up the other night, too much travelling, too many other things on the go, much later than usual. I’m still pretty sure that I have the ugliest tree...
View ArticleNorth Shore (350/365)
December 16, 2015 – Kirk sent me a text from his work out in Richmond part way through the day. He said “…if you can you should try to get outside and take a picture of the North Shore Mountains they...
View Article5-Pin (351/365)
December 17, 2015 – Today was my last day of work for a bit. I usually book a week or so off at Christmas, this year I initially took two weeks, but then got a digital tap on the shoulder reminding me...
View ArticleRoot Canal (351/365)
December 18, 2015 – Just a visit to the dentist for a root canal….oh what fun :-/ Really, a root canal is no big deal though. But I have to laugh that in the making of this photo I rearranged all of...
View ArticleCanadian Pacific Holiday Train (353/365)
December 19, 2015 – Port Moody, the second to last stop on the route of the annual Canadian Pacific Holiday Train. Every year we mean to go out and see it roll in…and every year we forget. This year we...
View ArticleThe Costco Cat Traps are a Success! (354/365)
December 20, 2015 – Had to stop at Costco today for a few things….like cat traps. They work just fine! 😉
View ArticleA West Coast Merry Christmas (355/365)
December 21, 2015 – The Christmas display at the Capilano Suspension Bridge, just a block from our home, is a spectacular one. We lived just a few blocks below the […]
View ArticleThe Other Lights of Christmas ….. (356/365)
December 22, 2015 – Christmas brings light displays on houses and in trees….but it also brings lots of brake lights and traffic lights too. Everyone gets stupid on the roads […]
View ArticleThe Problem Child (357/365)
December 23, 2015 – Yes, that’s Loki, he’s the current problem child. Now if we could only figure out what the problem is…. We spent hours at the vet clinic […]
View ArticleRibbons and Bows (358/365)
December 24, 2015 – “And the Grinch, with his Grinch-feet ice cold in the snow, stood puzzling and puzzling, how could it be so? It came without ribbons. It came […]
View ArticleChristmas Day on the North Shore (359/365)
December 25, 2015 – If I can’t have snow on my lawn for Christmas, I’m happy to just not have rain, and to see snow just a few hundred feet […]
View ArticleHappy Birthday Dad (360/365)
December 26, 2015 – For Christmas, my brother handmade a cedar frame and put this photo of our Dad in it, it brought me to tears when I opened it […]
View ArticleHow my head feels…. (361/365)
December 27, 2015 – Funny cheap little retro gift for Kirk that completely mimics how my head feels today. You’d think I’d be able to come up with something better […]
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