Random Pictures From This Trip

Is anything cuter than a mother duck and her ducklings?

This is from our first few hours in Vancouver, when we trekked off to Stanley Park just to acclimatize ourselves to the West Coast.  These guys stopped traffic.  mother was so fearless, and the little ducklings all just skittered along behind.  If you can look at this and not say "Awww," you are dead in your soul.  See a doctor.

A day or so later we were out golfing when I chanced across another brood.  I won't say what I was doing so near the pond.

The weather here has been utterly spectacular.

Yesterday we took the tiny, adorable Aquacab from the dock on Granville Island over to downtown Vancouver.

We landed near a long beach on English Bay.  On such a lovely night it was packed with people - skaters, in-line rollerbladers, joggers, hardbodied joggers, softbodied walkers, old, young, in between ....

 

Now, look very closely at the tall building on the right.  Look at the very top. I know.  Green space.  On top of an apartment building.  Such a West Coast thing.

Now, this was interesting.  Note the name of the boat:  the Persiverance IV.

You have to give him credit.  Three times he's misspelled it, and yet he keeps trying.

More soon ....

Comments

[shari]

Love the tree!! And the ducklings, and the perseverant boat owner... although I had been thinking perhaps it was merely another quirky Canadian spelling convention. ;) (Please don't hurt me.)

[Laura]

LOL, four times?!!! I love it.
The tree reminds me of a tradition down here in Florida that some of the builders swear by. They plant a tree on the roof for good luck after construction of the building is finished. 'course, it's never a mighty oak, go figure.

And these pictures just confirm everything I've heard about Vancouver. What a beautiful city!! I've got to get out there someday.
Hope you didn't lose too many golf balls down by the pond. (g) ;)

[Jim Fogg]

When the weather is good, there a few places finer than Vancouver!!

[Ortizzle]

Aaaaaawwwwww. Great ducklings.

And the boat? You know, maybe the misspelling was on purpose, LOL. Because by now, if nobody has pointed it out to him... it must be a local deficiency in spelling skills!

[wordgirl]

I saw the picture of the baby ducks and then one of my ovaries exploded. Thanks.

[CircusKelli]

See, I was so taken in by the fruit and chocolate display in the post above, I never even saw these pictures!

These are great! What a lovely place. I hope you're having a great time.