I'm joining in with Skywatch Friday today. Enjoy your weekend.
I'm joining in with Skywatch Friday today. Enjoy your weekend.
Hello friends and fellow bloggers,
I hope you've all had a great week and are looking forward to the weekend. Where I live we've had some beautiful, sunny days and some not so spectacular days. After a glorious sunny day yesterday it was back to rain today and actually quite chilly. It should turn back to sunshine soon. I can't wait until it warms up a touch. I don't like it too warm just enough to keep my bones from getting a chill.
The first photo is taken in my patio garden. I haven't done any work to prepare it this year and I won't be doing any. Everything will be ripped up and out by June or July as the patio gardens in the entire building need redoing. It's a job and a half and very expensive.
I've been preparing the community plot but some darn dog went and walked all over it damaging things in the process. I love dogs but not when they run rampant. I don't know why but they only ran over mine. I guess my plot is too close to the main pathways. Good thing I caught it. I will be keeping a close eye on things as I want the garden to grow a bit by May.
Thanks for stopping by and have a lovely weekend.
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My how time flies. I wish it would slow down a bit but on the other hand, right now I'm waiting not so patiently for spring season to arrive because we've had a long, cold winter as far as Vancouver weather goes.
Today we had some glorious sunshine and it being Saturday and the end of spring break for students, everyone and his/her dog was out all over town. However, the good weather won't last long. In fact it will cloud over tonight so my brother and I went for a wonderful drive up the coast to enjoy the scenery. I hope you enjoy the photos.
Joining in with Skywatch Friday today (a day late). Have a wonderful week ahead.
I hope you are all well. Today I want to share photos I took on Wednesday. The day started off sunny and warmish. I went to the community plot in the late afternoon (first photo) and by the time I left it had turned cold.
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Hello friends and fellow bloggers,
We've been getting a lot of rain as is the norm here at this time of year. Today was exceptionally wet but I took a walk after the rain slowed a bit. I had to do a few errands. I'm not sure but I think it might be an early spring this year. Time will tell.
Where I live the sky is generally gray over the winter months. Every now and then we have a break; the sky will clear and the sun will shine. It reminds us that spring will soon arrive. We had such a day on Wednesday.
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Site of the new subway station at Broadway & Main |
Hello friends and fellow bloggers,
We've had record setting temperatures over the fall season but on Friday we are finally expecting some rain. The other day the meteorologist reported that since July to the present time we have only had 16 mm of rain when the norm would be just over 160 mm of rain. No wonder the tree on my patio died. It had been looking sickly for a few seasons and it has finally succumbed. I'm a bit sad but it's not going to matter much.
Within the year or so the strata will be uprooting all the patios and is contemplating not having any gardens at all. The weight and growth of them (dirt, plants, roots, water) has the potential to become problematic for the structure of the building. No decisions have been made yet and there will be a special meeting to discuss all the results and options going forward once a report is ready. I think I would rather confine my gardening to containers on the patio and have a bit more footage to arrange furniture.
In the meantime here are some photos I took of the sky when I was out and about running errands earlier in the week. I took these photos just as thd light was fading. I thought the ones with the trolley lines set against the sky were quite interesting. A lot of those lines will be likely be eliminated once the new subway system on the Broadway corridor is running (target is late 2025) but I don't know that for sure.
In my reading stack this week I found a wonderful little book called The Birds of East Africa. It is short read of approximately 200 pages and is a sweet little tale set in Nairobi, Kenya. The style is along the lines of Alexander McCall Smith's #1 Ladies Detective Agency books.
I'm now reading the best seller The Distant Hours by Australian writer, Kate Morton. It's an interesting book about family secrets connected to 3 elderly sisters living in an imposing and decaying castle.
I picked up both of these books at the thrift store on a whim and wasn't expecting much from them but they are both turning out to be satisfying reads.
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I also picked up a set of sheets and pillowcases at the thrift store. I wouldn't have purchased them but they were a good price, minimally used and I like blue and white. This set is by Tommy Hilfiger but strangely they look quite wrinkled even though they are not 100% cotton. I don't iron most things including sheets. By the time they are pulled flat onto the mattress most of the wrinkles will disappear.
Each
piece of the 4 piece set was sold individually. I didn't notice that
the two exact same pillowcases had different prices until I got them
home. I'm guessing two different clerks priced them. I paid about $26
dollars in total for the set. I think the price is okay given what new
sheets cost and these appear to be little used.
Have you found any good thrifting deals lately or read any good books?
I'm joining in with Skywatch Friday this week. Thank you for stopping by!
Hi friends and fellow bloggers,
I hope this weekend find you well and in good spirits.
I'm joining in with Skywatch Friday today. The photos I'm sharing were taken downtown earlier this week.
The sky was mostly hazy from wild fires that have been burning all around. But late in the afternoon the sun broke through. Enjoy and thank you for stopping by.
The hub of financial and business district near Burrard Street and Pender |
High rise on the way to the waterfront. |
Promenade around the Pan Pacific Hotel. |
Side view of the new Vancouver Trade & Convention Center. |
The back view of Christ Church Cathedral with green top of Hotel Vancouver peeping through. |
The side of the newish Trade & Convention Center and North Vancouver in background. |
Goods stored for shipping. The pile of whitish yellow substance is sulphur. |
A small float plane is landing. |
The Lions Gate Bridge in background. |
The area where trees are jutting out is Stanley Park with North Vancouver in background. |
Hello friends and fellow bloggers, I hope you are all well today. I took a little jaunt out to the University of British Columbia on Sunday ...